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;l,,ti <br />J ✓ <br />• <br />COMMISSION STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS <br />REAGAN HOUSTON. CHAIRMAN AND PUBLIC 'FRANSPORTA"TION <br />DEWITT C. GREER P. 0. Box 1386 <br />CHARLES E. SIMONS Houston, Texas 77001 <br />October 17. 1975 <br />Hon. I. J. Kibodeaux <br />Mayor Pro Tem, City of La Porte <br />P. O. Box 1115 <br />La Porte, Texas 77571 <br />Dear Mayor Pro Tem Kibodeaux: <br />ENGINEER -DIRECTOR <br />B. L. DEBERRY <br />IN REPLY REFER TO <br />FILE NO. <br />Senate Bills 761 and 762 of the 64th Texas Legislature, which <br />formed the State Department of Highways and Public Transporta- <br />tion (DHPT), also established the State Public Transportation <br />Fund. This fund can be used to assist local governments in <br />providing the local share of federally assisted public trans- <br />portation capital improvement projects. <br />Because current State appropriations cover the next two years, <br />we are attempting to determine which cities in this area may <br />have tentative plans to apply for State public transportation <br />participation within that time. Should you have such intentions, <br />we would appreciate your so advising us within the next two <br />weeks. Any questions you may have in this regard may be <br />directed to Mr. V. D. Schultz, P. O. Box 34458, Houston 77034, <br />telephone 481-1120. <br />As you may know, your city falls within the boundary of the <br />"Houston Urbanized Area." Under federal and state law, specific <br />allocations of available funds are made to such areas with <br />population of 200,000 or more, but must be handled through a <br />single recipient. In this case, the designated recipient recog- <br />nized by the U. S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration is <br />the City of Houston. Accordingly, any application your agency <br />might wish to make for federal and state assistance in public <br />transportation capital improvement projects should be handled <br />through the City of Houston. <br />Total State matching funds currently earmarked for the "Houston <br />Urbanized Area" amount to $2,017,246. Under a formula approved <br />by the Steering Committee of the Policy Advisory Committee for <br />Multimodal Planning in the Gulf Coast State Planning Region, <br />