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HomeMy WebLinkAbout906 - Sewage in Newport Bay1 2 3 • 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12' 13 14 15 16 17 ..18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ROLANO T146MPSON ATTORNEY AT LAW SANTA ANA, CALIF. RESOLUTION NO. 77.x;. WHEREAS, the present sewer disposal plant of the City of Newport:Beaoh is insufficient to take care of the sewage going through said plant and by reason thereof a certain amount of raw sewage is being discharged into the waters of Newport Bay in the city of Newport Beach, in Orange County, California; and WHEREAS, by reason of the discharge of the raw sewage into said Newport Bay, portions of said bay have been quarantined by Dr. Sutherland, Health Officer of the County of Orange, and also Health Officer of the City of Newport Beach; and WHEREAS, said Newport.Bay and the whole thereof, is being used by bathers and many hundreds of men, women and children use said bay oonstantly.for swimming, diving and bathing and other recreational purposes; and WHEREAS, the said Dr. Sutherland, Health Officer aforesaid, has duly notified the City Council of the danger to the general public using said bay by reason.of the raw sewage of the City of Newport Beach being discharged therein; and WHEREAS, said Dr. Sutherland has further notified said City to remedy the condition mentioned, in relation to the disohar of raw sewage into said bay; and' WHEREAS, in the opinion and "judgment of the City Council of the city of Newport Beach, the need to remedy the condition complained of by the Health Department aforesaid, is imperative, and said City Council does not have time to advertise for bids for the purchase of proper equipment and the installation thereof, to.prevent the discharge of said raw sewage into said Newport Bay; and WHEREAS, it is further the opinion of the City Council. of_ the City of Newport Beach that the oontamination of the waters 1 2 3 4 5 6 n 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22' 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 RO"NO TNOMPSON ATTORNEY AT LAW BANTA ANA. CALM r of Newport Bay by the discharge of raw sewage therein, constitutes, and is a great public calamity and an emergency.exists by reason thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport'Beach that the public-interest and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public money for the purposes specified in this Resolution, in.order thatlife, health and pro- party in the city of Newport Beach may safeguarded. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach appropriate the sum of Eighteen Hundred Dollars 01800.00), for the following purposes, to -wit: The purchase of a sewage chlorinator, vacuum solution feed with a capacity of not less than one hundred (100) pounds of chlorine per day of twenty -four (24) hours. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Newport Beach does not have time to call for bids for the purchase of said ohlorinator mentioned in the previous paragrap# and that the public interest and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public money for the purchase of said sewage chlorinator, in order.to safeguard life, health and property in the city of Newport Beach, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the said $1800000 appropriated by said city, be appropriated out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of said City, and that the same be used for the purpose of paying.for said chlorinator hereinbefore mentioned, all in accordance with the recommendations and demand of the Health Department of the-County of Orange and the City of Newport Beach, and that the chlorinator to be purchased, be purchased -in accordance with the specifications furnished by R. L. Patterson, City Engineer of the city of Newport Beach, which specifications are on file herein and by reference thereto, made a part hereof. -2. 1 2 3 . 4 5 6I 7' 8 9 10 0 11 '12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24I 25 F•26" it BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:_ That.the City Engineer, R. L. Patterson, be, and he is hereby directed, authorized and instruct( to immediately purchase such chlorinator, and that the same be shipped to the City of Newport Beach and installed, as soon as possible to do so, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Engineer of the City of Newport Beach be, and he is hereby authorized, directed and instructed to enter into the necessary contract or contracts for the purchase of..said chlorinator and for the installation thereof, and any and all contracts in relation to the purchase of said chlorinator, may be executed on behalf of the City of Newport Beach by the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, in the name of and on behalf of said city. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of the city of Newport Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of Septembwr, 1935, by more than a four - fifths vote, to -wit: COUNCIL MEN: Za rdon, � fa, r ®, UlamI A, c: A k� -� NOES, COUNCILMEN: 5 0 [$a ABSENT, .00UNCILMEN: o a T ' 28. �...... . - J'1 30 31 32 ROLAND THOMPSON ATTORNEY AT LAW BANTA ANA, CALIF,