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A RESOLUTION
EXPRESSING THE INTENT TO ESTABLISH RAIL TRANSIT PRIORITIES
ON THE BASIS OF THE REGIONAL RAIL CORRIDOR STUDY
WHEREAS on June 28 2002 the City and the T jointly submitted a Section 5309
New Starts application to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for approval to
proceed into preliminary engineering for the Light Rail Streetcar Starter Project
and
WHEREAS City staff has determined in view of FTA s current rating criteria that
the light rail streetcar project is unlikely to be competitive for FTA New Starts
funding and
WHEREAS the Regional Transportation Council (RTC) has initiated a Regional
Rail Corridor Study that will identify a Locally Preferred Alternative for the Union
Pacific Cottonbelt /Fort Worth & Western and Burlington Northern Santa Fe
corridors in Fort Worth and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT
1 The City Council directs the City Manager upon authorization by the T s
Executive Committee and in cooperation with the T s President/Executive
Director to request that FTA not proceed to rate the New Starts application for
the Light Rail Streetcar Starter Project and
2 The City Council expresses its intent to establish rail transit priorities on the
basis of the Regional Rail Corridor Study
ADOPTED this "/ day of , 2003
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