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RESOLUTION NO. 01
Series of 2004
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A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE CITY'S
INVOLVEMENT IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY
TRANSPORT AnON ADVISORY AND ADVOCACY
GROUP (JEFFT AAG)
WHEREAS, Colorado's roadways have become increasingly strained as the
population has grown, and
WHEREAS, local and regional transportation issues have been Identified as one
of the top concerns of Coloradoans and Jefferson County residents; and
WHEREAS, transportation needs have increased, while our abIlity to pay for
necessary road upgrade and expansion projects has decreased; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County accounts for 21 percent of the metro area
population, logs 20 percent of vehicle mIles dnven, and contains 22 percent of the area's
lane miles, but receives only II percent of project-related transportation dollars in Metro
Denver; and
WHEREAS, although the nearly 535,000 residents of Jefferson County have paid
their flllr share oftax dollars to help fund transportation projects, these funds are
sometimes dIverted to projects that have lIttle benefit for Jefferson County; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County and its municipalities have borne the brunt of
funding shortages and diversions; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County transportation projects are an important
component of the regional transportation gnd and should not be short changed, and
WHEREAS, regional transportation needs call for a flllr distributIOn of
transportation dollars.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Wheat Ridge, Colorado:
A. The Wheat Ridge City Council Joins the Jefferson County Board of
CommIssioners ofthe State of Colorado in support of its efforts to request
a more eqUItable distribution of transportation dollars for Jefferson County
and its residents.
B. This rcsolution shall be effectlvc upon Its approval by the Wheat Ridge
City Council
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DONE AND RESOLVED THIS JL day of January, 2004.
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