HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Resolution 658RESOLUTION NO. <„S p,
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE OREGON TRANSPORTATION
PLAN AND CALLING FOR LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL
OF THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PACKAGE
WHEREAS, the Oregon State Legislature has directed the development
of a long-range transportation plan for the State of Oregon; and
WHEREAS, the State, in partnership with cities and counties and with
the full participation of user and interest groups and the public, has
developed the Oregon Transportation Plan (OTP), a plan that envisions the
creation over a 20-year period of a fully integrated, balanced system that
encompasses all modes of transportation; and
WHEREAS, implementation of the OTP is essential to improving and
protecting Oregon's economic competitiveness and quality of life,. and Oregon
now has a unique opportunity to avoid the. transportation conditions that
have plagued urban areas across the nation while enhancing mobility for
Oregon's small communities; and
WHEREAS, implementation of the OTP will create and maintain jobs. in
the state, strengthen the economy, preserve and extend the infrastructure
investment of the past, provide better and faster connections and mobility
for people and freight throughout the state, improve air quality and the
environment and reduce traffic congestion in heavily populated areas; and
WHEREAS, the cities of Oregon support a transportation plan that
recognizes the partnership among transportation jurisdictions; that calls for
transportation facilities appropriate to each area of the state; that makes the
most efficient use possible of available and potential funding sources; and
that provides adequate and stable sources to fund priority needs for each
mode of the transportation system, including roads and bridges, air service,
local bus and transit systems, ports, rail service, and bicycle and
pedestrian facilities; and
WHEREAS , the cities of Oregon acknowledge and appreciate the actions
of past legislatures that have allowed progress in addressing a backlog of
transportation needs within the state, but believe that a comprehensive
funding solution for all transportation modes is required to achieve an
efficient transportation system that is not in continual danger of falling
further and further behind; and
RESOLUTION NO. (aSF3 (041593)
WHEREAS, the Transportation '93 Committee - an alliance of state and
local governments, other transportation providers, business and civic
leaders, and transportation construction and user groups -has developed
and put before the 1993 Legislature a package of legislative measures that
would initiate the OTP and provide sources of funding to begin its
implementation; and
WHEREAS, the cities of Oregon believe that the OTP and the proposed
legislative funding package represent prudent public policy.
Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL
POINT, OREGON, to support the Oregon Transportation Plan and the
funding proposal now before the 1993 Legislative Assembly, and strongly
urges the Legislature to provide adequate funding sources to implement the
OTP, not just to preserve and maintain the past investment in transportation
infrastructure, but to extend and expand that infrastructure to create the
integrated,. multi-modal transportation system needed in the State of Oregon .
Passed by the Counci and signed by me in authentication of its
passage this °5~~' day of 1993.
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Roger Westensee, Mayor
ATTEST:
City Restive
Approved by me this ~ day of 1993.
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Roger Westensee, Mayor
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