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RESOLUTION NO. 98-100
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE ORANGE
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY'S URBAN RAIL
PROJECT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Authority is responsible for
preparing conceptual engineering plans and a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement/Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/DEIR) for a 28 -mile urban rail
system from the Fullerton Transportation Center to the Irvine Transportation Center;
and
WHEREAS, the conceptual engineering and the DEIS/DEIR will lead to definition
of the locally preferred rail system as to alignment, elevation, technology, and station
locations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa is an active participant with the Orange
County Transportation authority in the conceptual engineering activities related to the
28 -mile urban rail system; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa approves, in principal, the alignment options
possible in the South Coast Metro area of Costa Mesa;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa does hereby support the Orange County Transportation authority's Urban Rail
Project, and endorses further study of alternative alignments for a rail system within
the South Coast Metro area of Costa Mesa in conjunction with the Detailed
Conceptual Engineering Study (DCES) process.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
does hereby agree to work cooperatively with the Orange County Transportation
Authority in the comprehensive conceptual engineering and DEIS/DEIR process of
evaluation of alternative alignments.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21' day of December, 1998.
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Mayor of th City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
Deputy City Cler of the City of Costa Mesa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. '?6-160 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 21' day of December, 1998.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 22nd day of December, 1998.
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Deputy Ci Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Co ncil of the City of Costa Mesa
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