HomeMy WebLinkAbout9581 - Safer Off-System Roads ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 9591
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
• OF NEWPORT 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 AUTHO-
RIZATION FOR THE 1979 FISCAL YEAR
WHEREAS, Congress in 1976 established the Safer
Off - Systems Roads Program (SOS) and made $200 million per year
available to local agencies in fiscal years 1976/77 and 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
WHEREAS, 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
WHEREAS, we have been informed that all SOS funds
available nationally have been exhausted; and
WHEREAS, 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
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 fund appro-
priated by Congress have already been obligated; and
WHEREAS, there is a continuing need for safety improve-
ments 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 by the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach that Congress be requested to
• appropriate the remaining funds authorized for the 1977/78
fiscal year and appropriate the full authorization for the
1978/79 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 Badham, and the Secretary of Transportation.
ADOPTED this 25th day of June , 1979.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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