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• RESOLUTION <br />Encouraging the Congress to Re-enact <br />General Revenue Sharing Legislation. <br />WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States enacted into law in 1972 the <br />General P.evenue Sharing Program which provided direct grants of federal <br />funds to state and local governments; and <br />W`HEREAS, the basic intent of the Congress in enacting this legislation was <br />to relieve the burden on the local real property tax and to increase the <br />decisionmaking powers of local authorities; and <br />WHEREAS, the General Revenue Sharing funds received by the City of <br />Charlottesville have enabled and made it possible for the City to provide <br />its citizens with a basic level of local public services; and <br />WHEREAS, the legislation which authorized the General Revenue Sharing <br />Program expires in September, 1980; and <br />• WHEREAS, the loss of General Revenue Sharing Funds from the City budget <br />would require the City to substantially increase the burden on its already <br />heavily burdened real property tax to continue to provide a basic level of <br />public service; <br />\'OW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Charlottesville <br />strongly encourages the Congress of the United States to re-enact legislation <br />which will continue the General Revenue Sharing Program, and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be spread in the minutes of <br />the Council meeting of March 3, 1980 and that copies be distributed to the <br />City's representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives, to the State's <br />representatives to the U.S. Senate and to the Chairmen of House Intergovern- <br />mental Relations Sub -Committee and the House Governmental Operations Committee. <br />Adopted by the Council <br />March 3, 1980 <br />Copy Teste: <br />0 <br />Clerk of the Council <br />