HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 4770 RESOLUTION NO. 4770
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH SUPPORTING THE SAFER OFF-SYSTEM
ROADS PROGRAM AND REQUESTING CONGRESS TO APPRO-
PRIATE THE REMAINING FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR THE
1978 FISCAL YEAR AND APPROPRIATE THE FULL AUTHOR-
IZATION 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 1976/77 andt-
1977/78 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
Congress appropriated the full $200 million authorization
for fiscal year 1976/77 but appropriated only $105 million of
the $200 million authorized for fiscal year 1977/78; and
We have been informed that all SOS funds available nation-
ally have been exhausted; and
Congress has not appropriated SOS funds for fiscal year
1978/79 despite the fact they continued the program through
September 1982 under the 1978 Federal-aid Highway Act at a
$200 million per year authorized funding level; and
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 obligated; and
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 that the City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach hereby requests Congress to ap-
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propriate the remaining funds authorized for the 1977/78
fiscal year and appropriate the full authorization for the
1978/79 fiscal year.
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 Dan Lungren and the Secretary of Transportation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held end day
O f July ! 1979 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ALICIA M. WENTWORTH
City Clerk
Deputy City Clerk City Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
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Res. No. 4770
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) as:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day
of July 1979 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Pattinson, Thomas, Mandic, MacAllister, Bailey, Yoder, Finley
NOES: Councilmen:
None .
ABSE
NT• Councilmen:
None
Alicia M. Wentworth
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
BY:
Deputy