HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-67 - Cycling Safety Task ForceRESOLUTION NO. 2009-67
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TASK
FORCE ON CYCLING SAFETY
WHEREAS, Newport Beach prides itself on being a location where outdoor exercise,
including cycling, is promoted and encouraged; and
WHEREAS, safer roads for cyclists may encourage more cyclists to commute through town
to work and to shops; and
WHEREAS, auto traffic and cycling can co -exist in our community provided that drivers and
cyclists obey the law and exercise common courtesy towards each other; and
WHEREAS, the Newport Beach City Council believes that a short -term Task Force involving
various members of the community, including the cycling community, may be able to develop
ways to better encourage cyclists and auto drivers to coexist; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby creates the
Task Force on Cycling Safety to study various ways of improving cyclist safety and better
relations between cyclists and drivers.
ADOPTED this 22nd day of September,
ATTEST:
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Mayor of Newport Beach
LEILANI BROWN
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } as.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution,
being Resolution No. 2009 -67 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City
Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 22nd day of
September, 2009, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Rosansky, Curry, Webb, Gardner, Daigle, Mayor Selich
Noes: None
Absent: Henn
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 23rd day of September, 2009.
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