HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 3613-04-2008A Resolution
NO 3613-04-2008
ADOPTING THE CITY OF FORT WORTH'S 2008 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the 110th Congress adjourned in December of 2007 having taken
the following actions relative to the City of Fort Worth's 2007 program
• Appropriation of $350,000 for preliminary design and environmental work for
I 35W (Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison), and
• Appropriation of $191,593 for the Early Childhood Education work of the City
(Congressman Michael C Burgess), and
• Appropriation of $1 0 million for acquisition, demolition, and relocation of
property for flood mitigation in the Lebow Channel of the Trinity River -
grant pending (Congresswoman Kay Granger), and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Governmental Relations staff and that
of the staff of the Franklin Partnership, the City's federal legislative consultants, that
the special requests for funding of the Trinity River Vision project, I 35W project
and Early Childhood Education program approved by Council on February 7, 2007,
continue to have merit and should be pursued during the course of the 110th Congress
during 2008, and
WHEREAS, March 4, 2008, the Governmental Relations staff, in conjunction
with the Franklin Partnership, the City's federal legislative consultants, met with the
members of the Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and
recommended that continued funding for the Trinity River Vision project, $5 0
million in funding for initial environmental and design work for I 35W, and $900,000
in continued funding for the Early Childhood Education program be carried forward
to the Texas and Fort Worth Congressional delegations In addition, the Committee
voted to carry forward, as additional elements of the 2008 Congressional Program, a
request for funding for the Commercial Corridor program of the City of Fort Worth,
support for Congressional resolution of the funding issue for the National Archives
Museum to be constructed in the Museum District, and support for adequate federal
funding for the programs and work of Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County, and
WHEREAS, upon full review and discussion at its March 4, 2008, meeting, the
Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee has recommended this amended
program to the full City Council for review and approval.
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Resolution No 3613 04 2008
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
That the City Council
1 Adopts the 2008 Federal Legislative Program as outlined in the attached
document, and
2 Authorizes and directs the City Manager to distribute copies of the City's
2008 Federal Legislative program to Members of Congress, to other cities, and other
interested parties, and
3 Authorizes and directs the appropriate City officials to send letters of
support or to meet with federal officials to discuss the City's position on the attached
initiatives, and
4 Authorizes and directs the City's Governmental Relations staff and the
City's federal legislative consultants to take the appropriate actions to advance the
2008 Federal Legislative Program before Congress, the Administration and
corresponding federal agencies
Adopted the 8th day of April 2008
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APPROVED
CITY COUNCIL
APR 0 ~ 2008
City Secretary of the
Cily of Fort Worth, Texas