Resolution 1044
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RESOLUTION NO. 1044
RESOLUTION OF CITY OF GILROY REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT NOT TO DISPOSE OF ANY PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS
WITHIN SANTA CLARA COUNTY UNTI L ADEQUATE PLANS HAVE BEEN FORMULATED
WHEREAS, the Classification and Multiple Use Act of the Eighty.
eighth Congress gives the Secretary of the Interior authority to classify public
land for retention and management, and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
to formulate regulations and criteria under which public land might be classified
either for retention and management or for disposal under the various land laws;
and
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Land Management is currently commencing a
classification study for the South Bay Planning Unit of the Diablo Region, which
includes Santa Clara County; and
WHEREAS, there are approximately eighty-one hundred (8100) acres
of land in the public domain within Santa Clara County subject to the provi-
slons of the "Classification and Multiple Use Actll; and
WHEREAS, much of the land now under public domain consists of many
separated parcels; and
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy, County of Santa Clara, believes that
one of the prime uses for these public domain lands would be for retention and
management as a part of an overall open space and recreational program properly
integrated with State and local agencies' plans for recreational purposes; and
WHEREAS, retention and management of these public domain lands
on an assembled basis would be of significant benefit as a semi-wilderness
area close to a major metropolitan area of approximately one-million people;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by this City Council of the City
of Gilroy, County of Santa Clara. State of California, that the United States
Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management be requested to withhold
disposal of any public domain lands within the County of Santa Clara until such
time as a cooperate planning and classification effort is completed involving
the United States Government, the State of California, the County of Santa
Clara, and the City of Gilroy in the County of Santa Clara for the preservation
of these public domain lands as a public resource.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution shall be
sent to all affected State and Federal governmental agencies and legislators.
P.ASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of July, 1966, by the City Council
of the City of Gilroy, County of Santa Clara by the following vote:
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AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Allemand, Duffin, Eckard, Goodrich,
Quartiroll, Wentworth, and Petersen.
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNC I L MEMBERS: None
APPR7iOVEO: ~:{' /-/.
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. KEN E' L.~TERSEN- .)
Mayor
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City Clerk
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I, SUSANNE E. PAYNE, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 1044 Is an original resolution,
duly adopted by the Countil of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 5th day of July, 1966, at which meeting a quorum was
present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 14th day of July, 1966.
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