HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 88-75 - 12/9/1975 - NWMC/SUBREGIONAL AUTHORITY FOR RTA RESOLUTION NO. 88-75
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE NORTHWEST MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE AS A
SUBREGIONAL AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHING A 3 MEMBER COMMITTEE OF
MAYORS AND VILLAGE PRESIDENTS TO FURTHER THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
OF THE 16 MEMBER MUNICIPALITIES WITH RESPECT TO THE RTA 5 YEAR PLAN
WHEREAS, the Northwest Municipal Conference (NWMC) , as represented by
Its elected officials, has a continuous and growing need for determination
of transportation needs and priorities; and
WHEREAS, the individual municipalities which are members of NWMC have
found considerable difficulty in communicating such needs and priorities to
the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) for their consideration; and
WHEREAS, the mayors and managers of NWMC have expressed great interest
in the potential for presenting such needs and priorities in a unified and
constructive manner; and
WHEREAS, NWMC is in the unique position of being able to effectively
organize and coordinate the transportation interests of the 16 municipalities;
and
WHEREAS, NWMC has demonstrated its utility and effectiveness in the area
of transportation through the Federal Aid to Urban Systems (FAUS) projects; and
WHEREAS, NWMC has recently been designated as a "notification and review
agency" for purposes of A-95 federal grant activity, which includes the area
of transportation; and
WHEREAS, NWMC is sufficiently staffed to allow for proper analysis of such
transportation activity;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that NWMC be designated as a subregional
authority for purposes of working with RTA to further the transportation
interests of the sixteen (16) member municipalities; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that NWMC establish a 3 member committee of village
and city mayors or presidents for purposes of reviewing RTA programs and proposals,
and for purposes of communicating the needs and interests of its member municipalities;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that such committee prepare and submit a report
delineating the specific needs and priorities of the member municipalities
with respect to the RTA 5-year plan, which is scheduled for approval on June
30, 1976.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage and approval according to law.
PASSED this 9th day of December , 1975
APPROVED this 9th day of December , 1975.
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
ATTEST:
Eleanor G. Turner
Village Clerk