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SOUTHEEN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (continued) The motion followed considerable discussion by the Council during which Councilman Herrin stated that in spite of careful study on his part, it was still questionable as to whether SCAG had served any good purpose; that in his opinion it serves best as a clearing house for the Federal organization known as HUD; that it is hard to believe that the City's home rule would be strengthened by such affiliatlon; and that before joining the Council should appoint someone~ to attend some of the SCAG meetings and report back to the Council, Councilman Villa stated that SCAG was established in 1965 for the purpose of dis- cussion, study and development of recommendations on problems of mutual interest regarding the orderly development of the Southern California region. Councilman Villa read and requested that the following excerpt from a SCAG booklet entitled, "Status of Regional Transportation Planning and Coordination in Southern California" be included within the Minutes: "SCAG is a voluntary association of local governments. Membership includes the counties o£ Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura and 97 cities within the six county area. The organizational structure of SCAG includes a General Assembly comprised of representatives of all member governments and a fifteen member Executive Committee to conduct the affairs of the Association. Policy corrnmittees have been established covering the following functions: Aviation and Airports Water and Waste Management Air Pollution Control Regional Planning Parks and Recreation The above committees receive assistance from a number of technical com- mittees which also function in an advisory capacity to the various programs being conducted by the SCAG staff. These technical committees are: Council of Air Pollution Control Officers Council of Airport Administrators Council of Park and Recreation Administrators Council of Planning Council of Engineering There are a number of other technical planning Committees created by the Council of Planning, the most active one being the Committee on Information Systems and Data Collection, At the present time SCAG is engaged in a number of active programs which include: Regional Planning Program. The preparation of a Compre- hensive plan for the region. Open Space Program. Formulation of an open space acquisi- tion and development program of an advisory nature fOr the SCAG region. CITY COUNCIL - 229 - Sune 2, 1969