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RESOLUTION NO. 547
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, RELATIVE
TO ACQUISITION OF FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY
BY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.
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 General
Services Administration; and
WHEREAS, certain rights and privileges to the acquisi-
tion of this surplus property are accorded to nonprofit organiza-
tions and to school jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the rights and privileges of cities to
acquire such surplus property are severely restricted and are
generally limited to purposes of civil defense; and
WHEREAS, much surplus property is purchased by private
individuals for speculative purposes; and
WHEREAS, in effect, municipal jurisdictions do not
have the same rights and privileges now enjoyed by school districts
and by certain nonprofit groups; and
WHEREAS, all 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, inso-
far as surplus property is concerned, now accorded to school
districts and to nonprofit organizations; and
WHEREAS, the rights and privileges of cities should
in all justice take precedence over the rights and privileges
of private speculators;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ESOLVED, by the City Council of the
City of Tustin, California, that the City Council respectfully requests the
President and Congress of the United States to take appropriate
administrative and legislative action which will grant to
municipal governments the same rights and privileges now granted
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to school districts and other nonprofit organizations with respect
to the acquisition of federal surplus property; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Tustin, California, is directed to transmit copies of
this Resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and to each
Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the
United States.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, California.
ATTEST'
k~.i t y Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE,
CITY OF TUSTIN,
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RUTH C. POE, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby
certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council
of the City .of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Re-
solution was duly and regularly introduced, read, passed and adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council, held on the 6th day of
March., 1961, by the following vote'
AYES-
C OUN C I LMEN- , idd~ ~Byr__d_, __ ~he_r.i ~an,. Mac k
NOES' COUNC ILMEN' None
ABSENT'
COUNC ILMEN · Humeston
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