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e , .. e .----...- r- Till. TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE 1020 Southwest Tower Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 478-6601 April 3, 1984 Mr. Jack Owen, City Manager City of La Porte P . O. Box 1115 La Porte, Texas 77571 Dear Jack: During the next few weeks, Governor Mark White will call a special session of the Texas Legislature to consider proposals to increase state spending on public schools and highways. The special session agenda also will include TML's "Pothole Bill," which was introduced during the 1983 session of the State Legislature, but failed to pass. Under the Pothole Bill, $100 million per year in state funding would be allo- cated to Texas cities for street and bridge repairs. All cities would be eligible for funding. In order for us to pass the Pothole Bill during the upcoming special session, the cities will need to present a united front to the Legislature and demon- strate their collective support for the additional state funding--and taxes-- needed to bring our state-local roads and bridges up to par. In this regard, we request that your city council approve the enclosed resolution and return it "-to the League office as soon as possible. Copies of all resolutions received by TML will be forwarded to Governor White, state legislators, members of the state highway commission and the media, to underscore the seriousness with which city officials view the state-local road problem. Secondly, city officials will need to lobby their state senators and representa- tives and obtain their commitments to vote for the funding package described in the resolution. We will be contacting your city in the near future with regard to methods for accomplishing this phase of our campaign. In addition to the form resolution, other attachments include: (1) A list which shows the biennial (2-year) amount each city would receive upon enactment of the Pothole Bill. The state is on a biennial budget cy.cle; therefore, if the Pothole Bill is. approved, the amounts shown would be paid to the cities in two equal installments--half one year and half the next year. (If for some reason your city is not on the list, your biennial allocation can be calculated by multiplying your city's number of paved street miles times $1,660 times 2. (2) A Pothole Bill fact sheet. ~I