HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 1999-019 :.: � RESOLUTION NO. 99-19
ff m A RESC}�UTION 4F THE GITY COUNCIL C}F TNE CITY C}F
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, URGING THE TEXAS
LEGIS�ATURE TO 1NCREASE APPROPRIATI4NS FOR
ROAD AND BRIDGE MAINTENANGE AND EXPANSION
AR1D PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, road and bridge maintenance and expansion is a core functian of
governmen#; and
WHEREAS, rnability is fundamental to Texas economic vitality and quaEity of life;
and
WHEREAS, maintaining mability requires a continuing investment of state
resources to maintain and expand the surFace transportation infrastructure to meet
identified needs; and
WHEREAS, current level appropriations to the Texas Department of
Transportation {TxD4T} are adequa#e #o address only ane-third of the identified Texas
transportation needs; and
�? a WHEREAS, Texas should increase its annual investment in surface
transpartation infrastructure to a level that will enable TxDOT to address at least one-
half of the state's identified transportation needs; and
WHEREAS, increased appropriations to TxDOT are necessary ta continue state-
funded road and bridge main#enance and cans#ruction programs and simultaneously
leverage the maximum amount of federal funding for which Texas is eligible from the
Transpartation Equity Act for the 21 st Century.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESO�VED BY THE CITY CQUNCC� QF THE CITY
OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS :
Section 1. That the 76th Texas Legislature be and hereby is urged to increase
annual apprapriatians ta TxDQT by {a} funding the Department af Public Safety fram a
source other than State Highway Fund Oq6 so that Fund 006 resources will be available
#a maintain and expand road and bridge infrastructure and {b} maving the point of
accountability for state mator fuel taxes fram the distributor to the terminal rack.
Section 2. That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the offices of the
�„ Governar �ieu#enant Governor, Speaker of the House af Representatives, the Chairmart
of the Texas Transportation Commission, and the chairs of the following legislative
committees: Senate Cammittee on Finance, Senate Committee on State Affairs, House
p�
Committee on Appropriatians, House Committee on Transportation, House Committee
on Ways and Means, and Hot�se Select committee an Revenue and Public Education
,�,:�
Funding.
Section 3. That this resolution shall take effect from and after the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS an this the 2Qth day af April, 1999.
APPROVED:
r'�='���.�
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
tic.�Ca.� ��
C.inda Huff
r_ . Gity 5ecretary
APPROVED.I�S TO FORM;
Stan Lowry
City Attor�eg�
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