HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1232 RESOLUTION No. 1.232
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CANCELING THE
AGREEMENT OF DECEMBER 11 1953 RELATING
TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WEST ORANGE
COUNTY WATER BOARD -UNDER THE JOINT POWERS
# ACT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WHEREAS, an agreement was made and entered into on
the lst day of December, 1953, between the City of Hunting-
ton Beach, the City of Seal Beach, Orange County Waterworks
# District Number Three and Orange County Waterworks District
Number Five, which agreement , made under the provisions of
the Joint Powers Act of the State of California, was for
the purpose of planning and constructing joint and several
facilities for transporting water from the point of delivery
by the Metropolitan Water District to the distribution facil-
ities of the various constituent members, and
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach and the two
County Waterworks Districts have voted the bonds necessary
to raise the money required to construct their respective
portions of the joint improvement and their individual facil-
ities; and
WHEREAS, the design engineers employed by the constit-
uent agencies have made a preliminary report together with es-
timates of costs of said joint and several works, and are
ready to proceed with the additional planning, design and es-
timates to enable such construction to be offered for bid; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that such construction be ex-
pedited to enable water to be delivered to the constituent
# agencies at as early a date as is possible; and
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WHEREAS, the City, of Seal Beach has failed to author-
ize the bonds necessary, to raise the money to construct its
portion of the joint and several works, and does not have suf-
ficient funds available from other sources; and
! WHEREAS, by reason of the above, the purpose of said
agreement of December 1, 1953, has failed, and is impossible
of accomplishment in accordance with said contract,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach, that said agreement of De-
cember 1, 1953, be cancelled and rendered null and void, and
that the Secretary of the West Orange County Water Board be,
and he is hereby directed, to pay all outstanding obligations
of said Board and to prepare a statement of the funds remain-
ing in the hands of the City of Huntington Beach, as disburs-
ing agent , and that the balance in its hands to the credit
of the respective agencies be returned in accordance with
paragraph 6 of said contract.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California, at a regular meeting
thereof held on the th day of December, 1954.
ayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Orange, ss .
City of Huntington Beach
I, JOHN L. HENRICKSEN, the duly elected, qualified
and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and
ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do here-
by certify that the whole number of members of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the
foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirma-
tive vote of more than a majority of all the members of said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th
day of December, 1954, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Lockett,, Terry, Bartletts' laBard, SeabrJdge.
NOES: Councilmen:
None,
ABSENTS Councilmen:
None
C# Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of
the/City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California
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