R-91-1595 - 4/11/1991WHEREAS the Texas Local Park Fund has provided matching funds
which have afforded public parks, recreation facilities, and
tourism resources statewide in local communities, and
WHEREAS the current revenues accruing to the fund through the
one penny per pack tax on cigarettes are wholely inadequate to meet
the outdoor recreational needs of citizens and guests of Texas, and
WHEREAS due to the shortage of funds, one -half of all grant
applications are denied funding, and indoor recreation center
development remains ineligible for matching grant funding, and
WHEREAS the City of Round Rock recognizes the critical
importance of the Texas Local Park Fund to the future of our
community,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK to
hereby call upon the Seventy Second Legislature and the Governor of
Texas to approve House Bill 1573 by Representative Oliveira, which
doubles revenues to the Texas Local Park Fund, defines indoor
recreation centers as eligible for grant assistance, and
establishes a Texas Local Park Fund Trust.
RESOLVED this llth day of April, 1991.
ATTEST:
JC(NNE LAND, City Secretary
RESOLUTION NO./
Supporting HB 1573
Texas Local Park Fund
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
v l�
DATE: April 9, 1991
SUBJECT: CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 11, 1991
ITEM: 9B. Consider a resolution supporting NB 1573 (Texas
Local Park Fund).
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Sharon Prete
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approval
Representative Rene Oliveira has
introduced legislation which calls for a
1 cent cigarette tax increase. Passage
will have a significant positive impact
on all local governments for the
following reasons:
1. It will double the available Local
Park Fund monies to be distributed
through the grant process.
2. For the first time, the grant
program will be expanded to include
indoor recreation facility
construction.
3. The establishment of the Local Park
Fund Trust will finally provide a
revenue service which cannot be
diverted.
ECONOMIC IMPACT: Round Rock has received $1,398,738.00 in
grants to date.