Resolution No. 2526024
RESOLUTION NO. 2526
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
OPPOSING ASSEMBLY BILL 1601 WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE COUNTY SANITATION
DISTRICTS OF ORANGE COUNTY.
WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County Wastewater
Quality Control System throughout metropolitan Orange County is the third
largest on the West Coast, serving a current population of 1.8 million
persons; and
WHEREAS, the present seven Sanitation Districts operate pursuant to
a Joint Administrative Organization Agreement for the purpose of owing
and operating wastewater collection and treatment facilities under a
single management; and
WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts presently provide service to
23 of the 26 cities plus unincorporated territory within the County of
Orange; and
WHEREAS, over ninety percent (90%) of the area served by the Districts
is within the boundaries of incorporated cities; and
WHEREAS, the necessity for inter -city or metropolitan sewage planning
and operation was early recognized in Orange County and specifically by
the formation of the Joint Outfall Sewer Organization in 1923 which was
the predecessor to the present County Sanitation Districts and included
service area for eight cities; and
WHEREAS, the utilization of a joint venture for sewage facilities
between various independent cities and sanitary districts is now recognized
as both a practical necessity and a desirable form of government in that
it results in obvious savings and efficiencies in government, but continues
to retain local entity control through representation on its Board of
Directors; and
WHEREAS, the present seven County Sanitation Districts were formed and
organized in 1947 and 1948 following a comprehensive County -wide engineering
study and report and recommendation by the County Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, the District boundaries were established on the basis of
geography, topography and existing city and sanitary district boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the local collection of wastewater is accomplished by local
systems owned and operated by the respective cities or sanitary districts,
which systems then transport the wastewater to the Sanitation Districts'
trunk sewer system and treatment plant facilities; and
WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County are formed
pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act (Health & Safety Code Sections
4700 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act, the Board of
Directors is established as being the Mayor of each city, together with
a member of the governing board of each sanitary district, as well as
the Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, which assures that every
local agency is adequately represented on the governing board of each
Sanitation District; and
WHEREAS, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors has requested specific
legislation placing the control with the Board of Supervisors for the reason
that a stalemate has occurred between the County and the County Sanitation
Districts pertaining to the allocation of ad valorem tax revenues for
annexations of new territory to the Sanitation Districts; and
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WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange, on May 25,
1982, adopted a Resolution requesting legislation by the State Legislature
that would place the Sanitation Districts under the exclusive control of
the Board of Supervisors, and to remove representation by members of the
City Councils or Sanitary District Boards; and
WHEREAS, any legislation placing the control of the Sanitation Districts
under the Board of Supervisors would effectively remove the local agency
control from the 1.8 million constituents in this County who are represented
pursuant to the original organizational formation 35 years ago.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Cypress does hereby oppose Assembly Bill 1601 in its entirety and the
City Clerk is directed to transmit this voice of opposition to the appro-
priate legislators.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 14th day of June 1982.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF TA dI1Y OCYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the 14th day of June 1982; by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado, Lacayo, Partin, Rowan, and Mullen
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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