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2000-109RESOLUTION NO. 00-109 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO THE 77TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS TO IMPROVE TEXAS' SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, mobility and a quality surface transportation system are critical to the economic vitality of Texas and the quality of life of Texas; and WHEREAS, aging transportation infrastructure, population and job growth, and increasing travel demands require an increased level of investment in order to maintain mobility and a quality surface transportation system for Texas; and WHEREAS, Texas citizens have come together in coalitions such as TEX-21 to express their increasing concerns with the adverse effects on their lives of urban roadway congestion, delays at international border crossings, roadway safety, poor roadway surface conditions, and inadequate highway capacity to accommodate the growing international trade traversing Texas; and WHEREAS, there is a growing sense of urgency for Texas to raise the level of priority it places on transportation. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS THAT: Section 1. The City Council supports the recommendations of the Board of Directors of the North Texas Commission to the 77`" Texas Legislature regarding surface transportation infrastructure, including the recommendations that the Legislature: 1. Allocate to counties five percent (5%) of vehicle sales tax collected, rather than vehicle registration fees equal to that amount, as was done prior to 1992; and 2. Make all appropriations to support functions of the Department of Public Safety not directly related to transportation from the General Revenue Fund rather than the State Highway Fund; and 3. Deposit into the State Highway Fund rather than the General Revenue Fund revenues collected by the Department of Public Safety from the following transportation -related fees: Motor Vehicle Inspection Fees, Driver License Fees, and Driver Record Information Fees; and 4. Deposit into the State Highway Fund rather than the General Revenue Fund revenues derived from highway right-of-way licensing or leasing; and 5. Increase appropriations to the Lateral Road and Bridge Fund, to at least $30 million per year, without reducing TxDOT funding, and revise the allocation formula for Lateral Road and Bridge Fund monies giving 50% weight to population and 50% to county lane miles, with each county receiving an allocation not less than 150% of the amount it received in the previous biennium; and 6. Amend the Development Corporation Act to include transportation as an allowable use under subsections 4(a) and 4(b) and permit local governments by local option election to enact a sales tax for transportation, including transit, within the existing 8.25 cent sales tax cap; and J Resolution No. 00-109 January 2, 2001 Page 2 of 2 7. Enact legislation and authorize an election to consider a constitutional amendment to permit the use of state funds for toll road development in Texas; and 8. Establish a new transportation revolving fund and place in this fund all new transportation dollars identified in the 77th and subsequent legislative sessions to be used to service debt incurred through the issuance of general obligation or revenue bonds of the state; and 9. Permit the use of GARVEE bonds to accelerate implementation of needed transportation improvement projects; and 10. In consultation with the Texas Department of Transportation and metropolitan planning organizations, adopt performance criteria to measure mobility, access, safety, reliability and maintenance standards for the Texas Transportation System, identify minimally acceptable performance levels for the system and adopt an investment plan to fund achievement of those performance levels; and 11. Authorize the utilization of design -build procurement for highway project development; and 12. Repeal the "2060 Permit" provisions for overweight vehicles and establish new provisions to require heavy vehicle compliance with posted weight restrictions on bridges and to set higher permit fees and sanctions for overweight vehicles to use Texas Highways. Section 2. This resolution shall become effective from and after the date of its passage. PASSED AND APPROVBY THE ITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS on this the _ day of , 2001. APPPROVED: ATTEST: andra LeGrand City Secretary Rick Stacy Mayor