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HomeMy WebLinkAbout79-47 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 79-47 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE SAFER OFF-SYSTEM ROADS PROGRAM AND REQUESTING CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE THE REMAINING FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR THE 1978 FISCAL YEAR AND APPROPRIATE THE FULL AUTHORIZATION FOR THE 1979 FISCAL YEAR. WHEREAS, Congress in 1976 established the Safer Off-System Roads (SOS) program and made $200 million per year available to local agencies in fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for projects on local roads which are not on any Federal-aid highway system with special emphasis to be given to projects which improve safety; and WHEREAS, Congress appropriated the full $200 million authori- zation for 1977 but appropriated only $105 million of the $200 million authorized for 1978; and WHEREAS, we have been informed that all SOS funds available nationally have been exhausted; and WHEREAS, Congress has not appropriated SOS funds for 1979 despite the fact they continued the program through 1982 under the 1978 Federal-aid Highway Act at a $200 million per year authorized funding level; and WHEREAS, the SOS program has been one of the more successful Federal-aid programs with a minimum of red tape measured by the fact that in over two years all the funds appropriated by Congress have already been ~ligated; and WHEREAS, there is a continuing need for safety improvements and the SOS program is one of the few Federal programs which provides local governments with Federal financial assistance for streets and roads not on any Federal-aid system: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga that Congress be requested to appropriate the remaining funds authorized f~r the 1978 fiscal year and appropriate the full authorization for the 1979 fiscal year; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be directed to forward copies of this action to the President of the United States, the Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Committees, United States Senators Cranston and Hayakawa, Congressman Jim Lloyd, and the secretary of the State Transportation Commission. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 6th day of June, 1979. AYES: Schlosser, Bridge, Mikels, Palombo, Frost NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST