HomeMy WebLinkAbout585 - Opposing AB 1974 - Water Pollution ControlRESOLU TTON NO. 585
A RTSOLUTTGN OF TQ CITY COTNCTL OF THE CITY CF COSTA MESA
OPI10STNC' ASSFZ•1BLY RILL 130. 1974, CALTFOF?KA LEGISLATURE,
1959 REGULAR SESSION, IN TTS PRESENT FORM.
IFTER.EAS, it has been called to the attention of this Council that Assembly
Fill No. 1972, now before the California Legislature, would amend the Water Code and
`, add a section to the Fish and Game Code, relating to water pollution; and
WKE EAS, said amendments, if enacted, would radically alter the present
water pollution control program in the State; and
WHI EAS, it is believed that the original establishment of Regional Water
Pollution Control Boards was based on the accepted premise that each Region has
problems best dealt with on a regional level rather than at a centralized statewide
level; and
lPTEREAS, the present water pollution control program has functioned
efficiently since its enactment in 1Q49 and has provided a reasonable degree of
water pollution control with a minimum of governmental expense and a maximum of
local control; and
WHEREAS, Orange County Sanitation Districts have, during the present eater
pollution control program, jointly expended a total of apuroximately t-°10,000,000.00
for waste treatment and disposal facilities, and are currently expending approximately
Ifl JC0,000.00 annually for such facilities, and by such expenditures and planning in
accordance with the regnirements of the Santa Ana Regional Water Pollution Control
Board have consistently fulfilled their obligation with respect to the maintenance
of satisfactory water quality;
NOV, THEFEF'ORE, IE TT KSOLVEl BY TV! CTTY COITNCTL OF THE CITY CF COSTA MESA
that the amendrents proposed to the existing Water Pollution Control Act by Assembly
Bill No. 1974 are not necessary to the effective control of water pollution and would,
if enacted, result in a destruction of the principle of local control and world add
to the expense of water pollution control within the State without increasing the
effectiveness of such control; and
Ph TT FURTHER FESCLVEP, that the City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa is
=- hereby authorized and directed to transr,it copies of this Resolution to members of
the Leri_slature representing this City, and their sppport is hereby solicited in
opposi.t;on to Assembly Rill No. 1074 in its present form.
PA,"SEI1 P111 AEbPTED, this 20th day of April, 1459.
ATTEST:
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C1_ttr Plerk of the Ci.t .4,f.Costo mesa
STATE OF CAI TFCFNTA )
COT.NTY OP nRANGE ) SS.
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I, A. C. SI ARTZ, City Clerk of the Citi: of Costa Mei a, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 585 was duly and regularly
passed and adopted by the Cite Council of the City of Costa 1�lesa at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 20th day of April, 1059, by unanimous roll -call vote.
IN WIM,SS WHEPECF, T have hereunto set rry hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 21st day of April, 1050.
Cit-: Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
T Chief Deputy