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• • RESOLUTION NO. 1090 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS CONCERNING THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. WHEREAS, on December 7, 1977, the City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills adopted this Resolution relating to the effective operation of the Santa Clara County Transportation Agency, and WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous of having their tax monies used in a cost effective manner for public transportation, and WHEREAS, the transportation system of Santa Clara County is not now pro- viding adequate cost effective service to its citizens, and WHEREAS, the transportation system of Santa Clara County has a record of frequent breakdowns causing missed and delayed schedules, and WHEREAS, the newly purchased buses have an abnormally high breakdown rate, and WHEREAS, the District is incurring enormous capital costs for questionable facilities (propane fueling) of marginal or no real return to the taxpayers, and WHEREAS, the District is experiencing very high maintenance costs on the overall system, and WHEREAS, the District appears to have a policy encouraging experimentation, and WHEREAS, other local systems, such as Samtrans and AC Transit appear to have established effective operating systems.- i ___ BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills does hereby request that the Santa Clara Transit Board cause an independent audit be made by technical experts in the field of automotive equip- ment maintenance and also be charged with the responsibility of reviewingthe 9 P Y District's corrective and preventive maintenance procedures. Notice should be taken of management qualifications and effectiveness, training programs, safety programs, spare parts policies, scheduling and, that the Board shall engage out- side expertise in the field of equipment reliability and availability specifica- tions for capital equipment purchases.