Resolution No. 93-32 i
RESOL U noN No. 3-3 L
` A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE OREGON TRANSPORTATION PLAN
AND CALLING FOR LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF THE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PACKAGE
WHEREAS,the Oregon State Lsgisiature has directed the development of a long-range
transportation plan for the State of Oregon;and
WHEREAS,the State,in partnership with cities and counties and with the full participation
of s-ter and!rAeresr groups and the oubLic,has developed the Oregon Transportation Plan(OTP).
e:plan that envisions the creation over a 2D-year period of a icily irntegrated,balanced system that
encompasses all modes of transportation;and
WHEREAS,Implementation of the OTP s essential to i.^.t..^:?ng and proteci ig Oregon's
economic competitiveness and quality of life,and Oregon now has a unique opportunity to avoid
the transportation conditions that have plagued urban areas across the nation while enhancing
mobility for Oregon's small communities;and
WHEREAS, implement-aticn of the 0111, 11 create and maintain jobs in the state,
strengthen the economy,preserve and extend the infrastructure investment of the past,provide
better and faster connections and mobility for people and freight throughout the state,Improve
air quality and the environment and reduce traffic congestion In heavily populated areas;and
._ WHEREAS, the cities of Oregon support a transportation plan that recognizes the
par hiership among transportation jurisdictions;that calls for transportation facilities appropriate
to each area of the state;that makes the most efficient use possible of available and potential
funding sources;and that provides adequate and stable sources to fund priority needs for each
mode of the transportation system,including roads and bridges,air service,local bus and transit
systems,ports,rail service,and bicycle and pedestrian facilities; and
WHEREAS, the cities of Oregon acknowledge and appreciate the actions of past
legislatures that have allowed progress in addressing a backlog of transportation needs within
the state, but believe that a comprehensive funding solution for all transportation modes is
required to achieve an efficient transportation system that is not in continual danger of fairing
further and further behind;and
WHEREAS,the Transportation'93 Committee-an alliance of state and local governments,
other transportation providers, business and civic leaders,and transportation construction and
user groups-has developed and put before the 1993 Legislature a package of legislative
measures that would initiate the OTP and provide sources of funding to begin its implementation;
and
WHEREAS,the cities of Oregon believe that the OTP and the proposed legislative funding
package represent prudent public policy.
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NOW.THEREFORE.be it resolved flus!the City/Of G1-A&- supports the Oregon
{ Transportation Platt and the funding proposel now before B9 1993 Legislative Assembly and
strongly urges the LqgiglaWrs to provide adequate funding sources to Implement the OTP,not
just to and mwintln the pest briesbrgwa in transportadon Infrastructure.but to extend
and expand OW infrastructure to create the&utegrusted,mutd-modal transportation system needed
In the ate of� .;r...
PASSEDo This � � day of / fix, y»3
ity of igiird
ATTEST:
City Recorder - City of Tigard
RESOLUTION NO. 93- �Z
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