19790313 r-79-4RESOLUTION NO. R-79-4
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO CONTINUE
AND REAFFIRM THE FEDERAL COMMITMENT TO A
NATIONAL CAPITAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the Washington Metro is the mass transit system of
the Capital of the United States; and
WHEREAS, Metro does not serve just one city or state, but two
states, the District of Columbia, and citizens of the entire
United States; and
WHEREAS, legislation reaffirming the special Federal commit-
ment to the transit system of the Capital of the United States is
appropriate and necessary to insure completion of the 101 mile
system; and
WHEREAS, Senator John W. Warner and Congressman Herbert E.
Harris, II are sponsoring legislation which would insure appropri-
ate Federal participation in the Metro system; and
WHEREAS, the legislation being sponsored authorizes an
additional $1.7 billion to allow timely and most economical com-
pletion of the 101 mile regional system; and
WHEREAS, the proposed legislation proposes an equitable means
of paying off Metro's outstanding construction bonds; and
WHEREAS, the proposed legislation authorizes needed annual
Federal operating assistance through 1987;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Fairfax, Virginia supports the legislation sponsored by
Senator Warner and Representative Harris which affirms a meaningful
Federal commitment to the area's transportation system; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this endorsement of the legisla-
tion assumes the completion of the adopted regional system to
include the Nutley Road station that will serve the citizens of the
City of Fairfax and Fairfax County and contemplates a commitment
by the member jurisdictions of the Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority to a financial policy that funds no less than
seventy-five percent of rapid rail operating costs from the fare
box.
Adopted: March 13, 1979
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk~ '