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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1493 RESOLUTION No. 1493 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH FAVORING RETAIN- ING THE COLORADO RIVER BOARD. WHEREAS, AB 1593 for the reorganization of the State enacted a m Government i cted would, among other changes in the State Government, abolish California' s Colorado River Board and transfer all its functions and responsibilities to the State Department of Water Resources, effective June 30, 1962; and WHEREAS, the Colorado River Board has had twenty-four years of continuing service in carrying out its statutory re- sponsibilities to protect California' s rights and vital inter- ests in Colorado River water; and WHEREAS, the activities of the Colorado River Board in carrying out its statutory functions and responsibilities are basically interstate and national in scope, and relate exclu- sively to the water of the Colorado River system; and WHEREAS, relegating the duties and responsibilities of California' s Colorado River Board to another department charged with many diverse duties and interests would deprive the people of California of an agency as well equipped and quali- fied as the agencies of the six other Basin states, and would thereby put California to serious disadvantage in negotiations with the other Basin states and in matters before Congress and other official agencies; and 1. Keso. No. 1493 WHEREAS, California's Colorado River Board had been carrying forward its responsible duties with regard to California's interests in the Colorado River for many years prior to the filing of the Arizona-California Supreme Court suit, and the necessity for the California Board will contin- ue regardless of the outcome of the Arizona suit or of the occurrence of further litigation; and WHEREAS, no economy would be obtained by shifting the engineering work of the Colorado River Board to some other State agency because the Board's engineering staff could not be replaced except by specialized, full-time employment of the same or greater magnitude; and WHEREAS, the rights and interests of the 7,500,000 people residing within the boundaries of The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and within the City of Huntington Beach, and all of the people ,in the State will best be served by retaining the Colorado River Board in its present form; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach respectfully urges the defeat of AB 1593, or any other measure, bill or resolution which would abolish or destroy the effectiveness of California's Colorado River Board; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this 2- Res. No. 1493 resolution be fori,iarded to the Governor of California, to Assemblyman Gordon H. Winter, Jr. , author of AB 1593, and to members of the ©range County delegation in the Senate and the Assembly. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 15th clay of May , 1961. Mayo ATTEST: L '� City Xerk 3. Res. No. 1493 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) County of -Orange ss City of Huntington Beach ) I, PAUL 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 fore~oing resolution was passed and adopted by the af- firmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 1 th day of mAT , 19619 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen: WELLS, LAMBERT, STEWART, WAITE, GISLE NOES: Councilmen: NONE ABSENT: Councilmen: NONE City Clerk and -officio Clerk of the City Council o the City of Huntington Beach, Calif ornia 4.