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
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