ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE LAND

~a ~R AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN-SPACE LAND iN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between the Association of Bay Area Governments, hereinafter called the Association, and certain county and city governments and other public agencies, each of which is hereinafter called a ''Public Agency," within the California counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma. 1~'HEREAS, Title 1, Division 7, Chapter S of the Government Code of the State of California authorizes the joint exercise by agreement of two or more public bodies of any power common to themy and h~HEREAS, the Association has been created as an agency established by agreement among its members pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act for development of policy and action recommendations concerning metropolitan and regional functions within the nine counties enumerated above, hereinafter called the Bay Areal and S~'HEREAS, the Association has assumed the responsibility for regional planning in the Bay Area and has completed generalized Land use and open-space inventoriesy and 6+'HEREAS, the Association is undertaking the preparation of a Regional General Plan with open-space, shoreline, circulation, and land use elements to serve as a general framework and guide for the coordinated development of the Bay Area; and