HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1520 RESOLUTION No. 1520
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
URGING COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDER OF THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
REQUIRING METERING OF WATER UTILITIES DISTRIBU-
TING WATER FOR DOMESTIC OR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES
WITHIN THE AREA OF THE ORANGE COUNTY WATER
DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the Public Utilities Commission has ordered all
nonmetered water distributing utilities within the area of the
Orange County Water District to install water meters on all
service connections within certain specified times or at cer-
tain specified rates of installation; and
WHEREAS, a petition seeking an annulment of one of the
Commission' s orders to install water meters was filed with
the Supreme Court of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the State of California in
Case No. S.F. 201+79 filed June 22, 1961 ruled, with all seven
judges concurring, that the order to install meters was with-
in the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission; and
WHEREAS, the rapidly increasing population and industrial
development in Orange County require that ever-increasing
quantities of water be imported for ground water replenishment;
and
WHEREAS, an analysis of water usage indicates that in many
instances water usage per average connection in nonmetered
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areas is 50% greater than the water usage per average con-
nection in metered areas; and
WHEREAS, under the presently existing conditions in
the area of the Orange County Water District such excess
usage of water in nonmetered areas is being subsidized by
users of water in metered areas.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Hunt-
ington Beach hereby resolves that the Public Utilities
Commission of the State of California be; urged and request-
ed to require immediate and continuing compliance by all
water distributing utilities under its jurisdiction with
its order to install water meters on all service connections
and that all customers on flat rate service be transferred
to the metered rate service following the installation of
water meters.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution
be forwarded to the Public Utilities Commission of the State
of California, to the Orange County Water District, to
Senator John A. Murdy, Jr. and to Assemblymen Bruce Sumner
and Richard T. Hama.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, thi42nd day of Octo er 91961.
ATTES Mayor
City C,;ftk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Orange ss
City of Huntington Beach
I, PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and act-
ing City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do here-
by certify that the whole number of members of the City
Council of said City of Huntington Beach is five; that the
foregoing Order 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 2nd day
of Octoher , 1961, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Wells , Lambert, Stewart , Waite, Gisler
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk and e2Wofficio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, California
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