Resolution No. 2116No
RESOLUTION NO 2116
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
SUPPORTING THE SAFER OFF -SYSTEM ROADS PROGRAM AND
REQUESTING CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE THE REMAINING FUNDS
AUTHORIZED FOR THE 1978 FISCAL YEAR AND APPROPRIATE THE
FULL AUTHORIZATION FOR THE 1979 FISCAL YEAR
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WHEREAS, Congress in 1976 established the Safer Off -System Roads (SOS)
Program and made $200 million per year available to local agencies in fiscal
years 1976/77 and 1977/78 for projects on local roads which are not on any
Federal -aid highway system with special emphasis to be given to projects
which improve safety, and
WHEREAS, Congress appropriated the full $200 million authorization for
fiscal year 1976/77 but appropriated only $105 million of the $200 million
authorized for fiscal year 1977/78, and
WHEREAS, we have been informed that all SOS funds available nationally
have been exhausted, and
WHEREAS, Congress has not appropriated SOS funds for fiscal year 1978/79
despite the fact they continued the program through September 1982 under the
1978 Federal -aid Highway Act at a $200 million per year authorized funding
level and
WHEREAS, the SOS program has been one of the more successful Federal -aid
programs with a minimum of red tape measured by the fact that in over two
years all the funds appropriated by Congress have already been obligated and
WHEREAS, there is a continuing need for safety improvements and the SOS
program is one of the few Federal programs which provides local governments
with Federal financial assistance for streets and roads not on any Federal -
aid system.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Cypress
that Congress be requested to appropriate the remaining funds authorized for
the 1977/1978 fiscal year and appropriate the full authorization for the
1978/1979 fiscal year, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be directed to forward copies
of this action to the President of the United States the Senate and House
of Representatives Appropriations Committees, United States Senators Cranston
and Hayakawa (appropriate Congressmen) and the Secretary of Transportation
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular
meeting held on the 25th day of June 1979
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ATTEST.
CITY CLERK OF E CITY/ OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City
Council held on the 25th day of June 1979, by the following roll call vote:
AYES. 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS. Evans, Hudson and Rowan
NOES* 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS* None
ABSENT 2 COUNCIL MEMBERS Lacayo and MacLain
CITY C (WafY OF CYPRESS