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WHEREAS, eliminating and/or significantly reducing investments in the other programs will <br />result in worsening congestion throughout the entire County, worsening pavement conditions <br />throughout the entire county, increased costs due to project delays, and increased delays for long <br />lead-time projects; and, <br />WHEREAS, front -loading BART Phase II as proposed in the 2016 Measure B 10 -Year Outlook <br />Base Scenario programs the project to receive nearly 2 billion in tax revenues (presumably in <br />inflation-adjusted year of expenditure dollars), without providing similar inflation-adjusted <br />funding for other programs, and notwithstanding the fact that anticipated tax revenues are down <br />(thereby reducing the 25 percent share); and, <br />WHEREAS, it is imperative that the Measure B 10 -Year Outlook serve the needs of the entire <br />county to the greatest extent possible and not be focused on a single project to the exclusion of the <br />other essential Measure B programs; and, <br />WHEREAS, the VTA Board of Directors should consider a range of options for the BART Phase <br />II projects so other Measure B programs also receive funding during this ten-year period, including <br />approaches such as more aggressive bonding, borrowing other funds, and/or using other funding <br />sources for BART Phase II, as well as the possibility of further phasing or slowing the BART <br />Phase II project. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills <br />urges the VTA Board of Directors to support a Measure B 10 -Year Outlook that balances <br />investments among all nine Measure B programs, including avoiding minimizing reductions in the <br />annual formula programs (Local Streets and Roads, Bicycle/Pedestrian, and Transit Operations) <br />and maintaining progress for the capital projects in the other programs that are already under way <br />during this ten-year period, thereby ensuring countywide benefits as promised in the 2016 ballot <br />measure. <br />The above and foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the Town of <br />Los Altos Hills at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of December, 2020 by the following vote: <br />AYES: Wu, Tankha, Corrigan, Spreen, Tyson <br />NOES: None <br />ABSTAIN: None <br />ABSENT: None <br />ATTEST: <br />Deborah L. Padovan, City Cleric <br />By: <br />Michel ayor <br />Resolution 65-20 Page 2 <br />