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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1185 RESOLUTION NO. 1185 A RliSOLUTIOH OF TIill CITY COUNCIL OF 'l'HE CITY OF ARCA'DIA :REQUESTING THE WAR DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO CORRECT THE. UNSANITARY COllDITION CAUSED BY THE C OllClmTRA'r ION OF. J AF ANESE IN A Cl1RTAIN AREJl. IN THE CITY OF' ARCADIA.: THE CI,TY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCA~)!A DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLO\1S: iYHEREAS, on or' about February 1st, 1942, the United States 'Army took possession' of approximately four hundred (400) acres of land' owned by.the Los .AngelesTurf Club and located in the City of Arcadia. Upon said. land .the Army.has caused many hundred houses to be constructed capable of housing twenty-two. thousand five hundred (22,500) persons, of which approximately eighteen thousand (18,000) Japanese are now present on said property, and \YHEREAS, the Army has caused. approximately one hundred (100) cesspools to be constructed in the. stable area of said property to provide sanitation facilities for .the Japanese occupying the . property and in. addl tion thereto the water being used by the Japanese' for bathing' and laundry purposes is being disposed of by allowing it. to flow' into a.ri. open ditch which runs a dis tance of about tl'IO and one-half (2~) miles through the City to the Rio Hondo river; that despi te. the claim made that the .\vater running in said ditch is being treated with chlorine, a great stench comes from said water, and WHEREAS, this Council is advised by qualified physicians and health experi~s that the use by this large population of Japanese of the cesspools deBcribed herein is placing the entire water supply of . the City of Arcadia in inuninent danger of, contaminat ion due to the fact that the City vlater . supply is produced from weils in and near the . City of Arcadia, some of which are in the immediate vicinity of the Japanese. Center~ TIle S3Ille authorities further assert that there is a grave possibll:l.ty, if not in fact' a probability that the wate.r running in the open ditch may any day beco!l1e daIl[!;eroue to pUblic health. The phys,icians and residents of Arcadia are not just passively al:J.I'mecl. over this condition, but are loud in their con- demnation of the entire situation, and '. WHEREAS, . the City of Arcadia is the owner of land upon which a disposal plant can be erected, said land beinG located -1- approximately two. and one-palf ',< ~) miles from .the land upon which the Japanese are, being'housed, arid the;-'ent1re 'cost of running a cement sewer 11r;ie to" a disposal plant, as herein .1ndi'cated,. will involve a very 'small investm~nt:on thep~t of ~he Govern,m~nt, and WHEli.EAS, th'e City .of .Arcadi8,.hasno .funds .to permit it. to finance su,ch a;system' and consequently - calls upon' the Federal Government to. care for a condition that has been created by the Federal Gove~nment, and not by the City of Arcadia, NOW, '~HERZFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by.this Council that the War Department of the United States be and it is hereby urged to immediately cause a di.sposal plant and' sewer line to be constructed at the location mentioned herein in order to remedy the unsanitary condi tion cl'eateii by reason of the presence of the J.apanese , . population .present in this Gity under instruction of the '-'far Department. '.l'he Gity Clerk'shall certify to the' adoption of this Resolution. I hel'eby certify that the foregoin8 Reso.lution was adopted at a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 27th day of May, 1942, by the affirmative vote of at least three COi.U1cilmen, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen, Adcock, Jones, Leeper. Nugent and Ormsby NOES: None' ABSENT: None Signed' and approv.ed thi s -~~.~,~) 27th day of May, ,1942. . ATTEST:'. ~. " -AAH';-4~ '. . - . City C erk.- rn,'r/l.~' - ~yor . -2-