HomeMy WebLinkAbout88-686 08-23-1988RESOLUTION NO. 88 -686
A RESOLUTION BY THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
COUNCIL FOR THE DALLAS -FORT WORTH METROPOLITAN
AREA SUPPORTING THE TEXAS GOOD ROADS AMENDMENT
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Council is the designated Metropolitan
Planning Organization charged with responsibility for coordinating regional
transportation improvements in the Dallas /Fort Worth Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, Texas motorists pay a federal motor fuel tax of nine cents per
gallon, the revenue from which is placed in the federal Highway Trust Fund that
is dedicated by federal law for reimbursing the states for expenditures on
federal aid highways; and
WHEREAS, Texas annually receives approximately $800 million from the
federal Highway Trust Fund, which accounts for at least half of the highway
construction funding in Texas; and
WHEREAS, since 1917 Texas has used all such federal funds for highway
improvement purposes,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Euless supports the
proposed Texas Good Roads Amendment to the Texas Constitution being considered
in the November 1988 General Election as stated below:
"All revenues received from the federal government as reimbursement
for State expenditures of funds that are themselves dedicated for
acquiring rights -of -way and constructing, maintaining, and policing
public roadways are also constitutionally dedicated and shall be
used only for those purposes."
APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 23rd day of August, 1988.
ATTEST:
/'I_Abol
Kay Raley, City Se / tary
Harold D. Samuels, Mayor