RE 01-26-99.1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO. 012699.1
A RESOLUTION URGING THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION.
WHEREAS, road and bridge maintenance and expansion is a core function of govermnent; and
WHEREAS, mobility is fundamental to Texas economic vitality and quality of life; and
WHEREAS, maintaining mobility requires a continuing investment of state resources to
maintain and expand the surface transportation infiastructure to meet identified needs; and
WHEREAS, current level appropriations to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
are adequate to address only one-third of the identified Texas transportation needs; and
WHEREAS, Texas should increase its annual investment in surface transportation infrastructure
to a level that will enable TxDOT to address at least one-half of the state's idenfdied transportation
needs; and
WHEREAS, increased appropriations to TxDOT are necessary to continue state-funded road
and bridge maintenance and construction programs and simultaneously leverage the maximum amount
of federal funding for which Texas is eligible from the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Centmy.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL,: DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the 76thTexas Legislature be and hereby is urged to increase annual appropriations
to TxDOT by (a) funding the Department of Public Safety from a source other than State Highway
Fund 006 so that Fund 006 resources will be available to maintain and expand road and bridge
infrastucture and b) moving the point of accountability for state motor fuel taxes from the distributor
to the terminal rack.
Section 2: That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Texas Transportation
Commission, and the chairs of the following legislative committees: Senate Committee on Finance,
Senate Committee on State Affairs, House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on
Transportation, House Committee on Ways and Means, and House Select Committee on Revenue and
Public Education Funding.
DILLY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas this ~ -/-/l_ day of
January, 1999.
OVED: ~
Candy Shee~m,~Iayo~ ~ -
ATTEST:
Kathleen Roach, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney