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-- 2/8/99 ORIGINAL RESOLUTION NO. 13552 SUPPORTING WATER TRANSIT SERVICES TO THE PORT OF REDWOOD CITY RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Redwood City, California, that: WHEREAS, the California State Senate has directed the Bay Area Council and Bay Area Economic Forum to create a Blue Ribbon Task Force to form a regional action plan for water transit on San Francisco Bay for the 21st Century; and WHEREAS, said Task Force has been meeting since April 1998 and will issue a final report in March 1999; and WHEREAS, the Port of Redwood City, in cooperation with the City of Redwood City established a Fact-Finding Panel comprised of business, government and community leaders from the South Bay to gauge the degree of interest in water transit services emanating to and from the Port of Redwood City; and WHEREAS, that Panel concluded overwhelmingly that the significant job growth in the South Bay justifies this alternate mode of commute transportation; and WHEREAS, that Panel also developed demographics showing the potential for thousands of water transit commuters to and from the Port of Redwood City; and WHEREAS, the realization of water transit services at the Port of Redwood City can benefit all cities of central and southern San Mateo County by reducing the number of commute hour vehicles on our congested freeways, highways and roadways; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED and ORDERED that: 1. The City Council of the City of Redwood City enthusiastically endorses water transit services at the Port of Redwood City, and hereby strongly recommends that the Bay Area Council Blue Ribbon Task Force take the actions necessary to make this a reality; 2. The City Council of the City of Redwood City encourages the City/Council Association of Governments, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, SamTrans, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), and all organizations, associations, businesses, and community leaders interested in reducing traffic congestion in San Mateo County to work together and with the Bay Area Council Blue Ribbon Task Force and the Port of Redwood City to take the reasonable actions necessary to bring water transit to the Port of Redwood City for the 21 st Century. Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Redwood City, California, at a regular meeting held on February 8, 1999, by the following vote of the Council Members: