Res 043-96 4/16/1996RESOLUTION NO.-:4A�,
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT TO ENHANCE THE INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM BY ASSISTING THE WICHITA FALLS RAILROAD MUSEUM TO
RELOCATE, FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND TOURISM PURPOSES,
THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN ROTARY PARK,
TO THE WICHITA FALLS RAILROAD MUSEUM LOCATED AT 501
EIGHTH STREET, LOTS 1 & 2, BLOCK 177, ORIGINAL TOWNSITE, CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE
MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
wHEREAs, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls finds there is a need for preservation of
historic modes of transportation in the City of Wichita Falls and to reinforce community identity and
foster civic pride in the appearance of the City and in the accomplishment of the past; and
WHEREAS, a State -Wide Transportation Enhancement Program Nomination Form to be submitted
to the Texas Department of Transportation is currently pending for the Steam Locomotive; and
WHEREAS, the proposed project is consistent with the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Transportation
Plan 1995 -2015 and the Wichita Falls Land -Use Plan; and
WHEREAS, the steam locomotive has a direct functional relationship to the surface intermodal
transportation system since it once served as a major mode of transportation; therefore, eligibility for the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) Enhancement Program funds may be
possible; and
wHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls recommends the project be considered by
the Texas Department of Transportation for enhancement funding.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The preamble stated above is made part of this Resolution.
SECTION 2. That the City Manager is authorized to execute an agreement providing a twenty
percent (20 %) match, or $3,580, of the estimated $21,480 to relocate the above described steam
locomotive from Rotary Park to the Wichita Falls Railroad Museum realizing a low estimate may result
in an increase in the amount of funding required for the local match.
SECTION 3. The authorization granted by this resolution is made contingent upon the approval of
Federal Transportation Funds for the remaining eighty percent (80 %) cost of the project.
SECTION 4. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this resolution
was passed was open to the public as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 16th day of April, 199