HomeMy WebLinkAboutR2004-001RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS URGING THE TEXAS
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO CONTINUE ITS STRONG, HISTORIC SUPPORT
FOR USING TOLL CREDITS IN MAINTAINING THE EXISTING SYSTEM OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION IN TEXAS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the United States Congress has recognized that States with tollways have
partially funded their transportation systems with local tolls; that such use of tolls has increased
the overall local contribution to the transportation systems; and that Congress, in recognition of
this increased local contribution established "toll credits" as a source of federal funding that can
be, and has been, used to finance the local contribution requirement of funds from the Federal
Transit Administration and the Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, toll credits in the State of Texas have been directed in the past by the Texas
Transportation Commission to public transportation agencies in the State; and
WHEREAS, public transportation's use of toll credits has effectively leveraged four
times the mount of toll credit dollars in additional federal funds; and
WHEREAS, the matching of federal funds represented by toll credits has been crucial to
maximizing the draw down and use of federal transportation grants to the State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, public transportation has historically-based financial needs that greatly
exceed that which is available, and that those needs have been well documented by the Texas
Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, any backward movement in the use of toll credits for public transportation
by the Texas Department of Transportation will further diminish the ability of public transit to
serve residents; and
WHEREAS, public transit agencies in Texas - and the local governments that support
them - have practical limits in extending any financial resources in substitution of State toll
credits; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY RESOLVES:
SECTION I. The City of Denton, Texas, on behalf of Texas public transit agencies, urges the
Texas Transportation Commission to continue its strong, historic support for using toll credits in
maintaining the existing system of public transportation, and further recommends to the Texas
Transportation Commission that public transportation be granted first use of toll credits in the
advancement of transit services in the State of Texas.
SECTION 2. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~ ~ day of ~/~.~/]/2~/~, ,2004.
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
t~ ATTORNEY
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