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r - CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RESOLUTIQW N0. 82-16 BY: YUQNNE PETRIGAC A RESOLUTI0N! l?RGING THE HQUSE OF REPRESEPJTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO REINSTATE THAT POP.TIQN OF THE INTERSTATE TRANSFER FUNDS FOR TNE CLEVELAND URBANIZED AREA (NOACA REGION) UJHICH WAS NOT APPROPRI'P,1"ED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1982, AND DFCLARING AN EMERGENCY AS AR1ENDED. WliEREAS, the Secretary of Transportation of the Lnited States Department of Transportation, pursuant to the interstate transfer amendment, provided an equivalent amount of money to the Cleveland Urbanized Area (NOACA Region) o@casioned by this area having relinquished an unneeded segment of Interstate 490, said equivalent amount of money originally being posted at approximately 235 million dollars, and WHEREAS, in the first available year this area was able to secure $16 million dollars (FY'80)9 in the second year of that program $11 million dollars (FY'81) and had submitted a statement of need for $54 million dollars as its pro-rata share of the national fund for this puraose covering FY'82, and WHEREAS, such monies are annually appropriated from the Treasury of the United States Government by Congressional action, and WHEREAS, the Cleveland Urbanized Area (NOACA Region) was inadvertently deleted from the joint Resolution adopted by both houses of Congress on December 14, 1981, said bill being signed by the President of the United States on December 16, 1981; and WNEREAS, the elected officials from this area have petitioned the PJortheast Ohio Congressional delegation and other Congressional leaders to rectify this oversight through a supplemental appropriation being considered b,y Congress for this fiscal year. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CQUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: . SECTION 1: That this Council urges Congress to immediately consider adding the needed funds previously requested by this region through a supplemental appropriation so as to make whole the Cleveland Urbanized Area (NOACA Region) for the lack of funds upon which it had a right to rely for FY'82, including a nroject listed within such needs, statement and located within the cities of North Olmsted, Ohio and Westlake, Ohio, commonly referred to as Dover Center Road & Clague Road. SECTION 2: That this Council urges both houses of Congress and the President to understand the significant unemployment in Northeast Qhio, part of which is directly attributable to the lack of construction funds that this City, Cuyahoga County and the five Northeast Ohio Counties comprising NOACA, have a right to rely upon in detrimental reliance for having given up the link of Interstate 490 several years ago. SECTION 3: That the Clerk of Council is hereby directed to send copies of this Resolution to all mernbers of Congress representing the peoale of Ohio, to the P1ayor & Clerk of Council in the City of Westlake, to the Cuyahoga County Engineer, to the Ohio Department of Transportation Director and District 12 Deputy Director and the Executive Director of NOACA.