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RESOLUTION NO 2500
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
URGING A YES VOTE ON THE REFERENDUM ON THE 1980 STATE
WATER ACT (SB200) APPEARING ON THE JUNE 8 1982 BALLOT.
WHEREAS California must maintain a water policy consistent with the
high environmental standards needed for the protection of our natural
resources, and
WHEREAS it is necessary for the State of California and all of its
residents to develop a conscientious program of water conservation; and
WHEREAS the fish and wildlife populations of the Sacramento -San Joaquin
Delta are being destroyed by present methods of pumping water from the Delta, and
WHEREAS, California agriculture faces a critical shortage of water which
could result in a loss of production, and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Water District, which supplies most of Southern
California, will lose over half of its Colorado River water allotment in the
mid-1980s due to a 1963 United States Supreme Court Decision (Arizona VS Cali-
fornia), and
WHEREAS the 1980 State Water Act is a comprehensive water development
and water conservation measure designed to meet the water needs of every region
of California while providing unprecedented environmental protections. and
WHEREAS the 1980 State Water Act will ensure against drought years by
conserving and storing thousands of acre-feet of surplus water which is now
being lost to the Pacific Ocean through the Delta, and
WHEREAS the 1980 State Water Act will help restore fish and wildlife
populations in the Delta and San Francisco Bay to their historical levels of
1922-1967, and
WHEREAS the 1980 State Water Act authorizes major water conservation and
waste water reclamation programs, and
WHEREAS the Peripheral Canal, as authorized under the 1980 State Water
Act, will help replace the lost Colorado River water on which Southern California
now depends, and
WHEREAS, the cost of the Peripheral Canal as authorized by the 1980 State
Water Act, is $600 million in 1980 dollars, which would cost the average family
of five living in Southern California less than $10 a year, and
WHEREAS, only those who benefit from the 1980 State Water Act will pay
for the project, and
WHEREAS, the State Water Act was approved by the Legislature and signed
by the Governor in 1980 as SB 200 and must now gain voter approval in the next
statewide election
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Cypress
hereby endorses the 1980 State Water Act (SB 200) and urges a YES vote by the
citizens of the community on the referendum designated as Proposition 9 appearing
on the June 8,1982 ballot
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular
meeting held on the 22nd day of March 1982
ATTEST'
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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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 22nd day of March 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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CITY LERK OTICI OF CYPRESS
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