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9586M M r M M M M M M r M M M M� 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 RESOLUTION NO. 9,586 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SUPPORT OF TIC BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF r CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, FOR THE H11CHWAY AND STREET IMMOVI24FMT PROPOSAL; AND FOR • :1:1' PURPOSES. 71!) WHEREAS, Governor Jim Guy Tucker and the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department have proposed a Highway and Local Street Improvement Program to provide a much needed interconnecting system of four -lane highways to tie the state together and to provide financing for local improvements. This program provides the potential for increasing economic growth, safety, and convenience; and WHEREAS, all projects included in the Highway Improvement Program will be let to contract in seven years and completed in nine years; and WHEREAS, the Highway and Street Improvement Program will provide additional revenues annually to your county and to each of the respective incorporated municipalities within the county (approximately $8 per capita in additional street turnback) for the exclusive use in maintaining and improving their respective roads, bridges, and streets; and WHEREAS, the Governor and Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department have researched this issue extensively and feel that this program is the most cost effective and cost saving way to achieve a comprehensive highway system in Arkansas; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Arkansas have overwhelmingly voiced their concern about the lack of adequate highways and need for local street improvements. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. SECTION 1. THAT the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, supports the. Highway and Street Improvement Program to be voted on January 9, 1996, and encourages all of the citizens of the City of Little Rock to study the proposal and vote "Yes" for both Propositions Numbers 1 and 2 on January 9, 1996. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 u ADOPTED: December 19, 1995 ATTEST: APPROVED: CITY CLERK WR APPROVED AS TO FORK: Y(A' C CITY ATTORNEY 720