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RESOLUTION 67-112 RECOMMENDING THE RESCISSION OR REPEAL OF MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 204, 205, and 206 OF TITLE II OF THE DEMON- STRATION CITIES AND METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965 WHEREkS, the 89th Congress enacted Public Law 89-754 entitled "Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966"; and WHEREAS, Title II of said Act, "Planned Metropolitan Development" provides that after June 30, 1967, all applications for Federal loans or grants-in-aid not only for open space land projects but also for hospitals, airports, libraries, water supply and distribution facilities, sewerage facilities and waste treatment works, highways, transportation facilities, and water development and land conservation within any Metropolitan Area shall be submitted and reviewed by an areawide agency designated to perform Metropolitan and Regional Planning; and WHEREAS, other Federal Acts, including but not limited to the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, and the Housing Act of 1961 are subject to the same or similar requirements; and WHEREAS, these mandatory requirements force Federal dictation and control in strictly local affiars in violation of the principles and concepts of home rule and in matters best left to the determination of local elected officials who are more acquainted with and cognizant of the needs and desires of their constituents; and WHEREAS, it is believed that the advice and consent of officials and persons in neighboring Cities and the County of Orange may not be in the best interest nor necessary or advisable in determining the best methods of procedures in fulfilling the needs of the City of Santa Ana and its residents as required in said Federal Legislation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana respectfully requests Congressmen Richard T. Hanna and James B. Utt to prepare or cause to be prepared and support legislation in the Congress of the United States, rescinding or repealing the mandatory requirements in Sections 204, 205, and 206 of Title II of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, and similar requirements in all other Federal Acts which make mandatory a review by an Agency which is designated to perform metropolitan or regional planning for an area as a prerequisite for Federal loans and grants-in-aid to local agencies in constructing or providing vitally needed public works projects and local facilities. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Clerk of the Council is hereby directed and authorized to forward copies of this Resolution to the Honorable Senator Thomas Kuchel; the Honorable George Murphy and Congressmen Richard T. Hanna and James B. Utt, and to such other public officials or agencies who believe in the concept and principle of home rule and wish to join with the City of Santa Ana in its fight to retain management and control of its own local affairs. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Aha at its regular meeting held on the 3rd day of July, 1967. ATTEST: