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RESOLUTION NO, 3813
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
SUPPORTING THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER
BASIN PROJECT ACT,
WHEREAS, the objectives of the Lower Colorado River Basin
Project Act are to provide a program for the further comprehensive
development of the water resources of the Lower Colorado River Basin
and to provide for additional water supplies for use in both the
Upper and Lower Basins, resulting in a regional plan to serve as a
framework under which projects may be authorized and coordinated to
firm up the water supplies of this entire region; and,
WHEREAS, in order to implement the objectives of the Act,
the following specific programs are to be undertaken:
The Secretary of Interior is directed to examine current
and long-range water supply and demand within the Colorado River Basin
and to search for basins having a surplus of water which could be
transported to supplement the inadequate Colorado River supplies; and,
Programs are to be undertaken within the Lower Basin for the
protection of the tremendous recreational potential and fish and wild-
life needs, and to increase recreational values of the entire Colorado
River Basin,
Protection is to be afforded all existing projects in the
Lower Basin now diverting water from the Colorado River; and,
A regional water commission shall be appointed consisting
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of Federal, State and local officials to coordinate and make recommen-
dations concerning the proper utilization of Colorado River waters and
necessary projects to augment these supplies,
A basin fund will be created as the financial and accounting
vehicle receiving the revenues from the sale of water and power and from
other sources and reimbursing the Federal Treasury for its expenditures
pursuant to reclamation law;
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1, That for the foregoing reasons, this City Council
does vigorously support the Lower Colorado River Basin Project Act and
does strongly urge its favorable consideration by the Sub-Committee on
Irrigation and Reclamation of the House Interior and Insular Affairs
Committee.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this resolution and shall ~ause a certified copy hereof to be forwarded
to the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California,
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 7th day of
September, 1965, by the affirmative vote of at
least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Balser, Considine, Forman, Turner
and Reibold
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
SIGNED AND APPROVED this
of
Septembe;:.-
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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