RES NO 06-02-2011 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
RESOLUTION NO. e 3- 2011
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS, A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED:
A RESOLUTION URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
CONTINUE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS
FOR URBANIZED AREAS UNDER 200,000 POPULATION.
WHEREAS, in May 2011, the Frontier Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) was
designated by the Governors of Arkansas and Oklahoma to conduct transportation
planning and programming for the Fort Smith Region; and
WHEREAS, the Frontier MPO Policy Board is represented by the chief elected officials of the
region; and
WHEREAS, the region encompassed in the Frontier MPO is forecasted to continue to
experience growth in population and employment due to planned major
transportation investments (I -49) and industries (Chaffee Crossing); and
WHEREAS, the region is located on the Arkansas River McClellan -Kerr
Navigation System and is designated as a America's Marine Highway Corridor;
and
WHEREAS, a seamless transportation system that provides connectivity between modes of
transportation for people and freight is critical to the economic development of
the region of Arkansas and Oklahoma, and the United States; and
WHEREAS, the next Surface Transportation Reauthorization should continue transportation
planning, programming, and decision making at the local level and under the
direction of local elected officials for urbanized areas; and
WHEREAS, the federal government should allow existing Metropolitan Planning
Organizations to be responsible for a continuing, comprehensive, and
coordinated transportation planning process to develop multimodal
transportation programs in cooperation with state transportation departments,
public transportation agencies, local jurisdictions, and through the public
participation process.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of Van Buren,
Arkansas, that the City Council encourages the Federal Government to continue to fund existing
MPOs under a new Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill to allow a voice for regional
elected officials to plan and program transportation projects for the region.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, by its City Council, did
pass, approve, and adopt, by a vote of (p for and Q against, the foregoing Resolution at its
meeting held on the 20 day of June. 201 1.
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Robert D.
Mayor
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