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RESOLUTION ENDORSING ASSEMBLY DILL 2454
AND OPPOSING SENATE BILL 721, ALL RELATED TO Ti-LE
ALLOCATION C%GAS�S TAX MONIES
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National
City has heretofore endorsed Assembly Dill 2454 and has also
gone on record opposing Senate Dill 721, and
I'HBREAS, said Assembly Bill 2454 would remove the
existing burdensome financial and administrative obligations
from the cities assisting in the early acquisition and con-
struction of select system streets and provide for the
ai:nten<nce of all streets in accordance with the recom-
mendations of City Engineers and Directors of Public Works, and
'-EREAS, said Assembly Bill 2454 does contain
necessary safeguards to insure the responsible and expeditious
expenditure of gas tax funds while eliminating the deficiencies
present in the existing law, and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 721 would drastically reduce
the opportunities of many cities to properly and fully utilize
their share of gas tax funds by eliminating, among other
things, contributions by subdividers to streets on the select
system as qualifying for credits, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National
City now strongly feels that an additional plea to Senator
Collier, whose efforts on behalf of municipal governments tc
provide adequate public improvements and whose contributions
to this end are well recognized.
NOW,TI- iEL CRE B 1 ; ED that theCity
, TT �SDL,� vit,� Council
of the City of National City, on behalf of themselves and the
citizens of this community, do hereby reiterate their strong
endorsement of Assembly Bill 2454 and their opposition to
Senate Bill 721 as being opposed to the best interests of all
the municipalities and the most expeditious and responsible
management for the allocation of gas tax funds in the interest
of the State as a whole,
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BE IT F JRTHPR ':-SOLVED that the City Council of
the City of National City does hereby go on record as
expressing their appreciation for the past efforts and con-
tributions of Senator Collier and does hereby urge Senator
Collier and the members of the Senate Committee on Trans-
portation to review Assembly Bill 2454 and recommend
favorably on said bill.
EBJ ZT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the
City of National City be, and she is hereby directed to
forward certified copies of this resolution to Senator
Colliery the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Transporta-
tion, and to all members of the San Diego County Legislative
Delegation.
PASSED AND ADC_'T ED this 25th day of July, 1967,
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