HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 706 a1 17_
A Resolution
...� SUPPORTING SECTION 223 OF H.R. 6417
TO ALLOW LOCAL OPTION ON TRANSPORTATION
FOR THE HANDICAPPED
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth City Council, being composed of local elected
officials and acting as the single policy group for the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, is concerned with providing effective and
efficient transportation for the handicapped; and,
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth City Council, through a transportation study for
the elderly and handicapped in the Fort Worth area, did
previously express that specialized transportation was the most
cost effective way of serving the mobility impaired citizens of
this area; and,
WHEREAS, this study did also find that the use of wheelchair lifts on public
transit buses was not an effective way of serving the needs of
the mobility, impaired in this area; and,
WHEREAS, local handicapped citizens, through recent transition planning
efforts required under the U.S. Department of Transportation
Section 504 regulation, did- strongly express their need for
specialized transportation services; and,
WHEREAS, in response to the desires of the handicapped, the. City of Fort
Worth is pursuing a waiver from the regulation requiring the use
of wheelchair lifts on buses; and,
WHEREAS, providing accessibility in this fashion will require large expendi-
tures that ,will seriously limit the available resources for all
public transportation to the point of possible elimination of
specialized transportation services; and,
WHEREAS, a proposed amendment (Section 223 of H.R. 6417) to the 1980
Urban Mass Transportation Act would allow for local option on
how best to serve the transportation needs of the handicapped;
and,
WHEREAS, this proposed amendment would allow local decision-making in
the provision of transportation to the handicapped citizens in the
most responsive and efficient manner,
T NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE FORTS WORTH CITY
COUNCIL OF THE.-CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the City of Fort Worth does hereby, support Section
223 of H.R. 6417, the amendment to allow local option on
handicapped programs. -
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Section 2. That the City of Fort Worth does hereby encourage all U.S.
Representatives from the North Central Texas Region to
actively support this amendment.
Section 3. That this resolution be forwarded over the signature of
Mayor Woodie Woods to all U.S. Representatives from the
North Central Texas Region.
Woodie oods, Mayor
I hereby certify that this resolution was adopted by the Fort Worth City
Council on July 1 , 1980.
!�J k Green, City Secretary
l ity of Fort Worth, Texas
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