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RESOLUTION
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'lief' ?.r....,.,.... No. 78 - 77
Tr: rs A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER URGING
{3` THAT THE FUNCTION OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION BE ACKNOWLEDGED, URGING THAT THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ESTABLISH
GUIDELINES TO CLARIFY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
r'y THE DISTRICT ENGINEER AND THE METROPOLITAN
PLANNING ORGANIZATION, URGING THAT THE BAY PINES
>::v INTERCHANGE AND STATE ROAD 580 PROJECTS BE RE-
,: '. INSTATED IN THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVE-
MENT PROGRAM AND PROVIDING FOR COPIES OF THIS
RESOLUTION BE SENT TO INTERESTED PERSONS
,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for
r Pinellas County as established by Federal regulations is the policy making
y>? body for the establishment of priorities for road improvements in Pinellas
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Ufa County; and
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WHEREAS the MPO has established a priority list for road
improvements through its various committee which was formally adopted by
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the MPO on October 26, 1977, such list reflecting the consensus of the
• governmental bodies and agencies in Pinellas County as to the most desirable
" road improvement projects to meet the needs of the communities served by
these roads; and
WHEREAS, Pinellas County and the municipalities in Pinellas County
have experienced great difficulty in receiving a share of the funds avilable
fix? for road projects and road improvements; and
' WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation, District 1,
District Engineer established a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
at variance with the TIP proposed by the MPO and at the MPO meeting of June
7, 1978, advised that failure of the MPO to adopt the District Engineer's TIP
would result in the withholding of funds for road improvements in Pinellas
County; and
WHEREAS, such list proposed by the District Engineer emphasizes
resurfacing of existing roadways rather than traffic improvement programs
that would increase the capacity of the roads in Pinellas County, in violation
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of adopted MPO policy that states that first priority will be given to capacity-
improving projects; and
WHEREAS, the conflict between the MPO and the District Engineer
appears in part to be due to a lack of definition of roles and responsibilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
IN SESSION DULY AND REGULARLY ASSEMBLED, AS
FOLLOWS;
1. The City of Clearwater expresses its firm conviction that the proper
role and function of the Metropolitan Planning Organization in establishing a
transportation improvement program for Pinellas County should be in complete
conformance with the Federal regulations establishing such organization.
The proper role of the MPO in identifying priority projects for the trans-
portation improvement program that best serve community needs in the area
served by the MPO should be preserved and protected from undue influence
from the District Engineer of the Florida Department of Transportation and
that the Florida Department of Transportation is appropriately the implementing
body for such priorities established by the MPO and should not be involved
in attempting to preempt the proper role of the MPO.
2. That the City of Clearwater urges the Secretary of the Florida
Department of Transportation, Tom Webb, to immediately issue a set of
guidelines and directives expressing the relationships outlined in above section
1 of this resolution, and that such guidelines shall include methods of recourse
to be followed if any party in the transportation planning process acts
outside those guidelines.
3. The City of Clearwater urges that the State reconsider its road
priorities for Pinellas County and reallocate various sources of funds to
insure that Pinellas County receives its share of road money based on
population.
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4. The City Clerk is directed to forward copies of.the within
resolution to the municipalities within Pinellas County, the Board of County
Commissioners, the Florida Department of Transportation, the Governor
of the State of Florida, the members of the Cabinet of the State of Florida,
and the members of the Pinellas County Legislative Delegation.
5. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of July, A. D. 1978.
Mayor-Commissioner
Attest:
City Clerk
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