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Home My WebLink AboutG- 3 California Ride share Week 00 �" n 0 v �= 4v N f^ • 1011 / 2 1 s SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA August 13, 1997 Mr. Henry Garcia City Administrator 11 ASSOCIATION of City Of Azusa GOVERNMENTS 213 E Foothill Boulevard, Box 1395 Azusa, California 91702-2514 Dear Mr. Garcia: On October 6-10, commuters throughout California will be leaving their Main Office vehicles at home and instead carpooling, taking transit or even walking to 818 West Seventh Street work as part of the twelfth annual California Rideshare Week. It is the 12th Floor largest event of its kind in the nation, and a valuable opportunity for cities to Los Angeles,California show their commitment to reducing traffic and smog. 90017-3435 While the campaign lasts for just five days, California Rideshare Week is t(213)236-1800 actually the culmination of months of marketing activities aimed at motivating f(213)236-1825 commuters to try ridesharing. You can play a leadership role in this exciting campaign in several ways. www.scag.ca.gov To start, we urge you to issue a proclamation declaring October 6-10 , 1997 Officers: • President: Supervisor Judy Mikel.s, "California Rideshare Week" in your jurisdiction. Enclosed is a sample VenBartlett,County•or"""e lewd Vice Bob proclamation, along with a media alert form that allows SCAG to notify your Barlett,City of Monrovia•Second Vice Resident Supervi•sor Yvonne Past Pre=Burke, Mayor Dick local media that your city has declared its support for Rideshare Week Kelly,Palm Desert activities. County of Imperial:Sans Sharp,Imperial County •David Dhillon,EI Centro County of Los Angeles:Yvonne BrathwaiteBurke, A representative from SCAG's rideshare department will soon call to discuss Los Angeles County•Richard Alarcon,Los Angeles Richard ` `BtleEileen erDimnd •Bobartt,MonrGge additional ways you can "pool" resources to support ridesharing efforts. Bass,Bell•Sue Bauer,Glendora•Hal Barnum Los Angeles•Marvin Braude,Los Angeles•Robert h,Rosemeaick,Los Angeles• JohnSCrawley,Cerridtos•Hecto•Laura r,De la Torre,South Just as ridesharing is about teamwork, so is this year's California Rideshare Gate • Doug Drummond, Long Beach • John Week. We look forward to working with you to help commuters make a Ferraro,Los Angeles•Michael Feuer,Los Angeles• Guth le Jackie Los Angeles • Eileen Givens, - world of difference in easing the commute and maintain a high quality of life Glendale•Jackie Goldberg,Los Angeles•Garland Hardeman, Inglewood • Mike Hernandez, Los in Southern California. Angeles• Nate Holden,Los Angeles• Barbara Messina,Alhambra • David Myers, Palmdale • George Nakano,Torrance•Pam O'Connor,Santa Monica•Jenny Oropeza,Long Beach•Beatrice Sincerely Prow, Pico Rivera • Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los , Angeles•Richard Riordan,Los Angeles•Marrine Shaw.Compton•Ray Smith,Bellflower•Rudy is Los Angeles•Joel Wachs,Los Angeles• Rita Rita Walters, ers, Los Angeles • Paul Zee, South Pasadena Thr4tjhj2D County of Orange: William Steiner, Orange County•Steve Apodaca.San Clemente•Ron Bates, g dy Mi els Los Alamitos•Art Brown,Buena Park•Jan Delia); Newport Beach•Richard Dixon,Lake Forest• 'resident, Southern California Association of Governments Charlene Hatakeyama.La Palma•Bev Perry,Brea County of Riverside: lames Venable. Riverside Supervisor, Ventura County County• Drt•R Draeger,Calge,Riveresa•Dick Brly, ea / (//�^///�� Palm Desert•Ron Loveridge,Riverside•Andrea `'V//4•/rj%�!,C�` Puga,Corona•Ron Roberts,Temecula County of San my Bernardino: Larry walker, San J/��/�////� Bernardino County • Bill Alexander, Rancho //l,'✓e / ' , Cucamonga •Jim Bagley,Twentynine Palms • Deirdre Bennett,Colton•David Eshleman,Fontana •Norine Miller,San Bernardino•Gwenn Norton- Perry,Chino Hills County of Ventura:Judy Mikels,Ventura County• Andrew Fox,Thousand Oaks•John Melton,Santa Paula•Toni Young,Port Hueneme Printed on Recycled Paper 4/15/97 CALIFORNIA RIDESHARE WEEK SAMPLE PROCLAMATION WHEREAS,thousands of commuters throughout California will be trying an alternative commute as part of the twelfth annual California Rideshare Week;and WHEREAS,this statewide campaign promotes carpooling,vanpooling, taking transit,bicycling,walking,and telecommuting as methods that help reduce auto traffic and air pollution;and WHEREAS,Southern California Association of Government's rideshare services is working with employers and community organizations throughout our region to organize events that help commuters give rideshare to work a try;and WHEREAS,the City of_supports the California Rideshare Week campaign and urges all residents to try an alternative method of transportation at least once during the week; NOW,THEREFORE,I ,Mayor of ,California,do hereby proclaim October 6-10,1997 CALIFORNIA RIDESHARE WEEK in the City of CALIFORNIA RIDESHARE WEEK MEDIA ALERT FORM Thank you for supporting California Rideshare Week,October 6-10,1997,in your jurisdiction. Please complete the following form and fax it at least two weeks prior to your city council meeting to(213) 236-1803,attn: Media Relations. Name: Title: City: Address: Zip: Phone: ( ) Fax: ( ) Date of City Council meeting at which proclamation will be adopted _/ /_ Time of meeting a.m./p.m. Would you like a SCAG rideshare services representative to accept the proclamation at your meeting? [] yes []no We would like to notify your local newspaper(s)and cable television station of your support of California Rideshare Week. Please list the names of local media that would be appropriate: • Cable Station: Phone ( ) • Local newspapers or city newsletters (please fill in as much information as possible) 1. Name of publication: Contact Address Phone (_) 2. Name of publication: Contact: Address Phone(_) 3. Name of publication: Contact: Address Phone (_) 4. Name of publication: Contact Address Phone (_) For more information,call your rideshare representative. Proclamations can also be mailed to Southern California Association of Governments,Rideshare Services,611 West Sixth St.,37th Fl., Los Angeles,CA 90017. 10 SIMPLE WAYS YOUR CITY CAN GET INVOLVED IN CALIFORNIA RIDESHARE WEEK '97 What You Can Do... How SCAG Can Help... 1. Issue a proclamation declaring • Call us if you'd like a SCAG rideshare services representative to pick up the October 6-10"California Rideshare Week proclamation at your city council meeting. '97'in your jurisdiction. • 2. Distribute Rideshare Week"pledge We can supply pledge cards (which qualify residents for prizes). cards"at city offices,libraries,and city events as well as on buses or city shuttles. 3. Post an announcement on your city • Sample text can be provided. marquee and bulletin boards. ' Pledge card artwork is available on 4. Print a pledge card in your city newsletter/guides. print-out or disk. • 5. Include an article on Rideshare Week SCAG can provide a press release or in your city newsletter/guides. sample article,along with clip art. • Several sizes of displays are available 6. Post a Rideshare Week display at for your use. community events. •7. Run a Rideshare Week promotion on Call to learn what other transit providers will be doing that week. your transit lines,such as a"friends ride free" day or discount pass promotion. 8. Include advertisements on your • Artwork for printing bus boards or ads buses or include a Rideshare Week is available on disk;a limited supply of pre-printed materials may also be message in your transit print or radio available. advertising. • 11"x 17'posters are available free. 9. Provide Rideshare Week posters to local businesses through your chamber of commerce or other outreach.' 10. Link your home page to the • We'll provide the link so your residents can quickly register for Rideshare Week Rideshare Week web site. activities. CALL(213)236-1984 FOR THE NAME OF THE SCAG RIDESHARE SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR AREA.