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RESOLUTION NO. 86-201
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED Septembe:~ 10, 1986
ADOPTED September 10~ 1986
COMMENTING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION
ON TRANSPORTATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
WHEREAS, the Governor's Commission on Transportation in the 21st Century
(Governor's Transportation Commission hereafter) has assessed the state's
current critical road construction needs at ten billion and needs over the
next twenty years at an additional ten billion; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg, as one of the fastest growing communities
in Northern Virginia recognizes the importance of addressing these critical
transportation needs now; and
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth's transportation system must keep pace with
its population and economic growth in order to promote and retain quality
economic development, a principal objective of the Governor's Commission
on Transportation; and
WHEREAS, the lack of state transportation funding requires many communities
in Northern Virginia to rely on scarce local revenue sources and the development
community to finance needed road improvements; and
WHEREAS, the current highway department road allocation formula does
not adequately reflect dramatic population shifts occurring in Northern
Virginia because the Tayloe-Murphy Institute does not prepare annual popula-
tion estimates for towns in Virginia; and
WHEREAS, Leesburg's 1986 Town Plan has identified over $27,000,000
in needed major transportation improvements to its arterials 'and primary
roads; and
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WHEREAS, the Governor's Transporation Commission has recommende~d additional
revenue sources to meet Virginia's transportation needs by increasimg the
gas tax by $.04, raising the titling tax from two to four percent and adding
a one percent sales tax with 75% allocated to transportation.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. This Council confirms the need for massive road construction
within the Commonwealth, especially in Northern Virginia, and supports the
Governor's Transportation Commission recommendations with respect to the
additional state revenue sources and financing methods identified in Phase
One of the Commission's report.
SECTION II. The Governor and General Assembly should carefully consider
an equitable allocation formula to recognize the unique need in Nort'hern
Virginia for transporation improvements, and any formula adopted to allocate
the additional funds must be responsive to regional differences in growth
rates and transportation needs reflected by service level and traffic safety.
SECTION III. The current formula for the allocation of urban system
funds on the basis of ten-year census population supplemented by Tayloe-Murphy
population estimates (not performed for towns) seriously misrepresents many
communities in Northern Virginia and must be revised to accommodate the
dramatic population increases experienced by Leesburg and other Northern
Virginia localities.
SECTION IV. This Council urges the Governor and General Assembly to
consider necessary constitutional and statutory changes to permit counties,
cities and towns the flexibility to locally raise a major portion of the
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funds necessary to meet their road needs through the implementation of impact
fees, special assessment districts, regional taxes and other means deemed
appropriate by the General Assembly.
SECTION V. The Mayor and town manager are directed to transmit: copies
of this legislation to the Senate Finance Conunittee, Senate Transportation
Committee, House Appropriations Committee, House Finance Committee and House
Roads Committee as well as The Honorable Gerald L. Baliles, Governor' of
the Commonwealth of Virginia, The Honorable Vivian Watts, Secretary of Transpor-
tation and Public Safety, The Honorable Ray Pethtel, Commissioner of Transportation,
The Honorable Kenneth B. Rollins, The Honorable Charles Waddell, The Honorable
Hunter B. Andrews, Mr. David R. Geh~ District Engineer for the VDH&T Northern
Virginia District and Mr. R. Michael Amy~ Executive Director of the Virginia
Municipal League.
PASSED this 10th day of
September , 1986.
R~b~r~ E ~ 'Se~i/i~ ~layor
Town of Leesburg
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Clerk of oil