TABLE V: ENDORSEMENTS, PARTICIPATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Ord./Res. No.
Date Passed
Description
Ord./Res. No.
Date Passed
Description
CRD 85-44
10-11-1985
Recommending an ordinance to the Regional Transportation Authority for consideration on or before December 31, 1985
R. MET 87-12
6-12-1987
Supporting the construction of the Superconducting Super Collider
R. MET 96-2
3-11-1996
Petitioning the U.S. Department of Transportation to approve the vigilant enforcement of the State Vehicle Code as it relates to grade crossing safety
R. MET 02-17
6-28-2002
Endorsing McHenry County’s Illinois Corridor Planning Grant application and encouraging IDOT to award the grant to McHenry County
R. MET 07-03
6-15-2007
Urging the Governor to approve the program including a funding package from the Illinois General Assembly, resolution to the CTA pension funding, secure revenue stream to fund ADA required Paratransit, a new dedicated suburban transit fund and appropriate revisions to the RTA Act
R. MET 09-06
5-1-2009
Urging President Barack Obama to take immediate action to increase the personal net worth limitation in the DBE program to $2,000,000, remove the size cap on DBE gross receipts and follow the SBA size standards and to take immediate action to adopt the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences’ model disparity study methodology
R. MET 14-09
6-20-2014
Urging Congress to pass a long-term bill to increase funding levels for public transportation
R. MET 14-25
12-12-2014
Supporting the CREATE 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project and urging officials to make funding available
R. MET 15-12
9-21-2015
Reaffirming position that the SES be included as a transportation solution for the southeast corridor, applauding efforts of the local District in advocating for additional funding, encouraging the District to study alternative funding sources and the like
R. MET 15-13
9-21-2015
Urging Congress to extend the current statutory deadline to a date that realistically accounts for the technological and financial challenges which must be satisfied in order to safely and successfully implement Positive Train Control
R. MET 17-06
5-24-2017
Participating in the 12th annual National Dump the Pump Day on June 15, 2017 by encouraging citizens to ride public transportation
R. MET 17-16
10-6-2017
Urging the Illinois General Assembly to repeal the portion of Public Act 100-023 that contains the 2% collection fee