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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6212 - Water Storage & Distribution FacilitiesTHS :mec 8/20/65 RESOLUTION N0, 6212 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATER STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES BY THE COASTAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is a member agency of the Coastal Municipal Water District and has a significant interest in its policies and operations; and WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of this City Council that the Coastal Municipal Water District is consider- ing a change in its existing policy of acting exclusively as an intermediary for the sale of water from the Metropolitan Water District to local agencies and districts to a policy of con- structing its own water storage facilities and distribution systems; and WHEREAS, the Coastal Municipal Water District has in- dicated that it intends to retain an engineering firm to study the feasibility of such change in policy; and WHEREAS, only last year the Coastal Municipal Water District had a similar engineering report prepared at consider- able expense to the taxpayers of the District despite the oppo- sition of a majority of the member agencies of the District; and WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has sufficient water storage capacity to serve its present and future needs as indicated by an engineering study by James Me Montgomery, Inc., dated August 6, 1964; and WHEREAS, the residents of the City of Newport Beach would not derive any benefit from the contemplated change in the policy • of the District and yet would be heavily taxed to pay for the de- velopment of storage and distribution facilities; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach: 1, That the City Council is strongly opposed to any change in the policy of the Coastal Municipal Water District which r' f would involve the development by the District of facilities for water storage and distribution. 0 2, That the City Council objects to the expenditure of any funds of the District for preliminary engineering studies related to such a change in the District's policies. 30 That the City Council is of the opinion that the most equitable method of providing storage capacity and distribu- tion facilities for the member agencies of the District is for the agencies themselves to finance the development of such facil- ities either individually or on a cooperative basis with the costs thereof to be distributed on the basis of benefits received. ADOPTED this 23rd day of August, 1965. Mayor ATTEST [' •l`�.o::tq.n...,, l -� C -Lty C er c E 2, i STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH) I, MARGERY SCHR,OUDER, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that according to the records of the City of Newport Beach filed and maintained in my office, the foregoing Resolution No. 6212 was duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at the regular meeting place thereof, on the 23d day of August , 1965 , by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Parsons, Elder, Gruber, Forgit, and Stoddard NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Marshall and Cook Dated this 24th day of August 19 65 City Clerk and Vx-Officio Clerk of the City Council, City of Newport Beach, State of California.