HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 15,603RESOLUTION NO. 15,603
RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED
1989 BUDGET CUTS FOR MASS TRANSIT
WHEREAS, the President's Fiscal Year 1989 Budget proposes that the
Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) discretionary funding and
operating subsidies be cut and restricted to cities under 200,000
population; and
WHEREAS, these cuts are proposed to be used for increases in the
FAA controller workforce and modernization of the air traffic controller
system, and a dramatic increase for the U.S. Coast Guard to enhance its
drug interdiction efforts; and
WHEREAS, the Airport and Airways Trust Fund is the appropriate
funding source for the proposed increases in the national air safety
system, not the UMTA budget; and
WHEREAS, increased drug enforcement efforts should be funded from
the Administration of Justice component of the Budget rather than the
Transportation component; and
WHEREAS, the federal operating assistance to the San Diego region
has been reduced by 30 percent over the past seven years; and
WHEREAS, elimination of federal transit operating assistance will
result in devasting cutbacks in service at a time when Metropolitan Transit
System ridership and farebox recovery trends are both positive.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of National City does hereby register its strong support for maintaining
the federal transit program at existing Fiscal Year 1988 funding levels for
Fiscal Year 1989 and urges that:
1. full use of all new taxes collected for the Airport and
Airways Trust Fund be the source for proposed air safety
increases
2. the Administration of Justice component of the budget be
used for increased Coast Guard drug enforcement efforts.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of National City
respectfully requests the San Diego region's Congressional delegation to
lend their support to HRes 40 and SRes 394.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of May, 1988.
George lr. Waters, Mayor
ATTEST:
Io Campbell,CIM glerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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George H. Eiser, III - City Attorney