[Ebbc-Talk] Fwd: Alameda CTC Requests Recount of Measure B1

>Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:16:24 -0500 (EST)
>From: Tess Lengyel <[email protected]>
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>Subject: Alameda CTC Requests Recount of Measure B1
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>November 29, 2012
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>Contact:  Tess Lengyel, Deputy Director of 
>Policy, Public Affairs and Legislation
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>Alameda CTC to Launch Recount of Measure B1
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>Narrow Margin Leads Commission to Revisit 
>Measure B1 on Behalf of 66.53% of Voters 
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>Alameda County - California. The Alameda County 
>Registrar of Voters certified the November 6, 
>2012 election on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 
>and the final tally showed Measure B1 just 0.14 
>percent shy of the two-thirds threshold needed 
>for passage. The Alameda County Transportation 
>Commission has submitted a recount request for 
>Measure B1 to the Registrar of Voters and 
>anticipates a recount beginning as soon as 
>December 3, 2012.
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>"We have an obligation to the 66.53 percent of 
>Alameda County voters who supported Measure B1 
>to leave no stone unturned," said Arthur L. Dao, 
>Executive Director. "After receiving such strong 
>support, we won't turn away a critical $7.8 
>billion investment prematurely."
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>Measure B1 would extend and augment the existing 
>half-cent county transportation sales tax, which 
>county voters approved in 1986 and again in 
>2000. Measure B1 expenditures would be guided by 
>the 
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>unanimously approved by the Alameda County Board 
>of Supervisors and all 14 Alameda County cities. 
>The TEP is a comprehensive, multimodal plan 
>created with broad and diverse input by nearly 
>2,000 residents and groups representing drivers, 
>transit riders, seniors, people with 
>disabilities, bicycle and pedestrian advocates, 
>environmentalists, educators, businesses and 
>unions.
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>By placing Measure B1 on the ballot, Alameda CTC 
>was responding to the need to develop new 
>funding solutions for transportation - to update 
>critical transportation infrastructure, fund 
>mass transit and paratransit operations, 
>increase transit choices and reduce congestion 
>and pollution. Alameda CTC has already leveraged 
>$756 million of current Measure B funds into 
>$3.8 billion in capital improvements in Alameda 
>County - more than $2.5 billion worth are under 
>construction now - and has pumped $495 million 
>back into local businesses in Alameda County in 
>the past decade, creating nearly 5,100 jobs per 
>year.
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>The Alameda County Transportation Commission
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>The mission of the Alameda County Transportation 
>Commission (Alameda CTC) is to plan, fund and 
>deliver transportation programs and projects 
>that expand access and improve mobility to 
>foster a vibrant and livable Alameda County. 
>Alameda CTC coordinates countywide 
>transportation planning and delivers the 
>expenditure plan for the half-cent sales tax 
>approved by 81.5% of county voters in 2000. For 
>more information, visit 
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