HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 5116RESOLUTION NO. 5116
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA OBJECTING TO CURRENT APPLICATION OF
THE FIST ACT AND RECOMMENDING THAT THE STATE
REVIEW THE ACT AND ITS APPLICATION IN LIGHT
OF CURRENT CONDITIONS.
WHEREAS, a recent ruling of the Attorney General that
School Board members are individually financially responsible for
liability resulting from earthquake damage is creating a condition
that is exerting undue pressure upon said school board members; and
WHEREAS, this pressure is causing actions that have the
potentiality to bankrupt many of the school districts in the
State; and
WHEREAS, the taxpayers are becoming increasingly reluctant
to approve bond issues for new construction due to growth in the
community because they observe on the other hand wanton destruction
of older buildings under the Field Act, which often appear to have
been more sturdily built than the new construction; and
WHEREAS, present interpretation of the Field Act is
probably more far reaching than the act intended when drafted in
1933; and
WHEREAS, present structures have withstood earthquakes of
near magnitude and intensity to the Long Beach earthquake; which
brought about the passage of the Field Act; and
WHEREAS, there is no guarantee that an earthquake of
sufficient magnitude and intensity to topple the present buildings
would not also level the new structures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Azusa that the officials of the City of Azusa, while favoring
safety for the children of this community nevertheless feel that the
situation has progressed from the sublime to the ridiculous with
observed incidents of wreckers having extreme difficulty destroying
buildings declared unsafe by the engineers conducting Field Act
inspections and they entreat the Governor and the Legislature to take
steps to modify or amend this act and related legislation including
that imposing individual liability on school board members before
further waste is accomplished.
Approved and Adopted this 3rd day of October, 1966.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 3rd day of October, 1966, by the following
vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Cooney, Solem, Memmesheimer
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: McLees
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