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RESOLUTION NO. 53-2008
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PASSAGE OF SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 71 RELATING TO THE TOM
LANTOS TUNNEL AT DEVIL'S SLIDE
WHEREAS, the California State Senate has proposed Senate Concurrent Resolution No.
71 (SCR 71), which would designate a portion of State Highway Route 1 in San Mateo County
as the Tom Lantos Tunnel at Devil's slide and would request that the Department of
Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signage reflecting that special designation; and
WHEREAS, if passed, SCR 71 would cause such signage to be erected upon receiving
donations from non-state sources sufficient to cover the cost; and
WHEREAS, Tom Lantos served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for
over twenty-seven years; and
WHEREAS, Tom Lantos obtained one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) in
federal funds for construction of a bypass of the hazardous coastal State Highway Route 1 at
Devil's Slide and led the bipartisan congressional effort urging the President to declare the area
eligible for federal disaster assistance; and
WHEREAS, Tom Lantos was a dedicated and staunch advocate of the tunnel project
option for the Devil's Slide Bypass, which prevented the construction of a destructive and
environmentally damaging highway bypass over Montara Mountain; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is therefore appropriate to designate the portion
of State Highway Route 1 adjacent to and including the future Devil's Slide Tunnel in San Mateo
County as the Tom Lantos Tunnel at Devil's Slide.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco that the City Council does hereby declare its support of the State Legislature's passage
ofSCR 71.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by
the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the 2Sth day of
May 200S by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Mark N. Addiego Richard A. Garbarino, Kevin Mullin->-
Mayor Pro Tern Karyl Matsumoto and Mayor Pedro Gonzalez
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None