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RESOLUTION NO. 839
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ARROYO GRANDE OPPOSING COUNTY-WIDE PLANNING
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
i HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Arroyo Grande as follows:
WHEREAS, there exists within the Federal Housing and Urban Development
Act a program for financial aid to local governmental entities for water and
sewer facilities, subject to available funds and to certain conditions es-
tablished by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to
Public Law 89-177; and
WHEREAS, effective October 1, 1969, there will go into effect for ap-
proval of grants from the Department of Housing .and Urban Development for
water and sewer facilities the condition that both short range and long
range plans for water and sewer facilities, capital outlay, and land use be
i performed for the entire planning area before any grant will be approved
~ for any project within such planning area; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing .and Urban Development recognizes
as a single planning area the entire County of San Luis Obispo, and, as a
consequence, complete water and sewer facilities, capital outlay, and land
use plans would have to be performed for the entire area of said County be-
fore any grant from said Department would be made for a project located
within said County; and
WHEREAS, the consolidation of San Luis Obispo County into a single
planning .area is not logical in view of this County's large geographic
erea and the diversified economy; and
WHEREAS, the amount of time and cost required for the completion of
such county-wide studies and planning .are prohibitive to the degree that
compliance would be virtually impossible within the foreseeable future for
this County; and
WHEREAS, the proposed conditions will place an overwhelming and in-
equitable burden On San Luis Obispo County and many other counties, parti-
cularly in the western United States, which in reality contain a consider-
able number of separate and distinct economic and geographical areas there-.
in, each of which would have to be planned separately in order to comply
with said conditions; and
WHEREAS, there exists within certain communities within San Luis Obispo
County critical public health hazards which are proposed to be alleviated
by currently-planned water and sewer projects wherein federal financial
assistance is urgently needed to supplement local financial resources in
order to avoid extreme financial distress.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Arroyo Grande, State of California, as follows:
1. The City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande urges the Depart-
ment of Housing .and Urban Development, for purposes of determining .compli-
ance with the Department's area-wide planning .requirements, .to recognize
as separate planning units such areas within counties which, because of
geographic and economic factors, may logically be treated as separate plan-
ning .areas, and require only that those units be planned as required in the
regulations of the Department projects within said units.
2. The City Clerk of the City of Arroyo Grande be and is hereby direct-
ed to submit a certified copy of this Resolution to each of the following:
Congressman Burt L. Talcott
League of California Cities
George Romney, Secretary, Dept. of BUD
On motion of Councilman Wood, seconded by Councilman Schlegel, and on
the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Schlegel, Levine, Wood, Talley and Mayor Thompson.
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NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this 23rd day of September,
1969.
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ATTEST~&
C CLERK
I, POLLY S. MILLER, City Clerk of the City of Arroyo Grande, County
of San Luis Obispo, State of California, do hereby certify that the fore-
going Resolution No. 839 isa true, full and correct copy of said Resolution
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande at a
regular meeting of said Council on the 23rd day of September, .1969.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the City of Arroyo Grande affixed this
24th day of September, 1969.
City C1er
(SEAL)