HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2005-R0240 - Support Negotiations With TXDOT - Expidite Masha Sharp Freeway, TIP Improvements - 06_09_2005Resolution No. 2005-1 0240
June 9, 2005
Item Z
RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
A resolution authorizing and directing the members of the City Council and City
staff who are members of the Lubbock Metropolitan Planning Organization
Transportation Policy Committee to support negotiations with the Texas Department of
Transportation through the Metropolitan Planning Organization, for the purpose of
entering into an agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation to expedite the
construction of the five phases of the Marsha Sharp Freeway and other projects contained
in the Transportation Improvement Plan, expressing the willingness of the City Council
to participate in the costs and financing of said construction through the issuance of bonds
to the extent of the funding that the Texas Department of Transportation commits to
provide to the City on an annual basis to repay said bonds and further expressing the
intent of the City Council that the Marsha Sharp Freeway shall not be operated as a toll
road and that no funds provided by the City of Lubbock shall be used be used for the
construction or operation of the Marsha Sharp Freeway as a toll road nor shall the
operation of the Marsha Sharp Freeway as a toll road be considered as an option for
funding such expedited construction.
Passed by the City Council this 9th day
ATTEST:
Rebecca Garza, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Lee Ann Dumbauld, CFO/Assistant City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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May 27, 2005