12-R-95 Supporting the San Antonio-Bexar County MPORESOLUTION NO. 12-R-95
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS, SUPPORTING THE SAN ANTONIO - BEXAR
COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AND
OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
is a regional agency created by Federal Law to conduct a cooperative, continuous, and
comprehensive transportation planning process; and
WHEREAS, the San Antonio-Bexaz• County MPO was created in 1974 and Serves the
greater San Antonio region; and
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz has been a member of the San Antonio-Bexar County
MPO since its inception; and
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz has been the recipient of several MPO-funded projects
through the years including work on Lower Seguin Road, improvements on IH-35 and the
reconstruction and widening of FM 3009; and
WHEREAS, many projects have also been funded in the member cities of the Northeast
Paztnership, subm~ban cities (including San Antonio), and Bexar County; and
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz sits in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe counties and
supports and promotes regional planning and cooperation; and
WHEREAS, a need exists to address transportation issues across an area greater than the
existing boundaries of the San Antonio-Bexar County MPO to include counties contiguous to
Bexar County or the entire Alamo .Area Council of Govermnents service area; and
WHEREAS, the cities of New Braunfels and Seguin are seeking to create a Comal
County-Guadalupe County MPO; and
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz does not support the creation of a separate MPO for
Comal and Guadalupe counties as it fails to promote regional planning; and
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz wishes to continue our participation not only in the San
Antonio-Bexaz• County MPO, but in an expanded super regional MPO to ensure that our federal
and state gas tax dollars are spent wisely and according to the region's most urgent needs which
will improve our transportation system and, in the process, our region's quality of life.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the continued membership with the
San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Section 2. The City Council does not support a sepazate Comal County-Guadalupe
Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Section 3. The City Council promotes an expansion of the boundaries of the San
Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization to include multiple counties
including Comal and Guadalupe counties.
Section 4. All resolutions or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved
herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final
passage, and it is so resolve
PASSED AND ADOPTED, THIS 16TH day of October 2012.
CIT O SC$ERTZ, TEXAS
George Antuna
Mayor Pro-Tem
da Dennis, TRMC, MMC, CPM
City Secretary