Resolution No. 7234
RESOLUTION NO. 723
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
REQUESTING A STUDY DIRECTED TOWARD SECURING A WATER
POLLUTION LABORATORY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE
UNITED STATES
WHEREAS, Public Law 660, 84th Congress, the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, as originally enacted and subsequently amended, has the
intent and purpose of enhancing the quality and value of the nation's water
resources, and
WHEREAS, said Act, as amended in 1961, provided for establishing,
equipping and maintaining field laboratories and research facilities
including, but not limited to, one in the northeastern area of the United
States, one in the Middle Atlantic area, one in the southeastern area,
one in the midwestern area, one in the southwestern area, one in the Pacific
Northwest and one in the State of Alaska, and
WHEREAS, one such laboratory has been provided in the southwestern area,
namely, at Ada, Oklahoma, a region of plentiful rainfall and humid climate,
and
WHEREAS, in other portions of the southwestern area there exist highly
populated, semi -arid regions dependent upon imported water supplies for
continuing existence and future growth, and
WHEREAS, the reuse of existing water supplies needs thorough technical
and economic investigation and comparison with other means for obtaining and
augmenting the supplies for present and future use:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Cypress most respectfully requests the Honorable Senator Thomas H. Kuchel of
the Congress of the United States to seek authorization, with appropriate
funding, for the explicit purpose of the Department of the Interior studying
and reporting to the Congress the advisability of establishing another water
laboratory within the far southwestern area for studying problems peculiar
to the area, and making appropriate recommendations for the specific location
of such a laboratory within that area.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at a
regular meeting held an the 26th day of September, 1966.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK 0 THE C OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the said
City Council held on the 26th day of September, 1966, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Bowen, Harvey, Kanel, McCarney, and Noe
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
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