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RESOLUTION No. 2000-071
EXPRESSING COMMENTS ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S METROPOLITAN AREA STANDARDS
WHEREAS the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is responsible for
establishing the standards by which the federal government defines metropolitan areas; and
WHEREAS, under the current metropolitan area standards, OMB recognizes Fort
Worth as a central city within the four-county Fort Worth-Arlington primary metropolitan
statistical area, and as a central city within the twelve-county Dallas-Fort Worth consolidated
metropolitan statistical area; and
WHEREAS, according to the most recent population estimates published by the U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Fort Worth had a 1998 population of 491,801 and thus ranked as the
country's 29th largest city; and
WHEREAS, according to the same estimates, the Fort Worth-Arlington primary
metropolitan statistical area had a 1998 population of 1,592,577 and thus ranked as the
country's 32nd largest metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS OMB has received the final report and recommendations of the
interagency Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee regarding proposed changes to
the federal government's metropolitan area standards, and has published said final report
and recommendations in the August 22, 2000, edition of the Federal Register; and
WHEREAS OMB's stated goal in reviewing the federal government's metropolitan
area standards is to ensure the continued usefulness and relevance of those standards; and
WHEREAS, under the proposed metropolitan area standards as applied to 1990
census data, OMB would eliminate the twelve-county Dallas-Fort Worth consolidated
metropolitan statistical area and effectively replace it with an eleven-county "Dallas-Fort
Worth-Arlington" metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS OMB would also eliminate the four-county Fort Worth-Arlington primary
metropolitan statistical area, but would fail to replace it with a comparable five-county
"metropolitan division" of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS OMB's failure to recognize Fort Worth as a principal city within a distinct
metropolitan area or division would result in a loss of national identity for Fort Worth and a
loss of efficient access to census data for a variety of economic development and planning
purposes; and
WHEREAS OMB would also combine the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan
area with five "micropolitan areas" - Athens, Corsicana, Gainesville, Greenville, and Mineral
Wells - so as to create a seventeen-county "Dallas combined area;" and
WHEREAS OMB's proposed name for the seventeen-county combined area would be
inconsistent with the common name for this area, which appears in the names of Dallas-Fort
Worth International Airport and other nationally recognized institutions; and
WHEREAS OMB has established a deadline of October 6, 2000, for receipt of written
comments on the proposed metropolitan area standards; and
WHEREAS the City of North Richland Hills wishes to submit written comments on the
proposed metropolitan area standards by said deadline;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS:
1.
That the City Council supports OMB's stated goal of ensuring the continued usefulness and
relevance of the federal government's metropolitan area standards.
2.
That the City Council does not object to the proposed standards under which OMB would
eliminate the twelve-county Dallas-Fort Worth consolidated metropolitan statistical area and
effectively replace it with an eleven-county "Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington" metropolitan area.
3.
That the City Council strongly objects to the proposed standards under which OMB would
eliminate the four-county Fort Worth-Arlington primary metropolitan statistical area, but would
fail to replace it with a comparable five-county "metropolitan division" of the Dallas-Fort
Worth-Arlington metropolitan area.
4.
That the City Council strongly objects to the proposed standards under which OMB would
exclude Fort Worth from the name of the seventeen-county combined area.
5.
That the City Council urges OMB to defer any action on the proposed metropolitan area
standards pending an appropriate revision of said standards so as to satisfy the objections
cited in sections 3 and 4 of this resolution.
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RESOLUTION No. 2000-071
EXPRESSING COMMENTS ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S METROPOLITAN AREA STANDARDS
WHEREAS the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is responsible for
establishing the standards by which the federal government defines metropolitan areas; and
WHEREAS, under the current metropolitan area standards, OMB recognizes Fort
Worth as a central city within the four-county Fort Worth-Arlington primary metropolitan
statistical area, and as a central city within the twelve-county Dallas-Fort Worth consolidated
metropolitan statistical area; and
WHEREAS, according to the most recent population estimates published by the U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Fort Worth had a 1998 population of 491 ,801 and thus ranked as the
country's 29th largest city; and
WHEREAS, according to the same estimates, the Fort Worth-Arlington primary
metropolitan statistical area had a 1998 population of 1,592,577 and thus ranked as the
country's 32nd largest metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS OMB has received the final report and recommendations of the
interagency Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee regarding proposed changes to
the federal government's metropolitan area standards, and has published said final report
and recommendations in the August 22, 2000, edition of the Federal Register; and
WHEREAS OMB's stated goal in reviewing the federal government's metropolitan
area standards is to ensure the continued usefulness and relevance of those standards; and
WHEREAS, under the proposed metropolitan area standards as applied to 1990
census data, OMB would eliminate the twelve-county Dallas-Fort Worth consolidated
metropolitan statistical area and effectively replace it with an eleven-county "Dallas-Fort
Worth-Arlington" metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS OMB would also eliminate the four-county Fort Worth-Arlington primary
metropolitan statistical area, but would fail to replace it with a comparable five-county
"metropolitan division" of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS OMB's failure to recognize Fort Worth as a principal city within a distinct
metropolitan area or division would result in a loss of national identity for Fort Worth and a
loss of efficient access to census data for a variety of economic development and planning
purposes; and
WHEREAS OMB would also combine the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan
area with five "micropolitan areas" - Athens, Corsicana, Gainesville, Greenville, and Mineral
Wells - so as to create a seventeen-county "Dallas combined area;" and
WHEREAS OMB's proposed name for the seventeen-county combined area would be
inconsistent with the common name for this area, which appears in the names of Dallas-Fort
Worth International Airport and other nationally recognized institutions; and
WHEREAS OMB has established a deadline of October 6, 2000, for receipt of written
comments on the proposed metropolitan area standards; and
WHEREAS the City of North Richland Hills wishes to submit written comments on the
proposed metropolitan area standards by said deadline;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NORTH RICH LAND HILLS:
1.
That the City Council supports OMB's stated goal of ensuring the continued usefulness and
relevance of the federal government's metropolitan area standards.
2.
That the City Council does not object to the proposed standards under which OMB would
eliminate the twelve-county Dallas-Fort Worth consolidated metropolitan statistical area and
effectively replace it with an eleven-county "Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington" metropolitan area.
3.
That the City Council strongly objects to the proposed standards under which OMB would
eliminate the four-county Fort Worth-Arlington primary metropolitan statistical area, but would
fail to replace it with a comparable five-county "metropolitan division" of the Dallas-Fort
Worth-Arlington metropolitan area.
4.
That the City Council strongly objects to the proposed standards under which OMB would
exclude Fort Worth from the name of the seventeen-county combined area.
5.
That the City Council urges OMB to defer any action on the proposed metropolitan area
standards pending an appropriate revision of said standards so as to satisfy the objections
cited in sections 3 and 4 of this resolution.
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6.
That the City Council requests the City Secretary to transmit certified copies of this resolution
to the designated representative of OMB and to other appropriate federal officials.
ADOPTED this 25th day of September 2000.
APPROVED:
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Charles Scoma, Mayor Scoma
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