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RESOLUTION NO. 74-92
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, URGING THE CONGRESS OF
THE UNITED STATES TO AMEND THE DISASTER RELIEF
ACT TO INCLUDE ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL STREET AND
HIGHWAY SYSTEMS.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Costa M
WHEREAS, the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 became Public Law 93-288
on May 22, 1974; and
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States should be commended for
substantially reducing red tape and eliminating many of the undesirable
provisions of the previous disaster relief procedures; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of the Act will allow for the speedy
restoration of disaster damaged public facilities covered under the Act,
but continues the exclusion of Federal -aid roads from assistance; and
WHEREAS, the major street and highway systems of cities and
counties in the State of California are designated as Federal -aid roads,
requiring disaster assistance requests to be processed under the lengthy
and time-consuming procedures of Title 23 of the United States Code; and
WHEREAS, the County Engineers Association of California Ad Hoc
Committee on Storm Damage Review, Repair, and Reimbursement recommended
in November, 1970, a ten -point program which stressed the need to
develop a single application for filing claims under all laws for
reimbursement of damaged public facilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa, California, urges the Congress of the United States to amend
Title 23 of the United States Code to provide disaster relief assistance
in the manner and procedure set forth in Public Law 93-288 for Federal -
aid routes, such as the Urban and Secondary Systems, that are components
of the. local city and county street and highway systems; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be sent to
Senators Cranston and Tunney with additional copies being sent to the
League of California Cities and the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of October, 1974.
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ayor o the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Costa M
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Resolution No. 74-92 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 15th
day of October, 1974.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 16th day of October, 1974.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerkthe
City Council of the City of Cas Mesa
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