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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1521 RESOLUTION NO. 15'21. A RESOLUTION OF THE Crry COUNCIL OF THE C rn OF ARCAD IA URG 100 THE ADOPTION BY THE STATE OF CAL- IFORNIA OF A PROGRAM TO CONTROL THE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE WASTES AND THEREBY TO PRO- TECT THE UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES . THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. WHEREAS water is a priceless resource of the State of California; and WHEREAS Southern California in particular has been blessed with natural undergrouhd water storage basins; and WHEREAS water must be con- served if the State of California is to con- tinue its growth and development; and ~.t:'r'(.u..ilO tl..:...-...;.: .... .J~ ..., WHEREAS these great under- ground water basins have been and are being polluted by the continued reckless discharge I 'of industrial and chemical trade wastes; and WHEREAS other areas in the State have a comparable probl6m; and _L'..!: ;'. -,-,.1 ".:...WHEREAS the, problem affects Industry and Agriculture as well as the Public Health and Welfare; and WHEREAS there is no comprehen- sive and concerted program to correct this .,C'~'i.f'Q \ \ \ j problem thereby conserving and protecting our water supply; and WHEREAS there can be no local solution as forty-five (4,) in- corporated cities are affected in the Cou- nty of Los Angeles alone, in addition to four counties, .namely, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernadino, and Riverside; NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and he is hereby, auth- orized and instructed to communicate with and to urge the state of California to in- stitute at once an analysis of the problem of promulgating a vigorous coordinated pro- gram to solve the problem of the pollution of water resources, thereby conserving and protecting the water supply and the interests of all concerned. SECTION 2. That a copy of this Res- olution be sent to the Govenor of the State of California, the State Board of Health, The State Senators and Assemblymen of Los Angeles County, the Board of SUpervisors of Los Angeles County, the Cities of El Monte, Montebello, Pasadena, South Pasadena, Alhambra, San Marino, Sierra Madre, Monrovia, Baldwin Park, Long Beach and Los Angeles. SECTION -3. That_Cthjl CUr. Clerk shall -2- ~i certify to the adoption of this resolution and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. ADOPrED and APPROVED this 1st day of Octpber, 1946. 11;, ,f)/. f) Arh1~ Mayor of the City 0 Arcadia. I'HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia at a regular meeting thereof held on the 1st day of Oct- ober, 1946, by the following vote of the Council: AYES: NOES: Councilmen, Adcock, Leeper, Nugent,: Ormsby and Russell Councilmen, None ABSENT: Councilmen, None U3.t9--~ City Clerk of the City of Arcadia -3-