HomeMy Public PortalAbout59-020 (04-07-59) RESOLUTION N0. 59-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY'COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF.LYNWOOD CONTAINING A STATEMENT OF PRINCI-
' PLES ON METROPOLITAN AREA PROBLEMS.
.WHEREAS, with the vast increase in urban living and urban
population has come the growth of urban areas which extend beyong
the boundaries of a city or a county and include numbers of cities
and counties and urban unincorporated area, and
WHEREAS, with these metropolitan areas, problems and needs
have arisen which require_action on an area-wide basis. Great public
. interest and some demand has arisen for the development of ineans for
satisfying these area-wide needs and solving the area-wide problems,and
WHEREAS,,theories, ideas, and proposals are being advanced
from many,sources, and various types of districts are being proposed
� and formed; many of the theories and proposals fail to distinguish
between area problems and needs, and local problems and needs in a
metropolitan area, and propose to treat both in the same manner, and
WHEREAS, recognizing the need for workable solutions to the
area-wide problems and at the same time firmly believing in the
.' necessity for the continuance of strong cities pr.oviding local "
services and funetions on local basis and determining policy on
municipal affairs the time has arrived for the cities of this State
to adopt a basic set of principles to be.used as a un;form guide in
` judging and formulating proposals £or solutions of inetropolitan area
� problems, and to establish an orderly procedure for isolating area
problems and proposing solutions therefore,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
.l. The right of local self-determination should remain
with the citizens acting through their closest units of local government.
2. The best interests of the people of �his state and nation
require the maintenance of strong, health cities which have the right
of home rule and which provide local governmental services and perform
local governmental and policy-making £unctions.
3• Local municipal affairs, involving policy making,
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enforcement of laws and regulatory measures and governmental
activities, are not proper subjects for inclusion in regional or
'" metropolitan government and should be retained by the cities.
4. The complete political consolidation of all existing
local �overnmental units (cities and/or counties) to form a regional
government for any California metr�_politan area is basically,unsound.
5. Functions and services performed by, a city or a county
should,not be removed from a city or county and incorporated in a
regional or metropolitan agency without the consent of the city or
the county.
6. Centralization or.consolidation of services does not
necessarily result in efficiency, economy or better government. Any
proposal for centralization or consolidation of any function now per-
formed by,a city or a county on the basis of reducing costs and
increasing efficieriry should be,rejected.until after such savings
and increased efficiency are demonstrated and equated against non-
economic losses, such as: surrender of vital municipal powers, loss
, of responsiveness to needs and desires of the people loss o£ standards
of performanee or enforce'ment, loss of character of the community,
and creation of large unwieldy administrative organization.
7. There is no single solution fo�r all problems in a metro-
politan area. Each protilem and each funetion or service proposed or
considered for action on an area.basis or inclusion in an area-wise
governmenta'1 unit must be carefully examined and a determination made
_ only after complete studies which include consideration of the princi-
��. ples'herein enumerated.
' - s APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th da of April 19 9•
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-, STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES: ss.
CITY OF LYNWO011 )
I, the undersigned, City Cierk of the
City of Lynwcod, do hereby certify that the above
and -foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the
City Council of said City at a ________ regular
meeting thereof held in the.City Hall of said City,
on the 7th day of April , 19�, and passed
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN En�lish, Finch, Pender,
Rowe, Summers.
NOES: COUNCILMEN None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN P1one.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY,OF LOS ANGELES: ss.
CITY,OF LYNWOOD )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the,City
of Lynwood,.d.o hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Resolution was duly adopted by the.City Council of said
City at a regular meeting thereof held in
the City Hall of said City, on the 7th day of April , i959 ,
and passed by the following vote: „
_ M ,. , AYES: COUNCILMEIV English, Finch, Pender,
._�_,,,�,,,�„_,,,,,�_ ' Rowe, Summers.
NOES: COUNCILMEN None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None.
H. M, CAMPBELL
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STATE OF.CALIFORNIA ),
, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES: ss. '
CITY OF'LYNWOOD � )
' I, the undersigned., City Clerk of the City ,
of Lynwood, and ex-officio.clerk of the City Council of
said City do hereby certif'y that the.above and foregoing is
a.full,.true.and correct copy of Resolution No. 59-2p' on file
in rr�y office,and that said. Resolution was �dopted on the date
and by the vote therein stated. I
Dated this th _da of A r.1 , 19�_' I
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