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WHEREAS we have been advised by officials of
The Metropolitan Water District ofSouthern California,
the major water distribution agency in Southern California,
and of which the City of Huntington Beach is a part, that
it has been carrying on negotiations with the State Water
Resources Department seeking to obtain from the State a
contract for delivery of water from Northern California
to meet our growing population needs, and
WHEREAS, the people of Huntington Beach ,
together with voters throughout the State, will be called
upon at the General Election next November 8, to vote on
the proposed $1,750,000,000 bond issue to finance the
Feather River Project, which has as one of its objectives
the importation of Northern California water to Southern
California; and
WHEREAS, the people of Huntington Beach ,
together with the other cities and areas comprising The
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, will
be called upon to pay from 55% to 60% of the cost ofthe
Feather River Project, and
WHEREAS, it is highly essential that there be in
effect a contract which will provide the taxpayers of our
area a clear understanding of the obligations they are
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being called upon to assume before they vote on the pro-
posed bond issue, and
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach is greatly
concerned in the submission by the State of a water contract
between the State and the Metropolitan Water District that
will assure our people a future water supply adequate for
their needs under fair and equitable contract terms,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach that we urge Governor
Edmund G. Brown to call upon the State officials engaged
in water contract negotiations to complete and execute an
acceptable contract with The Metropolitan Water District
of Southern California as soon as possible to the end that
the Directors of the Metropolitan Water District may be
able to reach a decision as to their position with regard
to the $1,750,000,000 water bond issue in ample time prior
to the November 8, 1960 General Election.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach, California, at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 6th day of September 1960.
Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
County of Orange ) s s
City of Huntington Beach )
I, FAUL C. JONES, 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 reso-
lution 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
September_ 1960.
AYES: Councilmen:
Wells, Lambert, Stewart, Waite, Gisler
NOES: Councilmen:
None.
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None.
City Clerk an officio Clerk of
the City Council _of the City of
Huntington Beach, California
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