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<br /> 153 <br /> RESOLUTION 1998 - 133 R <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br /> TEXAS SUPPORTING THE FORMATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO- AUSTIN <br /> CORRIDOR COMMUTER RAIL FACILITATION COMMITTEE (CRFC) AND <br /> DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> RECITALS: <br /> 1. The issue of commuter rail is a question of public interest for local <br /> governments throughout the greater Austin-San Antonio corridor. <br /> 2. A recent survey prepared for the Austin Transportation Study indicates that <br /> 67 percent of the traveling public in the region would use passenger rail if it existed in the <br /> corridor. <br /> 3. A commuter rail line running through Hays county might have many benefits <br /> for the citizens of San Marcos and the rest of the county, by easing the growing congestion <br /> pressure on the roads and highways, promoting economic development, perhaps <br /> decreasing the travel delays caused by lengthy freight trains, diminishing air pollution from <br /> automobile traffic and generally making regional travel more accessible. <br /> 4. Senator Gonzalo Barrientos and Jeff Wentworth, who sponsored the <br /> commuter rail district legislation which became state law have now endorsed the idea of <br /> a San Antonio-Austin Corridor Commuter Rail Facilitation Committee ("CRFC"). <br /> 5. Nothing in this resolution implies that the City has any obligation to provide <br /> funds to the CRFC or any future Inter-municipal Commuter Rail District. <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br /> TEXAS: <br /> PART 1. The City Council supports the formation of the Austin-San Antonio <br /> Corridor CRFC, as proposed and adopted by the Austin Transportation Study. <br /> PART 2. Billy G. Moore shall be appointed as the City's representative to the <br /> CRFC, with Joe Cox as the voting alternate, should rules be established at the CRFC to <br /> allow such a position; and that their terms shall commence immediately upon creation of <br /> the CRFC and last through December 31, 1998, or until their replacements are appointed <br /> by the City Council. <br /> PART 3. That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately from <br /> and after its passage. <br /> ADOPTED this the 13th day of July ,1998 <br /> ~~~~ <br /> Billy G. Moore <br /> Mayor <br /> Attest: <br /> 0/ .~1Va ) <br /> #v1W .. i / Cf?vJflj4~ <br /> Janis K. Womack <br /> City Secretary <br />