HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1467 RESOLUTION No. 1467
A RESOLUTION OF ThE CITY 'COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH FAVORING AC-
QUISITION OF FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY
BY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the Federal government now possesses, and will
continue to acquire considerable quantities of property no
longer needed for their original governmental purposes; and
WHEREAS, much of this property, declared surplus is
stored and ultimately sold through the offices of the Gener-
al Services Administration; and
�{ REAS, certain rights and privileges to the acquisition
of this surplus property are accorded to nonprofit organiza-
tions and to school jurisdictions; and
hTHEREAS9 the rights and privileges of cities to acquire
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such surplus property are severely restricted and are gen-
erally limited to purposes of civil defense; and
WHEREAS, such surplus property is purchased by private
individuals for speculative purposes; and
WHMEAS, in effect' municipal jurisdictions do not have
the same rights and privileges now enjoyed by school dis-
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tricts and by certain nonprofit groups ; and
WHEREAS, such surplus property has been purchased with
public funds and paid for by the taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, it is generally deemed equitable that munici-
pal governments should enjoy the same rights and privileges
insofar as surplus property is concerned, now accorded to
school districts and to nonprofit organizations; and
NOW T1 EREFOREI BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach that the City of Huntington
Beach respectfully memorializes the President and Congress
of the United States to take appropriate administrative
and legislative action which will grant to municipal govern-
ments the same rights and privileges now granted to school
districts and other nonprofit organizations with respect to
the acquisition of federal surplus property; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City
of Huntington Beach is directed to transmit copies of this
resolution to the Senators and Congressmen, in the Congress-
of the United States7 representing this district and to any
other interested person.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beachl California, at a regular meeting thereof
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held on the ,th day of March 1961.
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Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
County of Orange ) ss
City of Huntington
Beach )
I, PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the Cityof Huntington Beach is five; that the foregoing
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resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of
March , 1961, by the following vote :
AYES: Councilmen:
Wells, Lambert, Stewart, Waite, Gisler
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk an x-officio Clerk of
the City Coun it of the City of
Huntington Beach, California