Resolution - 5930RESOLUTION NO. 5930
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE
SAFER OFF SYSTEM ROADS PROGRAM AND REQUEST-
ING 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 s
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
authorization 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 obligated; and
WHEREAS, there is a continuing need for safety improvements
and the SOS program is one of the few Federal programs which pro-
vides 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 West Covina, that Congress be requested to appropriate
the remaining funds authorized for the 1978 fiscal year and appro-
priate 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 Lloyd,
and the Secretary of Transportation.
APPROVED AND.ADOPTED this llth day of
1979.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
June
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the,City of West Covina at a regular
meeting thereof held on the llth day of
June
, 1979, by
the following vote of Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Tice, Shearer, Browne, Chappell
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
Appr d as to form:
® City Attorney
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City Clerk