Res 112-94 7/18/1994r
RESOLUTION NO. \i 1-q4
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING JOINT CERTIFICATION PACKAGE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995,
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE REQUIRED
CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, AND CERTIFICATIONS; FINDING AND
DETERMING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS
PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, in the Wichita Falls area, federal assistance may be required for: 1) street and highway
construction, 2) capital and operating assistance for public mass transportation, and 3) trans-portation
planning; and,
WHEREAS, Joint Certification of Urban Transportation Planning Process by the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is prerequisite for federal capital,
operating and planning assistance; and,
WHEREAS, the Joint Certification process requires endorsement by the Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) of the Transportation Improvement Program and the Unified Planning Work
Program; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has been designated on August 31, 1988, as the MPO
for the Wichita Falls urbanized area; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls has accepted the designation and is willing to accept
continued designation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The following documents of the Urban Transportation Planning Process are hereby
endorsed as being valid and consistent with the City of Wichita Falls' Comprehensive Plan:
1. Agreements: "Urban Transportation Planning Contract" dated August 18, 1992; Agreement
designating the City of Wichita Falls as MPO dated August 31, 1988; and, Agreement between
Nortex Regional Planning Commission and the MPO dated April 1993.
2. Transportation Improvement Program - FY 1995.
3. Unified Planning Work Program- FY 1995.
SECTION 2. The city manager is authorized to execute required contracts, agreements, and
certifications for continued transportation planning activities, and for the City of Wichita Falls continuing
to perform as the Metropolitan Planning Organization.
SECTION 3. 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 18th day of July, 1994.x/'
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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ICCLERK