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e. e RESOLUTZON NO. 2000-~ A RESOLUTZON OF THE CZTY COUNCZL OF THE CZTY OF LA PORTE SUPPORTZNG THE PASSAGE OF ENABLZNG LEGZSLATZON FOR PHOTOGRAPHZC RED LZGHT ENFORCEMENT ZN THE 77TH LEGZSLATUREi FZNDZNG COMPLZANCE WZTH THE OPEN MEETZNGS LAWi AND PROVZDZNG AN EFFECTZVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, the disregard of traffic signals causes 260,000 accidents annually in the united states which accounts for twenty- two percent (22%) of all motor vehicle crashes, making it the largest single accident cause; and WHEREAS, the disregard of traffic signals or stop signs accounted for 28,019 accidents in Texas in 1998, of which 191 involved fatalities; and WHEREAS, the ci ty of Richardson conducted a photographic traffic signal enforcement test site during January and February of 1999, and found that one red light violation occurred every two minutes during peak traffic periods and a violation occurred, on a daily average, every five minutes; and WHEREAS, photographic traffic signal enforcement techniques have been used worldwide for over forty years; and WHEREAS, currently in the united states only ten states have laws that permit photographic enforcement and the statistics from these states show that the number of red light accidents and fatalities have been significantly reduced since these laws were enacted; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CZTY COUNCZL OF THE CZTY OF LA PORTE: section 1. That the city council recognizes that a traffic signal violation epidemic exists in the state of Texas, and recognizes that photographic traffic signal enforcement is a proven and effective method to address this problem. section 2. That the City Council hereby supports the passage of enabling legislation for photographic traffic signal enforcement in the 77th Texas Legislature and encourages other local and State government officials to support this important issue. section 3. The city Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was