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A RESOLUTION OF EHE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL THE CITIES OF HAMPTON ROADS, RELATIVE TO PHASE II OF THE STUDY BY THE GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON TRANSPORTATION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. WHEREAS, the Governor's Commission on Transportation the Twenty-First Century is charged with studying the Commonwealth's transoortation needs and making recommendations aimed at meeting those needs; and WHEREAS, the stated objectives of the Phase II study to be conducted by the Commission include examination of innovative financing techniques which could be made available to local governments for meeting both intrajurlsdictional and interjurisdictional transportation needs; determination of whether local units of government should be granted additional authority for controlling local transportation networks; and exploring ways for improving cooperation between the new Virginia Department of Transportation and local governments within the Commonwealth; and WHEREAS, the Commission has concluded a series of public hearings on Phase II of its study in order to solicit participation and receive testimony of interested parties including local governments; and WHEREAS, the cities of Hampton Roads have cooperatively and actively participated in the work of the Commission. BE iT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth: 1. That it hereby endorses and supports as priorities the following four options, as previously identified by the Governor's Commission on ~ransportation, that should be enacted to permit localities to augment State transportation revenues; a. Impact Fees b. Regional Tax c. Additional Bonding Authority d. Recordation or Transfer Fee 2. That local governments be granted additional authority for controlling local transportation networks; specifically, the cities of Hampton Roads advocate that cities be allowed to administer, through intergovernmental agreements, high-priority urban construction projects within their boundaries. Such agreements should include provisions for preliminary engineering, corridor determination, design, right-of-way acquisition, and inspection.