HomeMy WebLinkAbout2654_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 2654
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS CONCERNING LEGISLATION
TO FINANCE COMPLETION OF STATE WATER PROJECT
WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Redlands has long taken
the position that the California Water Project should be completed on
time as originally projected and has made every effort to assure that
such was accomplished, and
WHEREAS , this Council has strenuously opposed any plan for
deferring construction of the southern end of the California Aqueduct
or the Perris Reservoir, and
WHEREAS , the representatives of this area in the Legislature have
worked diligently in support of the position of this City and the
public welfare, and
WHEREAS , this Council is informed that legislation will be intro-
duced at the 1968 General Session of the Legislature to provide for
the transfer of sufficient tidelands oil revenues and for other finan-
cial adjustments so as to make the necessary funds available to com-
plete the California Water Project on schedule and that the said
legislation will be supported by the administration.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
of Redlands declares its most vigorous support for such legislation,
and its request that it be enacted on a priority basis, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be sent
to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Senators Cologne and Coombs,
Assemblymen Hinckley, Quimby, Biddle, and Veysey, and to the Director
of the Department of Water Resources and to all members of the
California Water Commission.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 16th day of January, 1968 .
ATTEST: z
sl Waldo F. Burrou hs
Mayor of the City of Redlands
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APPROVED FOR FORM:
_s/ Edward F. Taylor
City Attorney