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RESOLUTION NO. 2-22-2007-2b
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS, APPROVING THE BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION DATA COLLECTION
PROJECT AS THE BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION CANDIDATE PF,OJECT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION,
COMMUNITY, AND SYSTEM PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, on July 14, 2005, the City Council approved a Memorandum of
Understanding to work with Brazos County, the City of Bryan , Texas A&M University,
the Texas Department of Transportation, and the Texas Transportation Institute to fund a
feasibility study to study ways to enhance mobility through improved transportation
operations and management; and,
WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Institute completed the study in April 2006 and
found that significant improvements could be made in local and regional mobility
through the use of transportation operations and management; and,
WHEREAS, on August 10, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
(SAFETEA-LU); and,
WHEREAS, Section 1117 of the SAFETEA-LU provides for the Transportation,
Community, and System Preservation (TCSP) Program; and,
WHEREAS, all TCSP Program projects nominated by the Bryan-College Station
Metropolitan Plapning Organization should be approved by the City of College Station
with a commitment to fund the City of College Station's share of the local match as the
required if the proj ect is selected; and,
WHEREAS, the City of College Station's share of the required local match, not to exceed
$125,000, can be provided from funds made available from the 2003 bond authorization
for Streets Capital Project Fund - Traffic Management Improvements;
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2007, all TCSP Program grant applications are due to the
Federal Highway Administration; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS:
PART 1.
That the City Council finds that the Bryan-College Station Data Collection
project meets the eligibility requirements for funding through the
Transportation, Community, and System Preservation Program.
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PART 2:
That the City Council hereby authorizes and designates the City Manager
to sign the Transportation, Community and System Preservation Program
application on behalf of the City of College Station.
PART 3:
That the City Council hereby acknowledges its requirement to enter into
an agreement with the Federal Highway Administration upon acceptance
of the Transportation, Community and System Preservation Program.
PART 4:
That the City Council hereby acknowledges its requirement to provide a
local funding match, shared with our regional partners, not to exceed
$125,000, to be financially responsible for all non-federal participating
funding items including a share of all overruns.
PART 5:
That the funding for this Project shall be as budgeted from the Streets
Capital Project Fund - Traffic Management Improvements, not to exceed
$125,000.
PART 6:
That this resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage.
ADOPTED this twenty-second day of February A.D. 2007.
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CONNIE HOOKS, City Secretary
APPROVED:
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RON SIL 1\, Mayor
APPROVED:
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