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RIs30LiJ1'IOri NO. 77-30
A RE30LUT IOl1 O! THB C I Tif COUNC I L OF TRE C_ TY OF PALIi
DESERT CALI!'ORl'fIA, ltATIFYING AN AGREE!(ENT BE'P1fEEN THE
COUNTY OF AiVER3IDE AND COACHELLA CITIE3 CREATING A
SUNLIlIB TRANSPORTATION AGENCY AND AUTHORIZING TNE liAYOR
'PO SIGIi 8AID AGREEYENT ON 8E[IALF OF TNE CITY.
•HEAEAB. etudies and discussions over the past two years have
led to tl e conclualon that tbere is an unmet transit need in the Coa-
cDell Yalley; and
REA3. the proviaioa of public transportation because of its
inter-conimunitq characterietics. should loqically be the responsibility
of a aingle agencp rather thaa a number of independent aRencies; and
wEiBREA3 the City of Palm Sprinqs has a fleet o[ ? city buses
suittble for euch public transportation purposes which that city ill
maice available to the valley-wide transportation system; and
HEREAS, the cities of Desert Hot Sprin s. Palm SprinQs, Palm
Desert, Iadio, Coacbella, and the County of Riverside have aRreed to
purchaae 12 additional new buses which have been ordered and aill scx
be delivered; and
wtiEREAS. the Urban 2fass Transit Administration of the Federal
Wrernment is making grants rhich vill cot•er 80` of the cost of such
ae• equipment ; and
1tHEAEAS, it is desirable tfiat public transportation erviceg
in the Coachella Valley bec aae fully operative on July 1, 1977; and
wHEREAS considerable organization. planninr. and vperation:il
scheduling is necessary before that time.
NON, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Palm Desert California, does hereb}• appro •e and ratifv an
reement known as the Sunline Joint Powers Transportation ARenc}•
reement under tvhic6 the governmental a encies heretofore mentioned
sill create a new public transportation entity to be knou n as "Sunline"
and which shall have the responsibility of managin and oneratinc; the
Sunliae Transportation System in the Coachelia 1'all p; and
BE IT FL'RTHER RESOLVED that the llayor of the City of Palm Desert
is herebq authorized to sign said ARreement on behalf of the Citl• of
Palm Desert.
PASSED APPROVED, and ADOPTED on this lOth day of Marth
19T7, by the following vote to wit :
AYES: Brush. fle+rbrander. Seidler b Mullins
NOE3: None
ABSENT: McPherson _
AB3TAIN: No e /
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D. GINS,'MAYOR
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SHE LA . GI GAN, C y Clerk
City of PaLn Desert. alifornia