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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1372 RESOLUTION NO. 1372. A RESOLU'I'ION OF THE CI'lY COUliC IL OF TIm CI'rY OF ARCADIA REAFPIRivlING rfS DECISION THA'I' THE BE 3'1' IHl'ERES'fS AND i"lELFARE OF THE PROPlll'l'Y O'vmERS OF 'fHE CITY OF ARCADIA \'fILL BE SERVED BY A SEViER SYSTEM ANTI DISPOSAL PLANT BUILT AND OPERA'I'ED BY TIm CITY OF ARCADIA, AND THAT THE BEST INTERESTS PliO WELFARE OF TEE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA VITLL NOT BE SERVED IN BECOMING A ;,ffi111iER OF SANITATION DISTRICT 15 OF T!~ COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CI'fY OF ARCADIA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLm"lS : SECTION l. ~frIE~:AS, this City Council did by Ordinance No. 540, adopted March 13, 1945, call a special municipal election to be held on May 8, 1945, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Arcadia the proposition of incurring indebtedness and issuing bonds of the City therefor in the amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand ($750,000) Dollars for the acquisition and construction of trunk line sewers and sewage treatment and disposal works to be located in the City of Arcadia, and, V~~REAS, the City Council has heretofore caused a permit to be obtained from the State Board of Health of the State of California for the construction and operation of said sewer system, and WI~;REAS, prior to the date said special municipal election was called, this council had caused the firm of Koebig and Koebig, Sanitation and Sewer engineers to prepare comprehensive plans for the construction of trunk line sewers and a sewage disposal plant, and, WIllinEAS, this council has heretofore caused a general sewer co~nittee composed of property owners in the City of Arcadia to be fermed, which committee has studied the plans of the proposed sewer sy stem, and WHEREAS, after said election was called, Mr. A.H. Rawn, Chief Engineer and General Manager of the County Sanitation District of Los Angeles, did, on April 9, 1945, appear before a meeting of the members of the general sewer committee of the City of Arcadia and the memoers of this council, and discuss the advisability of the City of Arcadia becoming a m~llber of Sanitation District No. 15 of the County of Los An~eles, and submit proposals of plans for trunk lines -l- in the City of Arcadia if the City of Arcadia joined said Sanitation District, and submit estimates of cost to the property owners of the City of Arcadia for their share of the cost and operation of the County Sanitation system, and WHEREAS, it appears to this COlli~cil that under the plans as submitted by Mr. Ravm only four miles of trunk sewer lines Vlould be constructed in the City of Arcadia by the Sanitation District, thereby greatly increasing the cost to the property owners of the City of Arcadia for additional lines to connect with the trunk sewer lines proposed to be constructed by the Sanitation District, and WHEREAS, in the event the City of Arcadia should elect to join Sanitation District No. 15 it would necessarily share the expenses of the District in enlarging present existing lines, treat- ment plants, as well as outfall sewers, and such other construction within said District as hereafter may become necessary, and WHEREAS, the benefits 0 l' the plan of the City of Arcadia for its orin sewer system have been compared \'lith those offered by the Sanitation District, taking into consideration the cost to the property ovmers of the City of Arcadia, and WHEREAS, this Council is advised that the State Board of Health has not yet issued a permit for the construction and operation of a disposal plant at any location within the present boundaries of Sanitation District No. 15, and WHEREAS, the Milllicipal sewer system as proposed by the firm of Koebig and Koebig had been studied by Mr. Ravm prior to the date the special municipal election was called and tbis Council believes l\~r. Hawm was fully aware of the advantages to the property owners of the City of Arcadia of the proposed milllicipal sewer system as compared to the system later proposed by him, and WHEREAS" this COilllcil believes Mr. Ravm did not have in mind the solution of the sanitation problem of the City of Arcadia in presentinG his proposal but had in mind the benefits whicb would accrue to Sanitation District No. 15 by reason of including the City of Arcadia in said District, -2- NOW, TlillREFORE, BE IT P~SOL\~D, that fuis City Council does hereby reaffirm its decision heretofore made that a municipal sewer system and sewage disposal plant constructed within the City of Arcadia and operated by the City of Arcadia will be to the best interests of the residents and property owners of the City of Arcadia, and that the cost of the construction and operation of said municipal system will be less than the cost vlhich would be incurred if the City of Arcadia should join Sanitation District No. 15 of the County of Los Angeles. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. I hereby certify that the foregoinG Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 17th day of April, 1945, by the affirmative vote of at least three Co~~cilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen, Adcock, Leeper, Nugent, Ormsby and uussell NOES: None ~ ") ~_ ::vt" /' CitY Cl '., Signed and approved this l~th day of April, 1945. ABSENT: None -~,~~"~_J~s~- ~" "-~, ~-' ~-- ~,7"'. " ~ . -, ft. c./V (!)~ Mayor i AT1'EST: ; ,~.~~. City~:' -3-