RESOLUTION
Organization Name, City, State
Resolution supporting the establishment of Regional Infrastructure Improvement
Zones (RIIZs) into federal tax law to assist in addressing the nationwide
infrastructure funding shortfall felt at all levels of government.
WHEREAS, the infrastructure inadequacies plaguing our communities – crumbling bridges, aging
highways, rail, ports, and mass transit, and deteriorating water and sewer systems – are in dire
need of maintenance and improvement; and
WHEREAS, the American Society of Civil Engineers estimates the national infrastructure needs
more than $2.2 trillion dollars over the next five years to maintain its current status; and
WHEREAS, in the State of enter State name and include infrastructure/population/economy fact
or statistic; and
WHEREAS, in 2005, states and localities accounted for 75 percent of total infrastructure
spending; and
WHEREAS, federal, state and local budgets are under constraints and cuts; and
WHEREAS, RIIZs provide an innovative opportunity to allow regional and local solutions to
infrastructure funding challenges by encouraging private-sector investment through a favorable
tax treatment of funds and streamlined, established approval processes; and
WHEREAS, RIIZs further defines a commitment to upgrading our infrastructure nationwide, while
protecting our environment, boosting the economy and creating jobs; and
WHEREAS, RIIZs uphold proven regional and local infrastructure investment decision-making
processes by going through the local regional planning organization, and maintaining
consistency, transparency and accountability, tying infrastructure investments closely to a
region’s approved plans, the local community’s needs and the overall public good; and
WHEREAS, regional planning organizations and our governing boards of appointed and local
elected officials are knowledgeable about infrastructure issues, and have expertise in regional
infrastructure financing, planning and development, and implementing new strategies to
determine appropriate infrastructure investments; and
WHEREAS, local governments own and operate the majority of our nation’s infrastructure and the
local elected officials are closest to the people, being accountable and responsive to the needs of
communities; and
WHEREAS, RIIZs offer new options to fund infrastructure improvements and construction –
urban, suburban and rural – that are shelf-ready, many of which are critical to preserving,
maintaining and making our system safer; and
WHEREAS, RIIZs are a revenue positive for government by providing the private entity only the
marginal tax rate on investments made,
Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ORGANIZATION NAME, CITY, STATE THAT:
The Governing Board hereby adopts this Resolution as policy of the Organization Name and its
member local governments effective Month, Day, Year.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this Nth day of Month, 20xx.
(PRESIDING OFFICER OF CITY, STATE)
ATTEST:
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