HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1220 RESOLUTION NO. 1220
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RUNTINGTON BEACH OPPOSING THE
COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT AS PROPOSED
BY UNITED STATES SENATE AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVE BILLS.
WHEREAS# the City of Huntington Beach is vitally dependent on
a water supply obtained from the Colorado River.
WHEREAS, the Colorado River Storage Project as proposed in
I� S. 1555 and R.R. 4449 and the prying Pan-Arkansas Project as proposed
in S. 964 and H.R. 236, now pending in the Congress* would jeopardise
the water rights and the water supply of the City of Runtiragto&. Beach.
WHEREA69 the aforementioned projects Would inflict on the tax-
payers of this City and the nation an unjustifiable burden.
TREMeOREI BE IT RESOLVED that the enactment of these project
bills is against the interest of the City of Huntington Beach and should
be opposed.
BE IT Y,URTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach respectfully requests the representatives of the State
of California in the Congress of the United States to oppose the enact-
ment of the above mentioned bills or any-similar legislation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of nuntington
Beach, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of
July, 1954-
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City Clerk
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(Reso. 1220)
STATE OF CALIYURNIA )
County of Orange ) ss:
City of Huntington Beach
I, JOHN L. HENRICKSEA, the duly elected, qualified and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, California, and
ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington #each is five; that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all
the members of said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 6th day of duly, 1954, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Wood, Lockett, Bartlett, LeBard, Seabridge.
HUFS: Councilmen:
Hone.
ABSENT:
None.
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Ci y Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of runt ington Beach, California.