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RESOLUTIOE ~p. E550 WHEREAS, steps are being taken to organize the Orange County Water District, which would include the City of Santa Aha; and WHEREAS, the ostensible purpose of said district is mainly to supplement the water supply available for the district ar~a; an6 ~Et!EAS, in 1928, the City of S~uta Aha, foresc:eing a future water shortage, allied itself with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and thereby provided a smpp$em~ntal water supply from the Colorado River sufficient for its future needs, and ~EREAS, by that action this CSty has incurred a very large obligation, which we believe will provide us with needed water at a cost must less than any other possible plan; and ~EREAS, the tax-payers of this City cannot afford to assume further obligatio~ as proposed by said Water Bill, which creates another tax-levying agency; and ~E~EAS, the City of Santa Aha is interested in pledging itself to aid in protecting the water rights of this City and other communities in Orange County from enc~oachmeuts in the Upper Santa Aha Basin: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Santa Ana go on record as being opposed to the Orange County ~¥ater Bill as now proposed, and urges the representatives from Orange County to exclude the City of Santa Ana from the said Orange County Water District. BE .IT F~THER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be forw~rded to Senator N. T. Edwards and A~semblymen Ted Craig and James B. Utt, in Sacramento, California. I H~REBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced, passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, at a regula~ meeting thereof, held on the 7th day of March, 1933, by the following vote, to-wit: AYES, TRUSTEES: A.F.LeGaye, E.Gj. Marner, ~¥.H.Penn, A.C.HasenJaeger Paul B. Witmer NOES, TRUSTE~:~S: None ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None (SEAL). ATTEST: EL. Ve~el~ City Clerk of'the City of Santa Ana.