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A Resolution
NO 2667
EXPRESSING COMMENTS ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENI`'S METROPOLITAN AREA STANDARDS
WHEREAS the U S Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is responsible for
establishing the standards by which the federal government defines metropolitan areas and
WHEREAS under the current metropolitan area standards OMB recognizes Fort Worth
as a central city within the four-county Fort Worth-Arlington primary metropolitan statistical
area and as a central city within the twelve-county Dallas-Fort Worth consolidated
metropolitan statistical area, and
WHEREAS according to the most recent population estimates published by the U S
Bureau of the Census Fort Worth had a 1998 population of 491 801 and thus ranked as the
country's 29~h largest city and
WHEREAS according to the same estimates the Fort Worth-Arlington primary
metropolitan statistical area had a 1998 population of 1 592 577 and thus ranked as the
country's 32"d largest metropolitan area and
WHEREAS OMB has received the final report and recommendations of the interagency
Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee regarding proposed changes to the federal
government's metropolitan area standards and has published said final report and
recommendations in the August 22, 2000 edition of the Federal Register and
WHEREAS OMB s stated goal in reviewing the federal government's metropolitan area
standards is to ensure the continued usefulness and relevance of those standards and
WHEREAS under the proposed metropolitan area standards as applied to 1990 census
data OMB would eliminate the twelve-county Dallas-Fort Worth consolidated metropolitan
statistical area and effectively replace it with an eleven-county Dallas-Fart Worth-Arlington
metropolitan area and
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WHEREAS OMB would also eliminate the four-county Fort Worth-Arlington primary
metropolitan statistical area but would fail to replace it with a comparable five-county
metropolitan division„ of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and
WHEREAS OMB s failure to recognize Fort Worth as a principal city within a distinct
metropolitan area or division would result in a loss of national identity for Fort Worth and a loss
of efficient access to census data for a variety of economic development and planning
purposes and
WHEREAS OMB would also combine the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area
with five micropolitan areas -Athens Corsicana Gainesville Greenville and Mineral Wells -
so as to create aseventeen-county Dallas combined area and
WHEREAS OMB s proposed name for the seventeen-county combined area would be
inconsistent with the common name for this area which appears in the names of Dallas-Fort
Worth International Airport and other nationally recognized institutions and
WHEREAS OMB has estab{ished a deadline of October 6 2000 for receipt of written
comments on the proposed metropolitan area standards and
WHEREAS the City of Fort Worth wishes to submit written comments on the proposed
metropolitan area standards by said deadline
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH
That the Gity Council supports OMB s stated goal of ensuring the continued usefulness
and relevance of the federal government's metropolitan area standards
2 That the City Council does not object to the proposed standards under which OMB
would eliminate the twelve-county Dallas-Fort Worth consolidated metropolitan
statistical area and effectively replace it with an eleven-county Dallas-Fort Worth-
Arlington metropolitan area
3 That the City Council strongly objects to the proposed standards under which OMB
would eliminate the four-county Fort Worth-Arlington primary metropolitan statistical
area but would fail to replace it with a comparable five-county metropolitan division of
the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area
4 That the City Council strongly objects to the proposed standards under which OMB
would exclude Fort Worth from the name of the seventeen-county combined area
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