The Post from San Mateo, California • Page 6

6-The Post, San Mateo, Calif. Wednesday, May 29, 1963 Mr. and Mrs. San Mateo County Taxpayer: YOUR VOTE ON JUNE 4th May Be The Most Important Ballot You Cast In The Next 30 Years! SAN MATEO COUNTY INDUSTRY PROVIDES 100,000 jobs which return SAN MATEO COUNTY WITH ITS EXPANDING INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY HAS ACHIEVED THE LOWEST TAX RATE OF ANY MAJOR COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA. INDUSTRY HAS BEEN PAYING A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF YOUR TAX BILL! this tax-producing industry is being strangled! cannot reach their places of employment reasonable time.

Approval of the $35,000,000 bond issue to finance the CityCounty Highway Plan is absolutely essential if San Mateo County is to survive as an industrial business community. of Labor, Government and Your Support of This VITAL YOUR APPROVAL JUNE 4th of the $35,000,000 HIGHWAY BOND ISSUE WILL BRING YOU $49,192,000 IN BENEFITS Your "Yes" vote will make available for improving San Mateo County's Highway System these funds: Bond monies .535,000,000 County gas tax funds to be used on a "pay-asyou-go" basis from existing revenues 5.204,000 Matching. monies from: State Public Utilities Commission Southern Pacific Company. Stale Division of Highways, etc. 8,988,000 TOTAL $49,192,000 The projects to be completed under the City-County Highway Plan for San Mateo County will provide convenient access to State Freeways and will serve major Intercity and Intracity traffic movements.

The City-County Highway Plan Is a carefully conceived program based on existing and anficipaled traffic needs in San Mateo County. It was developed from a study by George S. Nolfa Consulting Engineers, Stanford Research Institute, D. Jackson Faustman and Stone Youngberg. This important engineering study marks the first time that the Cilles and the County have acted In unison to solve their multiple road and traffic problems.

FINANCING PROGRAM $35,000,000 general obligation bonds (amortized over a 20-year period.) Up to $1,000,000 a year- total of $4,600,000 for the first seven years--to be applied to interest and principal requirements from county sales fax and Interest on unexpended balance derived from bond sales. Property fax revenues will be used to meet remainder of interest and principal requirements, under the following schedule: There will be no Increase In tax rafe In first (1963-64) Only 1.8c will be required in the second year 4.5c year (1965-66) fourth year (1966-67) 9.8c year (1967-68) 11.3c year (1968-69) 11.5c year (1969-70) Tax rates will be gradually reduced thereafter. This means that the cost to the average home owner will not exceed 44 cents a month. (10 cents a week) which will be more than offset by savings in automobile operating expense. "Without good roads, San Mateo County cannot grow.

A county without growth is one without expanding job opportunities and increasing payrolls. New state and federal freeways are scheduled but they won't do us any good unless we can provide the roads to get on and off of them." Henry P. Schwab, President, 3 Building and Construction Trades Council of San Mateo County: President, Teamsters 216 VOTE Leaders Urge VOTE YES ON "San Mateo County is in serious danger of losing its enviable position as one of the most prosperous and desirable places to live in the Bay Area. There is no question that the mobility of the Peninsula will be greatly hampered, if not stymied, without the improvements called for the road program. toward solving this bond issue in standpoint, this is on opporour way again." Supervisor James V.

Fitzgerald, chairman Greater Highways Committee "The first and vital step is the passage of the June. Fram a financial tunity that may never come "Adequate roads are our most important asset. This program will give San Mateo ty the lateral connections that are so badly needed. We can't be saddled with roads that were here when the county was established." W. H.

Diederichsen, Business International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 617, Vice President; S.M. Central Labor Council "The proposed program for city-county highways is thoroughly justified and warrants full support the citizens of this county. "The many fine public officials who have developed the concept of a coordinated citycounty program deserve great credit." William F. Morton, President Governmental Research Council, Past President, S.M.

County Development Assn. MEASURE ROAD BONDS This advertisement paid for by the Citizens for City-County Highway Bonds. David Bohannon, general chairman; Wallace Benson, "The City-County Highway Bond issue is one of the most important questions to come fore the electorate in many years. I om happy to give my complete support to it. I urge all citizens to vote with me on June 4 in favor of this measure." Assemblyman Leo J.

Ryan 27th District an annual payroll of $575,000.000 BILL! Now, Workers and in safely Industry WHAT THE CITY-COUNTY HIGHWAY PLAN MEANS TO YOU Approval of the $35,000,000 bond issue will make available an additional 192,000 from county gas lax revenues and matching monies from the State and the Southern Pacific Company. The $49,192,000 total will finance 28 projects throughout the county, including grade separations at 12 hazardous Southern Pacific crossings from Menlo Park to South San Frnacisco. The projects are: ALEMANY BOULEARD Construction of a four-lane overpass on Alemany in Daly City to eliminale intersections at Lake Merced Boulevard and Park Plaza Drive. SULLIAN AVENUE -Sullivan Avenue will be extended from Eastmor Avenue to Southgate Avenue. SOUTHGATE AVENUE--A four-lane undivided street will be constructed to connect Southgate Avenue with the relocation of Chinese Cemetery Road.

HILLSIDE BOULEVARD -Hillside Boulevard in South San Francisco will be extended 2.2 miles from Market Street to Holly Street. The four-lane thoroughfare will incorporale recent improvements on Hillside. CANAL four-lane divided street will be constructed from Mission Road to San Bruno Road. A grade seperation will be constructed at the SPRR tracks. HICKEY BOULEVARD -Hickey Boulevard will be extended from Skyline to Junipero.

Serra: Boulevard. It will be a four-lane streel. SHARP PARK ROAD- -A four-lane divided street will be constructed from Skyline Boulevard to the Skyline Parkway. SKYLINE PARKWAY- two-lane thoroughfare will be constructed from Sharp Park Road to Fassler Avenue. SNEATH LANE-Sneath Lane will be widened from two to four lanes from El Camino Real to Skyline Boulevard.

MILLWOOD -Drive will be extended from El Camino Real to connect with the San Francisco airport interchange at Bayshore Freeway. This project Includes- a grade seperation at the SPRR tracks. -Broadway, Burlingame, will become a direct fo connection between California Drive and Bayshore Freeway with separations at Rollins Road and the SPRR fracks. PENINSULAR -Peninsular Avenue will be improved to four lanes between Camino Real and A Bayshore. A grade separation at the SPRR tracks is included.

THIRD AN FIFTH AVENUES" -Four grade separations with SPRR tracks in downtown San Mateo will be constructed. Underpasses are scheduled at First, Third, Fifth and Ninth avenues. HALLSDALE BOULEVARD -Hillsdale Boulevard will be improved to four full lanes from Pacific Boulevard to Bayshore Freeway. RALSTON -Ralsion Avenue will be widened to four lanes from Bayshore Freeway to Polhemus Road and grade separations will be constructed at El Camino Rear, the SPRR tracks and at Old County Road. HOLLY four-lane divided roadway, with separations at the SPRR tracks and Old County Road, will be canstructed from Laurel Street la Bayshore Freeway.

ALAMEDA DE LAS PULGAS and HOPKINS AVENUE -Alameda will be widened. to a four-lane street from Eaton Avenue to Jefferson Avenue in Redwood City. The Hopkins Avenue-Alameda intersection will be improved provide adequate access to the Ala-. meda. HOPKINS-WHIPPLE SEPARATION STRUCTURE- -A four-lane divided interchange, including a separation structure at El Camino Real and the SPRR tracks, will be constructed from Birch Street to Arguello Street in Redwood City.

JEFFERSON -Jefferson will be widened to a full four lanes between Fulton and Upton streets and from Middlefield Road to Franklin Street: MIDDLEFIELD ROAD--In Redwood City, Middlefield Road will be widened to a four-lane major thoroughfare from Theater Street to Charter Street. MIDDLEFIELD ROAD- -In the Menio Park-Atherton area, Middlefield Road will be improved 10 8 four-lane roadway from Semicircular Road to Ravenswood Road. ALAMEDA DE LAS PULGAS SANTA CRUZ AVENUE -The Alameda and Santa Cruz in Menlo Park-Atherion will be widened to a four-lane divided sections between Fernside Street and Valparaiso Avenue and from Valparaiso to the Santa Clara County boundary. MARSH ROAD Marsh Road will be widened from Middlefield Road and Atherton city limits with storage and turning lanes at the Middlefield intersection. RAVENSWOOD will be widened to four lanes from El Camino Real do Middlefield Road and a grade separation 'will be constructed at the SPRR tracks.

WILLOW ROAD -Willow will be improved to four lanes between Middlelield and Bayshore Freeway. ALPINE ROAD-Alpine will be widened to four lanes from Santa Cruz Avenue to Junipero Serra Freeway in the Menlo Park-Portola area. STATE ROUTE 229-Funds will be allocated to accelerate State construction of this route. STATE ROUTE 105, 19th AVENUE FREEWAY---Funds will be contributed to accelerate State construction of this route from West Hillsdale Boulevard to Junipero Serra Freeway. APPROVAL OF THIS VITAL MEASURE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY AND VALUABLE TIME and IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE Separations "San Mateo County's entire economy its business climate, its industrial potential, its desirability as a place to -is being threatened by trafficclogged streets and highways.

The City-County Highway Plan will correct our most serious deficiency and is an investment we con't afford to pass up." Ruth M. Bradley, Laundry Dry Cleaning Workers Union Local 143; Treas. and Charter Member, S.M. Central Labor Council "Without adequate arterial highway routes the CityCounty Highway Plan provides, our new state freeways will fail to solve our congestion problems. San Mateo County is in grave danger of becoming a 'has been' area for industrial development." Paul B.

Bacon, President Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of San Mateo; past president, Peninsula Manufacturers JUNE vice-chairman; Lee E. Ham, finance chairman. Assn. 4TH.