18 of 1967 - A resolution requesting members of the Congressional delegation from the State of Utah to support le Resolution No. 18
By Mayor J. Bracken Lee
COMMISSIONER
Requesting members of the Con-
gressional delegation from the State
of Utah to support legislation in
the U.S. Congress, 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 desig-
nated 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.
Presented to the Board of Commissioner
AND PASSED
JUN2 2 1967
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CITY RECORDER
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Harrison . . .
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RESOLUTION
Result . . . .
WHEREAS, 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 affairs in violation of the principles and
concepts of home rule and in matters best left to the determination of
local elected officials who are better acquainted with and more 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 Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake and
its residents as required in said Federal Legislation:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF SALT
LAKE CITY, as follows:
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That this Board of Commissioners respectfully requests all members
of the Congressional delegation from the State of Utah support legisla-
tion 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 City Recorder be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to forward copies of this Resolution to the
Honorable Senator Wallace F. Bennett; the Honorable Frank E. Moss and
Congressman Laurence J. Burton and Congressman Sherman P. Lloyd and to
Honorable Jimmie M. RishiPain, Mayor of Stockton, California.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
22nd day of June, 1967. -)
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j' r J. Bracken Lee, Mayor
Herman H As ,Ci y Recorder