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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO. 2433
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE)ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JACINTO, CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING FUNDING OF6 019 1 11-2 1 5
INTERCHANGE
WHEREAS, the 60191/1-215 Interchange located in Downtown Riverside is
the Inland Region's most complex freeway-to-freeway interchanges; and
WHEREAS, the 60191/1-215 interchange is strategically located in the
center of the Inland Empire connecting freeways traveling from various directions
and destinations; and
WHEREAS, the Inland Area of Riverside and San Bernardino counties are
among the state's most vibrant regions, adding thousands of jobs each year and
attracting millions of dollars in new business investment; and
WHEREAS, the economies of Riverside County, San Bernardino County
and numerous communities within both counties depend on the viability of the
60191/1-215 interchange; and
WHEREAS, the Coachella Valley consisting of communities including
Palm Springs, Palm Desert, La Quinta, Indian Wells and Rancho Mirage are
world-renowned tourist and convention locations that depend on highway
travelers who use the 60/91/1215 interchange; and
WHEREAS, the voters of Riverside County approved Measure A by a
78.9 percent margin in 1988; and
WHEREAS, the Measure A program sets aside a significant portion of the
needed funding for improving the 60191/1-215 project; and
WHEREAS, since the cost of improving the interchange requires more
than $350 million, including State Transportation Improvement Program dollars;
and
WHEREAS, the project has been identified for State Transportation
Improvement Program funding; and
WHEREAS, the Riverside County Transportation Commission has
identified the reconstruction of the 60/91/215 interchange as its primary near-
term transportation priority; and
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WHEREAS, the State of California has recognized the importance of
improving the 60/91/1-215 interchange and designated it as a "design
sequencing" project-,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, determined and ordered by the
City Council of the City of San Jacinto respectfully calls upon the California
Transportation Commission to commit State Transportation Improvement
Program funding to the reconstruction of the 60/91/1-215 Interchange-, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San
Jacinto urges that economic investment in highway development in Riverside
and San Bernardino Counties should remain a state priority to ensure the
ongoing health and viability of one of California's most successful and growing
regions.
APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 15th day of May 2003, by the following
vote:
Ayes: Carlson-Buydos, Conner, Shaw, Stubblefield, Ayres
Nays: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
- City of San Jacinto
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= Vj Jim Ayrdis, Mayor
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ATTEST:
orothy L. C Yu
inard, City Clerk
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