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0324RESOLUTION NO. 324 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS JOINTLY WITH THE CITY COUNCILS OF THE CITIES OF PALOS VERDES ESTATES, RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING CONSULTING SERVICES TO. DEVELOP PLANS FOR NEAR .TERM PUBLIC TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT ON THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA WHEREAS, the citizens of the Palos Verdes Peninsula have for some time been concerned about the lack of public transportation throughout the Peninsula region; and WHEREAS, this concern has been communicated to among others, the City Councils of the four Peninsula Cities; and WHEREAS, as a result of this concern, the four cities, through the coordinating efforts of the City of Rolling Hills Estates, have for several months been seeking ways in which satisfactory feasibility and implementation studies could be conducted to determine the type and level of public transportation system desired by residents of the Peninsula region; and WHEREAS, the City of Rolling Hills Estates has been informed that the SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT hal' retained the services of qualified consulting firms to assist in the development ,.of subregional near-term transit improvement plans consistent with the overall regional plan of the District, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: SECTION to The Cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, and Rolling Hills Estates jointly request the Southern California Rapid Transit District to assign consulting firm staff to perform, in concert with the staffs and citizens of the Communities, the necessary studies to design and implement a LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA, such system to be an integral part of the total regional public transporta- tion network. SECTION 20 Such assignment be made at the earliest possible moment to take advantage of recent studies performed by civic and business organizations relating to local transit and the present desire of many local residents to volunteer their time to the successful realization of such a project. SECTION 3. The City Clerks of the Cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills and Rolling Hills Estates shall certify to the passage of this Resolution by the City Council of each respective city. SECTION 4. The City Clerk of the City of Rolling Hills Estates is hereby directed to transmit the fully executed Resolution to the Southern California Rapid Transit District and to such other interested and concerned persons as may be considered necessary PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED August 2 1 740 Vice Mayor of ity of Rolling Hills APPROVED AS TO F RM: City Attor 1 hereby certify that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 324 was d6ly adopted by the City Council of the City o-5 Rolling Hills, California at a regular meeting, thereof held on the 26th day of August 1974 by the following vote of tie Council: AYES. Councilmen Crocker, Le Conte, Rose Mayor pro tempore Heinsheimer NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Battaglia City Cier -2- 1