HomeMy WebLinkAbout4699RESOLUTION NO 4699
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS OPPOSING
PROPOSITION 128, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ACT OF 1990
WHEREAS, Proposition 128, the Environmental Protection Act of 1990,
on the November 1990 general election ballot would cause major changes in
environmental policy and regulation, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 128 would require a substantial amount of
investment- to- upgrade water and wastewater facilities to meet new stringent
standards, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 128 would enact water quality requirements
which will negatively affect the ability to produce and deliver reclaimed water by
limiting the use of certain disinfection techniques and by restricting the discharge of
reclaimed water to surface water systems, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 128 would alter the current requirements that
competing uses should be balanced in the public interest to favoring the propagation
of fish, shellfish and their habitat over other beneficial uses, and
WHEREAS, the changes would adversely affect the City's ability to
supply water and managing wastewater to the best benefits of the community,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Redlands does hereby oppose the enactment of Proposition 128, the Environmental
Protection Act of 1990 ("Big Green Initiative") due to its detrimental and adverse
affect on the City's ability to meet citizen's demands for water supply and wastewater
management
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED, this 16th day of October, 1990
SIGNED
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ATTEST'
eputy City Clerk
City of Redlands, California
I, Beatrice Sanchez, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof,
held on the 16th day of October, 1990, by the -following- vote
AYES Councilmembers Beswick, Cunningham, Larson, Milson, Mayor DeMirjyn
NOES None
ABSENT None
Deputy City Clerk
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