June 7, 2010

Tallahassee Mayor John R. Marks III, Acting Chair

Resolution # 78: Investing in America’s Emerging High Speed Rail Network calls on Congress and the Obama Administration to include in the next federal surface transportation authorization a well funded and dedicated revenue source for planning, development, and maintenance of high'speed rail corridors.

Resolution # 79: The TIGER Grant Program urges the continuation of the grant program beyond FY10 and a wider distribution of the grants among cities.

Resolution # 70: Calling Upon fhe Federal Government to Expand Existing Means of Leveraging Local Revenues for Constructing Transit Projects That Address Congestion and Air Quality Issues urges Congress to expand existing methods of leveraging local revenues for constructing transit projects, adoption of the Administration’s proposed “National Innovation and Finance Fund” (I-Fund), and an expedited implementation of the I-Fund with a focus on a new early action “metro transit leveraged investment program” targeted to urban areas positioned to dedicate a substantial level of locally-generated revenues.

Resolution # 80: Promoting Sustainability and Local Economies Through Public Transit affirms The U.S. Conference of Mayors’ commitment to develop and implement sustainability initiatives in the area of public transit.

Resolution # 81: Streetcar Renaissance and Leadership states that the U.S. Conference of Mayors strongly supports the Small Start Program and urges continued funding and enhancement in the future via both annual appropriations and a future surface transportation reauthorization measure.

Resolution # 27: Calling on the Obama Administration to Create an Office Dedicated to the Promulgation of Sustainability Principles, Practices, and Policies recommends and endorses the creation of an office within the Administration, whose primary mandate is to encourage, promote, and further principles and practices of sustainability across all sectors of the communities outside the fedeal government.

Resolution # 25: HUD, DOT and EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities congratulates HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, DOT Secretary Ray LaHood and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson for their leadership in creating the Partnership for Sustainable Communities and that the U.S. Conference of Mayors will continue to work with these three agencies to enhance and promote the Partnership programs and principles.

Resolution # 24: Support for Sustainable Development in Cities call on Congress to adopt the Livable Communities Act, the Enhancing Livability for All Americans Act, or similar legislation and support full funding for the Sustainable Communities Partnership.

Resolution # 82: America’s Clean, Domestic, and Affordable Urban Transportation Solution calls on the President and Congress to enact the New Alternative to Give Americans Solutions Act, enact The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users Act’s provision that provides a tax credit of 50-cent per gasoline-gallon-equivalent of CNG or liquid gallon of LNG for the sale of CNG and LNG for use as a motor vehicle fuel and expand federally funded research, development, and demonstration programs to expand product offerings of natural gas engines.

Resolution # 63: Calling Upon the Federal Government to Develop Policies that Authorize – But Not Mandate – Ports to Adopt and Enforce Measures to Improve Local Environmental, Health, and Public Safety Issues calls upon the Congress to develop federal policies that authorize – but not mandate – ports to adopt and enforce measures to improve local environmental, health, and public safety issues.

Resolution # 38: 700 MHz “D Block” Spectrum Assignment to Public Safety opposes the FCC proposal in the National Broadband Plan to auction the D Block spectrum to a commercial provider; calls upon Congress to immediately pass legislation to prevent the FCC from undertaking an auction in 2011 and condition further FCC action on formal Congressional approval of plans for the D Block and meeting public safety spectrum needs, and to reallocate the D Block to public safety; and endorses identification of alternative federal funding sources in order to ensure that all states and localities can afford costs associated with transition to a nationwide network.

Resolution # 39: Upgrading the 9-1-1 Emergency System to Next Generation urges the Administration and the Congress to implement a Next Generation 9-1-1; ensure that the system provides location-based routing to the appropriate emergency entity, uses additionally available data elements and business policies to augment PSAP routing, and delivers geodetic and/or civic location information and the call back number; and initiate a coordinated effort to ensure that the NG9-1-1 system supports the transfer of calls to other NG9-1-1-capable PSAPS or other authorized entities based on and including accumulated data; provides standardized interfaces for call and message services; processes all types of emergency calls, including non-voice (multimedia) messages; and acquires and integrates additional data useful to call routing and handling for appropriate emergency entities.