HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2006-045 Endorsing Transp Funding Initiatives Consistent With State of N C Bule Ribbon Commission on Urban Mobility~~~-~oa~~a~~
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Resolution Endorsing Transportation. Funding Initiatives Consistent With The
State Of North Carolina's Blue Ribbon Commission On Urban Mobility
WHEREAS, Orange County is a member of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO); and
WHEREAS, The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization
(DCHC MPO) is the regional transportation organization recognized by federal and state
law as the body responsible for coordinating transportation planning in the Planning
Area defined by the DCHC Metropolitan Area Boundary; which includes a portion of
Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) adopted for air quality
conformity by the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) of the DCHC MPO
recognizes that existing sources of revenue cannot provide sufficient funding to
implement all projects in the LRTP to manage congestion and ensure federal ambient
air quality standards in the region, and that new sources of revenue must be developed
to ensure same; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization-DCHC MPO
Transportation Funding Initiatives Task Force has identified a unified legislative agenda
that is consistent with the State of North Carolina's Blue Ribbon Commission To Study
North Carolina's Urban Transportation Needs; and
WHEREAS, the TAC of the DCHC MPO has adopted the legislative agenda identified
by the Joint CAMPO-DCHC MPO Transportation Funding Initiatives Task Force, and
has encouraged member jurisdictions to include language in their legislative agendas
supporting transportation funding initiatives;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners endorses the following funding initiatives identified by the Joint
CAMPO-DCHC MPO Transportation Funding Initiatives Task Force:
1. Permanently end the transfer of Highway Trust Fund Revenue to the North Carolina
General Fund.
2. Modernize the equity formula to address congestion related needs.
3. Create transportation and infrastructure local revenue option authority.
4. Ensure that any toll revenue generated in a region stays in that region.
This the 4~' day of May, 2006.
Barry Jacobs, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners