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<br /> of Che etrategy for Sen Mateo County lo�al ]uriedictiona and [he Councils ehould come
<br /> up with someChing that is acceptable to at least a large mejority of Che Cities,
<br /> noting thut some of thesc things ere no[ all that significant [o the total picture
<br /> Councilman Barre[t euggeeted the deletion of ActLon 12, pointing ou[ that Action 12
<br /> end AcU on 13 eppear to follow each other, further co�mnenting that ABAG wi11 be involved
<br /> in revlew of sewer, water and trenspor[ation needs w�[hin urban service areas, inquiang
<br /> why the need for LAFCO [o review that es AeAG is going eo review i[ anyway, and Af�AG
<br /> Ss the one Chat is going [o establtsh pnorities, with CL[y Administrator Allen inter-
<br /> �ecting he concurred with Councilman Barrett, feeling the SBSA does not need LAFCO, 1 '
<br /> explaining the SBSA has done very well to date wi[h local ini[1aCive and local �
<br /> inter-government cooperation in pu[[ing that pro�ecC toge[her 1
<br /> Mayor Kilburg expiained that the iasue is "can we ge[ Cogeeher in making suggesttons [o
<br /> Che Plan submi[ted by ABAG", inquiring of br Leong, "HOw effective do you visualLze our
<br /> teco`mnendetions might be '"' Dr Leong informed the Councils that [his is the time to make
<br /> epecific recommendations, that certain general reco�mnendations that the Councils come up
<br /> with should be broughC 6efore the General Assembly because when ABAG presents that Plan
<br /> � before the S[aCe Agencies and Federal Agencies [he inten[ is "that is [he voice oE local
<br /> ���{g� gweroment" on how local government can handle and deal with Che remaining emironmental
<br /> '�` problems, explaining the input is needed end the Lntent is that it will be lista�ed to
<br /> Meyor Pro Tem Sennifer Bigelow From Menlo Park discuesed [he policies in the Air
<br /> Queli[y reading from thie aection, commenting she is very supportive of the idea
<br /> of clean air and cleen weter but did no[ quite see how to get from one place to the other
<br /> Moyor Murgueri[e Leipzig of Redvood City comme�ted on Friday night's meeting of the Council
<br /> , of Mayors, pointing out the accep[ance of [heir recownendaeion ves baeed on the same
<br /> philosophy as the City Managere have proposed whlch ie, 1f ite going [o be put on ue, we
<br /> mLght ae well accep[ it to a point, further, citLng [he fact [hat one of the strongeet
<br /> feelinge that hae been expressed to daCe wae concerning the Land Uee Portion and it wes
<br /> her underetanding thie Se one that ASAG S[aff hae included in their teco�endetione,
<br /> euggesting the Citiee would have more leeway in eliminating that portion end would
<br /> have more chance of having Chat eccepted more [hen anything l
<br /> City Manflger Fales commented tha[ insofar as [he Land Use Portlons of the Program
<br /> irtcluding Menlo °arl.
<br /> are concerned, that the three Ci[y Councila (Belmon[, San Carlos and Redwood City)/
<br /> have not epoken directly in the past to Che succesaful efforta oE [he Federnl Government
<br /> and Congrese, etc in [he areas of Land Use, citing the fac[ that the citiee are alt
<br /> famlliar with the result of one portion of the Water Pollution Control Act of 1972
<br /> which have reeulted in the constructions e g, of e three Ci[y, one dis[rict, the Menlo
<br /> Park Samtary Oiserict, e Treatment Fecility which, when it ia finished, will be at '
<br /> i roughly 92% or 93� of its to[al capaci[y, that is a direct resul[ of Land Use Policies
<br /> by virCUe of money stringe put on the Grants on a 40 plus�million dollar facili[y
<br /> that were imposed direc[Ly by the Envixonmentat Protection Agency, that [he Federal
<br /> Government ie directly, since 1972, in Land Use Control, [hey do not wan[ what they
<br /> call "Ur6an Sprawl" and they will allow whet they call "infill" and that is the basis
<br /> ; on which the three cities are building a huge new Regional Sewage Treatmeat FaciliCy,
<br /> further cortmienting tha[ what [his is doing is rying Air Quality and Solid Waste
<br /> with Water Quality, in terma of Regional, State and Pederal Governmen[ getting more
<br /> into [he area of Land Use He pointed out [here Ss no use arguing about whethec
<br /> the Federal Government should be Sn it, [hey are in it and have been in it for six
<br /> yeara, that the queation is whe[her oc not [he very 6asic policy level, the Federal
<br /> Government or any other Government that that should be [he way of the fu[ure and by
<br /> v1r[ue oE the citiea oan delibere[Lone, it is not really, in thelr opinion, wha[
<br /> ehould be encouraged on a broed general pollcy, euggesting ehe cities ehould object
<br /> very etrenuously, that a decieion ehould be made either "yes" we ehould go ehie wey
<br /> 6eceuee it i[ better for the people we represent or "no" ve ought Co stop end call
<br /> e halt [o giving up to Federal reguletione I
<br /> � Meyor Marguerite Leipzig inquired Lf [he Land Use Portion is notpart of the regulatlons I
<br /> why are the Citiee saddling themselves with i[, wi[h City Manager De Chaine tnforming
<br /> [he Councils, that [hey should put into perepec[ive the numbers they are looking at as a
<br /> part of maintaining or improving [he Air Quali[y Standards, explaining tha[ what ABAG
<br /> le projecting in [erms of 7985 etandards end the ye�r 2000 etandards� in [e�ms of reducing
<br /> Che [ons of hydrocarbon emission per day in the four elemente of the Air Ouality
<br /> Managemen[ Plan, are rather cxitical 1) they discuas in the report who is goLng
<br /> to pay for it privute enterprise, local governmental agenctes, e[c wlth no co'mnitment
<br /> for Federal Funding, Stationery Source Con[rols, by 1985 there woutd be a reduction
<br /> of 327 [ons pec day of hydrocxrbon emiesion reducttone, �robile source controls 48,
<br /> trnnaportation controls 5 3 development and land use managemen[ con[rola, no number
<br /> pro�ected, for [he yeer 2000, Stationary Source Controls 484 to�e per day, mu611e
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