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FESOLUTION NO. 117
A FES`U'T'ON OF TRE CITY COUNCTL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFOFNIA,
OPPOSTNG CITE ' FPEF COLOFAFO FTVEP BASIN PFOJECTS AS PFOPOSED IN 5.500
AND H. F. 270 ANL THE FFYT'1CPAN-AFYANSAS PFCJECT AS PFOPOSED IDT S.300
ANF H.F. 1112 NOW PENIFNC IN CONGFESS.
WHEREAS, the City of Costa A'eza, California, i.a vitally dependent on a
water supply frcr the Colorado Fiver, and
WHEFEAS, California's rightful share of Colorado Fiver water is threat-
ened by the Upper Colorado liver Basin projects as proposed in S. 500 and H. F.
270 and the Fryingpan-Arkansas project as proposed in S. 300 and H. F. t12 now
pending in Congress, and
WHEFEAS, the aforementioned projects wo ld inflict on all taxpayers of
this City and the Nation an unjustifiable burden of more than four billion doll-
ars, and
ViiiHEFEAS, these political pump -priming schemes if a-Viori_zed wn,Ed furnish
water to grow the kind of crops which are already in great surplus in this coun-
try, ane wh'ch are already heavily s-.;bsidized by the taxpayers, and
vIHEFEAS, the Colorado Fiver Board of California, official state acency
charred with the responsibility of safe€p:ardine Califoreia's existing contracts
for Colorado Fiver water, has gone on record strongly opposing these measures.
NOV,, THE'ILF01E, Pe TT FESOLVED, that the enactment of these project bills
is against the interest of the City
of Costa Mesa in particular ano the State of
California in general and shor,lcbe
opposed.
BE. IT FS FTHEI FFSOLVE:D that
the City of Costa Mesa respectfully requests
the representatives of the State of
California in the Congresc of the United States
to actively oppose the enactment of
the above-mentioned bills or any similar pro-
posals, and that certified copies of
this resolution be airmailed to our Congress-
ional representatives, and copies be
mace available to press and radio news sources.
AFCFTED, signed and approved
this (th day of April, Tors.
ATTEST:
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Cit; Clcrk tithe Ci of Costa Mesa
I, A. C. SWAFTZ, City Clerk
of the Cit-; of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that
the atove anc foiegsing Fesclution 7:o.
117 was passed and ad -.:}ted by the City Cot:n-
oil of the City of Costa Mesa on the
4th day of April, 1955.
DATED: April 4, 1955
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