HomeMy WebLinkAbout73-29 - Urging Enactment of "Federal and Highway Act of 1973"RESOLUTION NO. 73-29
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA, CALIFORNIA, URGING THE ENACTMENT OF "THE FEDERAL --
AID HIGHWAY ACT OF 1973," PERTAINING TO HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION AND URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa recognizes the need for continued
support of urban transportation as a benefit to the citizens throughout
the United States and more specifically, in the State of California; and
WHEREAS, it is also a known fact that thousands of lives are lost
each year because of automobile accidents on our freeways and highways,
especially in California; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to curb air pollution and cease the
general congestion on the freeways and to continue the planning for
highways and other transportation systems;
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does
hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the members of the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa hereby urge the enactment of "The Federal -Aid Highway Act of
1973," and that the State is urged to use federal highway funds for
highway construction as well as other transportation systems;
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk be and is hereby authorized and
directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to Senators
Edmund S. Muskie, John V. Tunney, and Alan Cranston and Congressman
Andrew J. Hinshaw, so as to convey the desire of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa acting on behalf of the citizenry of the City of Costa
Mesa, California, in the vital, urgent need for the continuation of a
transportation system for the State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of April, 1973.
Mayor/of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Cos a Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and
ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 73-29 was duly and
regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 16th day of April, 1973.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 17th day of April, 1973.
City Clerk and ex -officio Cler of the
City Council of the City of Co to Mesa