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RESOLUTION NO. 674
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
MERGING ITS WATER FACILITIES INTO THE COSTA MESA COUNTY WATER
DISTRICT, PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL NO. 1375 (NOW KNOWN AS
CHAPTER 1377, STATUTES 1959)•
WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 1375 (now known as Chapter 1377, Statutes 1959),
was enacted by the 1959 Session of the Legislature of the State of California, allow-
ing for the dissolution of the Fairview County Water District, the Newport -Mesa
County Water District, the Newport Heights Irrigation District and the Newport -Mesa
Irrigation District and their merger into the Costa Mesa County Water District; and
WHEREAS, said Senate Bill No. 1375 (now known as Chapter 1377, Statutes 1959),
above referred to further allowed the City of Costa Mesa to merge its water facilities
into the Costa Mesa County Water District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa has been informed and ad-
vised that the Fairview County Water District, the Newport -Mesa County Water District
and the Newport Heights Irrigation District are adopting resolutions dissolving their
respective districts and merging into the Costa Mesa County Water District, pursuant
to said Senate Bill No. 1375 (now known as Chapter 1377, Statutes 1959); and
WHEREAS, said Senate Bill No. 1375 (now known as Chapter 1377, Statutes 1959),
provides that the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa may adopt a resolution at
any time prior to January 1, 1960, merging its water facilities into the Costa Mesa
County Water District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has long advocated and has, with the cooperqtion
of others, encouraged and worked towards the merger of the aforesaid water districts,
and it is to the best interests of the City of Costa Mesa and to the citizens thereof
that the City merge and transfer to the Costa Mesa County Water District its water
facilities in order that one agency will have the responsibility for planning and
carrying out a complete water program, including vitally needed water storage capacity
for the entire Costa Mesa area:
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa as follows:
Section 1. That pursuant to the provisions of the Costa Mesa District Merger
law, the water facilities set forth in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and by this ref-
erence made a part hereof, are hereby merged and transferred to the Costa Mesa County
Water District.
Section 2. That pursuant to the provisions of the Costa Mesa District Merger
law, there is attached hereto marked Exhibit "B", and by this reference made a part
hereof, a description of the boundaries of the City of Costa Mesa as the same exists
as of the date of the adoption of this resolution.
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Section 3• That the effective date of this resolution shall be the date that
that certain written agreement between the City of Costa Mesa and the Costa Mesa County
Water District is executed by the Costa Mesa County Water District; that a copy of
said agreement above referred to is attached hereto marked Exhibit "C", and by this
reference made a part hereof.
Section 4. That the City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa is directed to cause
a certified copy of this resolution to be recorded with the Recorder of Orange County,
California, immediately upon receipt by him of the executed agreement referred to in
Section 3 above.
Section 5• That the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby express
its desire and willingness to cooperate with the new Costa Mesa County Water District
in any way desired by said new District in order to achieve the full solution of the
water and water storage problems in the Costa Mesa area.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 16th day of December, 1959•
M r or the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST -
City Clerk of the City 'of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of
the City of Costa Mesa, California, do hereby certify that at a special meeting of
the City Council, City of Costa Mesa, California, held on the 16th day of December,
1959, the foregoing Resolution No. 674 was considered and that said Resolution was
then passed and adopted as a whole by the following roll -call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN REA, B. SMITH, MEYERS, PINKLEY, J. SMITH
NOES: COUNCILMEN NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of
December, 1959•
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
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Chief Deputy