1979-26 RESOLUTION NO. 79-26
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE
SAFER OFF-SYSTEM ROADS PROGRAM AND REQUESTING
CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE THE REMAINING FUNDS
AUTHORIZED FOR THE 1978 FISCAL YEAR AND APPRO-
PRIATE 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 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 im
prove 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 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 provides local governments
with Federal financial assistance for streets and roads not on any Federal-aid
system:
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace does
hereby RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER that Congress be requested to appropriate
the remaining funds authorized for the 1978 fiscal year and appropriate 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 the House of Representatives Appropriations Committees, United States
Senators Cranston and Hayakawa; Congressman George Brown, Jr. and the
Secretary of Transportation.
ADOPTED this 7th day of June, 1979.
Mayor the City of Grand Terrace
and of the City Council thereof.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Grand.
Terrace and of the City Council
thereof
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Approved as to form:
/s/ Ivan Hopkins.
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I, SETH ARMSTEAD, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted
by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 7th day of June 1979, and that it
was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Tillinghast, Erway, Allen, Grant;
Mayor Petta.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
=_ City Clerk o the City of Grand
Terrace and of the City Council
- _ thereof.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I, SETH ARMSTEAD, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full , true and
correct copy of Resolution No. 79-26 of said City Council , and that
the same has not been amended or repealed.
DATED: June 7, 1979
City Clerk of the City of Grand
Terrace and of the City Council
thereof
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