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Home My Public Portal About79-034 (06-05-79). RESOLUTION N0. 79-3~+ A RESOLUTION BY THE_CITY.COUNCIL OF THE. CITY OF LYN~VOOD SUPPORTING THE ,SAFER OFF-SYSTED.4 ROADS PROGRAM AND REQUESTIPJG CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE THE. " REMAINING FUNDS AUTHORIZED I'OR THE 1978 FISCAL YEAR AND APPROPRIATE THE FULL AUTHORIZATION FOR THE 1979 FISCAL YEAR tiVHEREAS, Congress in 1976 established the Safer Off- System Roads -(SOS )..program and made.$2.00 million per year . available to local agencies in fiscal years 1977 and 1978 'for projects on local roads which are n'ot 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 WIiEREAS; we.have been informed that all SOS funds available _,_~,. _.",:. __ nationally have been exhausted;,. ,and __ _ `VHEREAS, Congress has not appropriated SOS funds for 1979 despite the"fact they continued the program through 1982 under the 19'78 Federal-a'id Highway Act at a $200 million ps,r year authorized funding level; and ~VHI;REAS, 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 ' ~VHEREAS, 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 o_n any Federal-aid system: Now, THEREroRE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Coupc-il of the. Gity of Lynwood 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 o.f the, United States,,. the Senate-and. House of Representatives Appropriations Committees, United States Senators Cranston and Hayakawa, Congressman Nilson and_the Secretary of Transportation. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of June 1979. i~i~~ ~- . ~ ~..L. 4orris; ayor City of Lynw d v SEAL - - - - ~ - - -- ~ -- - - - _ .-. ATTEST ~~ LA REr1E COFFEY City Clerk ~ , City of Lynwood, ~ ; ' STATE QF CALIFORNIP; ) ss,. • .COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City. of Lynwood, do hereby certify that the. foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood at a ~ regular meeting held on the 5th day of ~TilnP. ~ 197~9a AYES: Councilmen BYORK, GREEN, HIGCxINS,. ROWS, MORRIS, NOES: C©uncilmen. NONE. .. ABSENT: Councilmen NONE. • City Clerk, City of Lynwood' ~, STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.. I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held in the City Hall of said City on the 5th day of June 1979, and passed by the following vote:" AYES: COUNCILMEN - BYORK, GREEN, HIGGINS, ROWF, MORRIS. NOES: COUNCILMEN - NONE. ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - NONE. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ~). ss.: COUNTY OF LOS. ANGELES ) /s/ Laurene Coffey City Clerk; City of Lynwood i i I r I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and clerk of the City Council of said City,~do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct co ~ py of Resolution No, 79-3t~... , on file in my office and that said resolution was adopted-.on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 6th day of June 19~;y I ~ ~, ~_ Ci y Clerk, City f ~Ly ood , i - ; i i