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•• <br /> <br />• PAGE TWO <br /> <br />WHEREAS, each Public Agency, pursuant to State or local law, exercises, <br />ar participates in the exercise of, responsibilities for the preservation of <br />open-space land in all ox a portion of the Bay Area through the acquisition <br />by gift, purchase, or condemnation of title to or other permanent interests <br />in undeveloped land, or predominantly undeveloped land which has value for <br />park and recreational purposes, conservation of land and other natural resources, <br />ar historic or scenic purposes, and desires to cooperate with the Association <br />and all of the other public agencies in the preservation of such open-space land <br />in accordance with the open-space policies for the Bay Area, now being estab- <br />lisped by the Associationy and <br />t^1HEREAS, Title VII of the Housing Act of 19b1, as amended, authorizes <br />the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help finance the acquisition <br />of title to, or other permanent interests in, open-space land. <br />NOt-?, THEREFORE, T;~IS AGREEMENT t~'ITNESSETH, that the Association and <br />each Public Agency do agree as followse <br />1. It is the intention of the parties hereto to cooperate with each <br />other in the joint exercise of responsibility for the acquisition and preserva- <br />tion of permanent open-space land in the Bay Area and in the development of <br />such plans, policies anal procedures as will hest promote this objective. <br />2. As a basis for programs for tl~e acquisition of title to, or other <br />permanent interests in, land to be used as open-space land, each Public Agency <br />shall transmit to the Association a long-range, open-space plan for the Bart or <br />parts of the Bay Area for which such Public Agency exercises or participates in <br />the exercise of responsibilities for the preservation of open-space land. The <br />Association shall utilize the plans so transmitted in developing a coordinated <br />Regional Open-Space element of the Regional General Plan or modificai:ion <br />thereof. Upons complet~.on by the Association, the Regional Open-Space Element <br />