HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1240 RESOLUTION NO. 124.0
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH OPPOSING THE
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECTS AS
PROPOSED IN S. 500 AND H.R. 270 AND THE
FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT AS PROPOSED
IN S. 300 AND H.R. 412, NOW PENDING IN
CONGRESS.
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach is vitally depend-
ent on a water supply obtained from the Colorado River, and
WHEREAS, California' s rightful share of Colorado River
water is threatened by the Upper Colorado River Basin pro-
jects an proposed in S. 500 and H.R. 270 and the Fryingpan-
Arkansas project as proposed in S. 300 and H.R. 4.12, now
pending in Congress, and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned projects would inflict on
all taxpayers of this City and the Nation an unjustifiable
burden of more than four billion dollars, and
WHEREAS, these political pump-priming schemes if author-
ized would furnish water to grow the kind of crops which are
already in great surplus in this country, and which are already
heavily subsidized by the taxpayers, and
WHEREAS, the Colorado River Board of California, official
state agency charged with the responsibility of safeguarding
California' s existing contracts for Colorado River water, has
gone on record strongly opposing these measures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the enactment of these
project bills is against the interest of the City of Huntington
Beach in particular and the State of California in general and
should be opposed.
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Reso. No. 1240
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Huntington Beach
respectfully requests, the representatives of the State of Cali-
fornia in the Congress of the United States to actively oppose
the enactment of the above mentioned bills or any similar pro-
posals, and that certified copies of this resolution be air
mailed to our Congressional representatives, and copies be made
available to press and radio news sources.
• PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Hunt-
ington Beach, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 4th day of April 1955.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Re so. No. 1240
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Orange ss-.
City of Huntington Beach )
11 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 hereby
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 affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the lath day of April
1955, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
LeBard, Seabridge, Terry, Lockett , Bartlett
NOES.- Councilmen:
None
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ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
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City \-elerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
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