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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3682 RESOLUTION NO. 3682 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AFPROVING AND ENDORSING THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST PROJECT ACT PROPOSED BY THE SIX AGENCY COMMITTEE REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA USERS OF COLORADO RIVER WATER. WHEREAS, S. 1658 authorizing the Central Arizona Project now pending before the Congress would, if enacted, create serious water supply problems for Southern California and would impede the solution of the water supply problems of the Pacific Southwest and the entire Colorado River Basin; and, WHEREAS, Secretary of the Interior Udall has proposed a Pacific Southwest Water Plan which, if adopted, would ultimately result in abandonment of the Metropolitan Water District's Colorado River Aqueduct which now furnishes a source of water for nine mil- lion people, without assuring an adequate replacement supply of water for Southern California and without providing a solution to the many other existing and future Colorado River water supply problems; and, WHEREAS, the Six Agency Committee representing the users of Colorado River water in Southern California has caused to be drafted a proposed Pacific Southwest Project Act for the purpose of meeting the present and future water demands of the Pacific South- west region by providing for the transfer of water from areas of surplus to areas of deficiency; and, WHEREAS, said proposed act would provide for protection of eXisting California uses of Colorado River water to the extent of 4,400,000 acre-feet per year, would authorize the Central Arizona Project, Dixie Project, and Southern Nevada Water Supply Project and Moapa Valley Pumping Project, and would require investigation and -1- 3682 report by the Secretary of the Interior as to additional supplies of water to sustain the present development of the region, provide for normal growth, improve the quality of the water in the River and reduce the potential problems for the Upper Basin of the Colorado River; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES -RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the Pacific Southwest Project Act (S. 2760 by Senator Kuchel) proposed by the Six Agency Committee as a means for augmenting and developing the water resources of the Colorado River be and the same is hereby approved and endorsed. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause certified copies hereof to be forwarded to the Honorable Edmund G. Brown, Governor of the State of California, to Thomas H. Kuchel and Clair Engle, United States Senators, and to Glenard P. Lipscomb, Congressman representing the 24th District, to State Senator Thomas M. Rees, to State Assembly- men Houston I. Flournoy and John.L. E. Collier, to the Metropolitan Water District and to the League of California Cities. 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 3rd day of June , 1964, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Balser, Considine, Forman and Reibold NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Turner r1~{it~)~~~ SIGNED AND APPROVED a ~A=T' ~i%~ )Jut?uJ (SEAL) -2- 3682