Res 1152 2/16/1971I
RESOLUTION NO. 1152
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Wichita
County have created and are operating a Board of Health under the
provisions of Article 4436a-1, Vernon' s Annotated Civil Statutes;
and,
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Article 4477-5, Vernon' s
Annotated Civil Statutes, entitled The Texas Clean Air Act, local
governments are given the right to conduct air pollution inspections,
investigations for the purpose of enforcement, enforcement of the
provisions of the Texas Clean Air Act and the general duties of pro-
viding studies and a plan for air quality management; and,
WHEREAS, the United States Government, acting through
the Department of Health, Education andWelfare, is making air pollu-
tion control grants under the provisions of the Air Quality Act,
Public Law 90-148, to state and local governments; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Wichita Falls,
acting through the City of Wichita Falls-Wichita County Health Unit,
to participate in such grants to assure a program to prevent and
control air pollution and make use of the provisions of the Texas
Clean Air Act,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Approval is hereby given for the Director of the Wichita
Falls-Wichita County Health Unit to negotiate with the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare for an air pollution control grant and
to take such steps as are necessary to obtain such grant for the City
of Wichita Falls and the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Health Unit.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS the /61,4, day of February, 1971.
M A Y O R
ATTEST:
City Clerk