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ADOPTING THE CITY OF FORT WORTH'S 2005 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, during the months from October through December of 2004 the
Governmental Relations staff in conjunction with the City s federal legislative
consultants met with the Mayor members of the Fort Worth City Council members of the
City Managers office and department directors in a series of meetings designed to
identify the City s programmatic and funding needs that could, potentially be resolved by
Congressional action
WHEREAS, based upon those meetings the Governmental Relations staff made a
presentation in January 2005 to the Government and Neighborhood Relations Committee
(GNRC) that contained a recommended list of federal legislative initiatives and federal
appropriations requests and the GNRC instructed staff to forward the recommendation to
the full City Council for review and
WHEREAS, the Government Relations staff has worked to refine the list of federal
legislative initiatives and federal appropriation requests as set forth in the attached 2005
CONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS and seeks the City Council approval of same
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH
That the City Council
1 Adopts the 2005 Federal Legislative Program as outlined in the attached
document
2 Authorizes and directs the City Manager to distribute copies of the City s
Federal Legislative program to members of Congress to other cities and other interested
parties
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