HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3024 RESOLUTION NO. 3024
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
ENDORSING THE CONTINUATION OF THE GENERAL REVENUE
SHARING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Downey has been annually receiving $420,000
of vitally needed fiscal assistance through the allocation of Federal dollars
under the General Revenue Sharing Program; and
WHEREAS, these Revenue Sharing dollars are received directly from
the Federal government with a minimum of Federal bureaucratic redtape which
enables the City of Downey to use its Revenue Sharing funds to meet the locally
determined priority needs of the community; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Downey view their locally elected officials
as being accountable for the expenditure of Revenue Sharing dollars and that
such clearly defined accountability has resulted in increased citizen involve-
ment in identifying the priority needs of the community; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Downey are being severely affected by the
spiraling and unprecedented rate of inflation which is stripping them of their
hard - earned income; and
WHEREAS, the current inflationary rate of 12% is also undermining
the ability of City Hall to provide essential services to the community within
reasonable and acceptable levels of local taxation; and
WHEREAS, the General Revenue Sharing Program is providing essential
fiscal relief to the devastating impact of inflation; and
WHEREAS, the General Revenue Sharing Program, which began in 1972,
will terminate in 1976 unless the 94th Congress, which is being elected this
November and will convene in January of 1975, authorizes an extension of the
General Revenue Sharing Program; and
WHEREAS, the termination of the General Revenue Sharing Program will
place the City of Downey in the untenable position of either having to decrease
essential community services by 4% or raise property taxes by 35 %.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Downey, speaking
through its locally elected Council and Mayor, unanimously endorses the continua-
tion of the General Revenue Sharing Program and calls upon the 94th Congress to
re -enact the General Revenue Sharing Program in order to insure that vitally
needed Federal assistance will be provided to the City of Downey.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the candidates for the U. S. House of
Representatives for the 23rd District and the candidates for the U. S. Senate
from the State of California be requested to publicly state their support for
the re- enactment of the General Revenue Sharing Program in order for the
citizens of Downey to be informed of their commitment, or lack thereof, to this
essential Federal assistance program.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be
immediately forwarded to the following Congressional candidates:
Mr. Delbert Clawson (Republican candidate for the U. S. House
of Representatives)
Mr. Robert White (Democratic candidate for the U. S. House
of Representatives)
Mr. Alan Cranston (Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate)
Mr. H. L. Richardson (Republican candidate for the U. S. Senate)
and that a public written response be immediately requested from each candidate
which clearly states his position on the continuation of the General Revenue
Sharing Program.