HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.res.119.2003 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO SUPPORTING INDEXING TO INCREASE
FEDERAL HUTF REVENUES
Resolution #03-
Recitals
1. The State of Colorado, as all states, is dependent on the federal Highway Users
Trust Fund (HUTF) contributions for its transportation funding.
2. The Colorado Department of Transportation has predicted that it will have only
$219 million for discretionary spending each year for the next twenty years, an amount
that is insufficient to even maintain existing highways at their current level of
maintenance.
3. The Colorado Department of Transportation has identified numerous projects
throughout the State that are necessary for the safety of the traveling public and that
currently have no funding source, nor is any funding source anticipated for the future.
4. The Federal Highway Administration ("FHWA") and the Federal Transit
Administration ("FTA") indicate that the unmet needs of the surface transportation
system continue to grow, and that the costs required to improve the surface transportation
system far exceed the projected ability of federal, state and local governments to pay for
them.
5. If the federal HUTF revenues were to be indexed to the consumer price index or
some other measure of national economic growth, that would allow the revenues flowing
to the trust fund to at least keep pace with inflation.
6. Without additional HUTF revenues to pass on to the states and for federal
highways and transit, the transportation and transit systems in the State of Colorado and
in other states will deteriorate.
7. Any increase in HUTF revenues could result in an increase in federal HUTF
contributions to the State of Colorado.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin
County, Colorado urges its federal congressional delegates to support the indexing of
HUTF revenues and other means that will allow the HUTF revenues to better meet the
needs of the nation's surface transportation systems.
ADOPTED ON THE 10th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2003.
PUBLISHED AFTER ADOPTION IN THE WEEKEND EDITION OF THE ASPEN
TIMES ON THE ~/tic DAY OF _,
2003.
Resolution #03-
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ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN
COUNTY, COLORADO
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John M~[ly "~ Hilary Sn~
County'X~tomey County Manager