HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 77-055RESOLUTION NO. 77-55
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, PROTESTING PRESIDENT
CARTER'S WATER POLICIES.
The City Council of the City of Tustin, California,
does resolve as follows:
WHEREAS the Carter Administration has place many i
vital new and ongoi'ng Congressionally-authorized multipurpose --.
water projects in jeopardy by deleting their funding from the
1977-78 budget; and
WHEREAS in many areas, such as California and Arizona,
the' demand for water from such proje.cts is already far greater
than their new yield and the near-term supply from these projects
is urgently needed to prevent recurrence of the present devas-
tating drought conditions; and
WHEREAS many of the projects in jeopardy could already
be supplying large amounts of water to alleviate drought con-
ditions if they had been completed on their original schedules; and
WHEREAS the survival of many farming communities and
the provision of food and fiber at reasonable costs is also at
stake in many areas to be served by these projects; and
WHEREAS the development of highly-desirable smog-free
electrical power is also being jeopardized in re-evaluation of
ongoing, water projects, some of which are in areas where rolling
blackouts from power shortages are already a threat as the drought
continues; and . "
WHEREAS water projects historically have been
wealth-producing and pay most of capital costs back to the
Federal Treasury through sale of water and power; and
WHEREA the use by th~ President of new and greatly
increased discount rates in reappraising ongoing projects is
not permissible under a 1974 Act of Congress, and since, without
a common denominator in discount rates, any project could
eventually be stopped by the simple strategy of constant delay
and reappraisal at higher rates;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Tustin, hereby protests the Carter Administration
attempts to emasculate this Nation's future water supplies, and
that the Congress fund these ongoing projects at the maximum
practical level.
,
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, California, held on the 16th day
of May, 1977.
MAY'~R
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFOF~IlA)
COUNTY OF OIO\NGE )SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
RUTII C. POE, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the. City
Cou~cil of tlle City of Tu.~tin, C~.].ifornia, does hereby
certify that' the whole number of the mem}.~ers of the City
Council of the City of.Tustin is five; theft the above and
forccjoing Resolution No. 77-55 was duly and regularly
introduced, read, passed and adopted at a regular meeting
of the City Council held on the 16th day of May, 1977
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCII~EN' SHARP,.. ..... WELSH, ........ ;EDGAR'_ ,. ~ SALTARELLI..,. _ SCHUS.TER
NOES: ,, COUNCILMEN' NONE
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN' NONE
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