WHEREAS:  at the regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Roseboom, County of Otsego, State of New York, held at the South Valley Fellowship Hall, Rte. 165- South Valley, New York 13320, on the 11th day of  February 2016, at 6:30 pm; there were:

PRESENT: Supervisor Gustafson, Deputy Supervisor/Council Person VanDewerker, Council Person Schecter, Council Person Diamond II, and Council Person Gage.

Council Person VanDewerker offered the following resolution and moved for its adoption;  
 Council Person Schecter seconded the motion:
•	A MOTION was made to accept RESOLUTION 2016-2 by Councilperson VanDewerker and Seconded by Councilperson Schecter to a) call upon the governor and state legislature to make additional state funding and resources available at levels that accurately reflect the critical needs of local roads and bridges; and increase CHIPS funding in the 2016-2017 state budget, b) fully fund and submit a new NYSDOT five year transportation capital plan, and c) to recognize the equality of roads, bridges and transit by restoring funding equality between the MTA and NYSDOT five year programs by voting on the plans simultaneously.  All were in favor, motion carried. 

RESOLUTION 2016-2

•	WHEREAS, a reliable transportation infrastructure is vital for the safety of New York’s travelling public and it economy; and
•	WHEREAS, eighty-five percent (85%) of New York’s roads and bridges are maintained by local governments; and
•	WHEREAS,  despite well-timed and targeted preventive maintenance treatments, the age and condition of many of our locally-owned transportation assets means that they are beyond preservation and in need of much more costly rehabilitation and reconstruction; and
•	WHEREAS, estimates by the State Comptroller, DOT and independent studies show a large portion of road mileage is deteriorating and many bridges in the state are rated structurally deficient and functionally obsolete; and
•	WHEREAS, the State Comptroller estimates that there will be eighty-nine billion dollars ($89 billion) in unmet local infrastructure needs over the next twenty years (20 yrs); and
•	WHEREAS,  the New York state Association of Town Superintendents of Highways commissioned its own fifteen (15) year analysis that indicates an annual funding gap of $1.3 billion for the local system (excluding NYC) alone; and
•	WHEREAS, funding for our local system has been far short of what is needed and we have fallen further and further behind in maintaining the vast and aging transportation infrastructure over this period with severe consequences for conditions ratings; and
•	WHEREAS, the New York State Consolidated Local Street and Highway Program (CHIPS) provides essential funding for every municipality in the state and is part of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) capital program; and

•	WHERAS, in the early 1990’s the Governor and Legislature created the Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund (DHBTF) to pay for the NYSDOT capital program and the Dedicated Mass Transit Trust Fund (DMTTF) to assist with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and other transit systems’ capital programs; and

•	WHEREAS, when the DHBTF was created, it was agreed that the NYSDOT and MTA five-year capital programs would be similar in size and would be negotiated concurrently; and
•	WHEREAS,  through 2005-2009, both five-year capital programs (NYSDOT and MTA) were similar in size and adopted within months of each other; and
•	WHEREAS, in 2010 the Executive and Legislature broke traditional parity and enacted a five-year capital program for the MTA but not the DOT;  NOW THEREFORE BE IT 

•	RESOLVED, that the Town of Roseboom calls upon the Governor and the state legislature to make additional state funding and resources available at levels that accurately reflect the critical needs of local roads and bridges; and increase CHIPS funding in the 2016-17 state budget; and BE IT FURTHER

•	RESOLVED, that the Town of Roseboom calls upon the Governor, and members of the state Legislature to fully fund and submit a new NYSDOT five-year transportation capital plan; and BE IT FURTHER
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•	RESOLVED, that the Town of  Roseboom calls upon the Governor and members of the state Legislature to recognize the equality of roads, bridges, and transit by restoring funding equality between the MTA and NYSDOT five-year programs and by voting on the plans simultaneously.

                       ___5_____      AYES                                    ___0_____    NAYES        	   

  SUPERVISOR:			______________________________      Patti Gustafson

COUNCILPERSON:        		______________________________      Curtis VanDewerker

COUNCIL PERSON		______                           __________       Allegra Schecter

COUNCIL PERSON                    ______________________________      Charles Diamond II	

COUNCIL PERSON                    ______________________________       Dan Gage											

TOWN CLERK: 			______________________________     Erin Seeley	

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