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1 RESOLUTION NO. ,L zD
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING AND ENDORSING THE PACIFIC
31 SOUTHWEST PROJECT BILL (S -2760) PENDING BEFORE
41 CONGRESS
WHEREAS, Secretary of the Interior Udall has proposed a
6 Pacific Southwest Water Plan which if adopted would result in the
711 curtailment of Colorado River water for Southern California without
8'I assuring an adequate replacement supply of water for Southern
9 California and without providing a solution to the many other
10 existing and future Colorado River water supply problems; and
11 a WHEREAS, the users of Colorado River water in Southern
12 California have caused to be drafted a proposed Pacific Southwest
13 Project Bill for the purpose of meeting the present and future
14 water demands of the Pacific Southwest region by providing for the
15 transfer of water from areas of surplus to areas of deficiency; an
16 WHEREAS, said proposed bill would provide for protection
17 of existing California uses of Colorado River water to the extent
18 of 4,400,000 acre -feet per year, would authorize the Central Arizon
19 Project and would require investigation and report by the Secretary
20 of the Interior as to additional supplies of water to sustain the
21 present development of the region, provide for normal growth,
22 improve the quality of the water in the River and reduce the
23 potential problems for the Upper Basin of the Colorado River;
24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the
25 City of Newport Beach approves and endorses the Pacific Southwest
26 Project Bill (S -2760) introduced in Congress by Senator Thomas H.
27 Kuchel, as a means for augmenting and developing the water
28 resources of the Colorado River; and
2.9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be
30 sent to Senators Thomas H. Kuchel and Clair Engle, to the members
31 of the California Delegation in the House of Representatives, to
32 Governor Edmund G. Brown, to Attorney General Stanley Mosk, to
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Administrator of the Resources Agency of the State of California
Hugo Fisher, to Director of Water Resources William E. Warne, to
our members of the California Legislature, and to the Board of
Supervisors of Orange County.
ADOPTED this 25th day of May, 1964.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH)
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I, MARGERY SCHROUDER, 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. 5970 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 25th day of May
19 64 ,, by the following. vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN
NOES, COUNCILMEN:
Stoddard, Forgit, Cook, Gruber, Elder,
Marshall, Parsons
None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
Dated -this 26th day of
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City Clerk and + x -Of `kkcio Clerk of "the
City Council, City of I�6ewpor ;Beach,
State of California.
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