RE 11-10-98.1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO. 111098.1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
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
government; and
WI~REAS, mobility is fundamental to Texas economic vitality and quality of llfe; and
WHEREAS, maintaining mobility requires a continuing investment of State resources to
maintain and expand the surface transportation infrastructure to meet identified needs; and
WHEREAS, an estimated 78 percent of the roads and bridges in Texas need repair or
modernization, and Texas ranks 45th nationally per capita in highway spending and first in the
nation in substandard bridges; and
WlCiEREAS, current-level appropriations to the Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT) are adequate to only address one-third of the identified Texas transportation needs; and
WHEREAS, increased appropriations to TxDOT are necessary to continue State-funded
road and bridge maintenance and construction programs that simultaneously leverage the
maximum amount of federal funding for which Texas is eligible from the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF COPPELL, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the 76th Texas Legislature is urged to increase annual appropriations
to the Texas Department of Transportation by (a) funding the Department of Public Safety from a
source other than Fund 006 so that Fund 006 resources will be available to maintain and expand
road and bridge infrastructure; Co) moving the point of collection of State motor fuel taxes from
the retail to the wholesale level in the distribution process; (c) expanding 2060 truck permit fees
and penalties to reduce the passenger vehicle subsidy of oversize and overweight freight vehicles;
and (d) increasing revenue from existing revenue programs including State motor fuel tax and
vehicle registration fees.
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
Appropriations, House Committee on Transportation, House Committee on Ways and Means,
and House Select Committee on Revenue and Public Education Funding.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas this
day of November 1998.
APPROVED:
C'~dy Sh~e~r~ ~Iayor - -
ATTEST:
Kathleen Roach, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney