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WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth and the City of Dallas
heretofore entered into an agreement whereby an agency of
the two parties was established to provide ground transporta-
tion services for a region covered by the Dallas/Fart Worth
Regional Airport, such agency being designated as D/FtJ
SURTRAN SYSTEMI and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to said agreement between the two
Cities, a memorandum agreement was made by and between the
Cities of Dallas and Fort worth and the Dallas/Fort worth
Regional Airport Hoard to provide ground transportation to
and from the Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport to said Cities,
as well as elsewhere in the immediate region served by said
Airport; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to said agreement between the Cities
of Dallas and Fort Worth, the Dallas Transit System was
designated as the Operator of the D/FW SURTRAN SYSTEM; and,
WHEREAS, the Dallas Public Transit Board has requested
the Cities of Dallas and Fort worth to file a joint appli-
cation with the Department of Transportation„ United States
of America, for a Capital Grant Project in the amount of
$2,274,000 for the purchase of forty-five (45) passenger
motor coaches, five (5) cars and two (2) trucks to be used
as service vehicles and a two-way radio communication eye-
tem, as well as for the construction of airport kiosks in
order to equip SURTRAN to furnish passenger service to and
from the Dallas/Fort worth Regional Airport; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth Is
of the opinion that it will be beneficial to the City of
Fort Worth to make a joint application with the City of
Dallas to the Department of Transportation, United States
of America, for a capital grant for such purpose, and the
City of Fort Worth agrees to commit said City in the amount
of $170,400 as its part of the matching grant to be either in
cash or in kind or a combination of both for said matching
funds; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized to
make a joint application on behalf of the City of Fort Worth
with the City of Dallas for a capital grant in the amount
of $2,274,000 for the purchase of forty-five (45) motor
coaches, five (5) cars and two (2) trucks to be used as service
vehicles and a two-way radio communication system, as wo11
as for the construction of airport kiosks for the operation
of the D//PW SURTRAN SYSTEM to serve the Dallas/Fort Worth
Regional Airports and the City Manager be and he is hereby
authorized to cause to be deposited the entire amount received
on the capital grant application from the Department of Trans-
portation, United States of America, by the City of Fort Worth
to the D/FW SURTRAN SYSTEM Special Fund Account and, in addi-
tion thereto, he is further authorized to transfer an amount
not to exceed $170,400 to the said D/FW SURTRAN SYSTEM Special
Fund Account, as needed, as matching funds, with the City of
Fort Worth having the option of using either cash, in kind
property or a combination of both for use as matching funds.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITYc
City Attorney
Adopted on the day of , 1972.