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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF FULL FUNDING FOR THE TEXAS RECREATION AND
PARKS ACCOUNT IN THE STATE APPROPRIATION FOR TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE
WHEREAS, A Roadmap to Responsible Reform authored by the State Finance Task
Force of the 78th Legislature recommends withholding appropriations for Texas Recreation
and Parks Account (TRPA) grant assistance to local governments for local parks and
WHEREAS, during the 1993 legislative session the Texas Legislature changed the
basic source of general revenue for the subsidy of State and local parks from the two-cent tax
on cigarettes to the sporting goods sales tax; and
WHEREAS, the legislature capped the amount that could be budgeted from this source
of revenue at $32 million and
WHEREAS, half of this funding goes to local park grants that provide 50% funding for
local park acquisition and development; and
WHEREAS, TRPA funding is associated with the sporting goods safes tax, which is an
appropriate source for these funds because it is an associated tax; and
WHEREAS, local governments must match the grants at least 50/50 and frequently
exceed the required 50°lo match in order to be more competitive for state grant funding and
WHEREAS, the TPRA grant is the catalyst for mobilizing other local state and federal
funding sources such as the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program and
WHEREAS, local parks provide public health juvenile crime prevention education,
historic and natural resource conservation and economic development benefits to the citizens
of Fort Worth and
WHEREAS, if the grant funding is halted the local governments will not have a catalyst
to develop critical park and recreation.infrastructure that could assist in economic and
community development or the generation of other tax revenues
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
1) That the members of the 78th Legislature of Texas authorize the Texas Recreation and
Parks Account to be fully funded from the associated sporting goods sales tax in such a
manner that grant appropriations to local governments from the Texas Recreation and
Parks Account will be unaffected
2) That a copy of this resolution be presented to the Governor of Texas the leadership of
the 78th Legislature the Fort Worth Delegation and other members of the 78th
Legislature
Adopted this _ ~ S___ day of ~~~~.~___ 2003
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Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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City Attorney
ATTEST
City Sec tary
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