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BILL NUMBER: SR 19	ENROLLED

BILL TEXT

AMENDED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 2, 1997

INTRODUCED BY  Senator Lee

AUGUST 25, 1997




Relative to San Francisco Bay Water Transport.

HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST 

    WHEREAS, San Francisco Bay area residents rank transportation as
the region's number one problem according to surveys by the Bay Area Council; and
     WHEREAS, San Francisco Bay area residents spend 90,000 hours per
day sitting in traffic congestion; and 
     WHEREAS, The cost of this congestion is estimated to cost $841,000
per day in lost time and resources; and 
     WHEREAS, The cost of building freeways now exceeds $32 million per
mile; and 
     WHEREAS, The economic cost of idling car engines amounts to $300
million annually in damage to health, property, and plant life; and 
     WHEREAS, The San Francisco Bay area's efforts to maintain state
and federal air quality standards rely, in part, upon vehicular emission reductions; and 
     WHEREAS, In 1921, the three largest ferry operators on the San
Francisco Bay carried nearly 50 million passengers across the bay; and 
     WHEREAS, The San Francisco Bay is a vastly underutilized resource
for travel; and 
     WHEREAS, Military base closures, new developments in the national
and state parks, and the transportation needs of airports in the region create potentially significant new water transport
opportunities; and 
     WHEREAS, Eighty-two percent of San Francisco Bay area residents
are in favor of expanded ferry service according to the most recent Bay Area Council poll; now, therefore, be it 
    Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That it is in
the best interests of the state to make a careful study of the feasibility of expanded water transport on the San Francisco Bay; and
be it further
      Resolved, That the Senate of the State of California endorses the
leadership of the Bay Area Council and the Bay Area Economic Forum in forming a Blue Ribbon Advisory Task Force to report recommendations
for the improvement or expansion of water transport on the San Francisco Bay; and be it further 
    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Bay Area Council and the Bay Area Economic Forum.