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RESOLUTION NO. 2752 RESOLUTION RELATING TO REPORT ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL PROBLEM AND APPROVING PORTIONS OF SAME THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, this City is a member of the Joint 0utfall Sewer agreement, under the terms of which there has been constructed a sanitary outfall sewer to serve the cities of Santa Aua, Anaheim, Orange, Fullerton, and certain sanitary districts in the County of 0x~nge~ and WHEREAS, the facilities of such outfall sewer have proven insufficient to comply with the requirements of the Department of Puhl~e Health of the State of California, insofar as the present equipment for treatment of raw sewage is concerned, and WHEREAS, the said State Department of Public Health has caused an invest- igation to be made and a report rendered, dated Febrnary 8, 1940, to the members of said agreement and to said State Department of Public Health, which report has been approved by the Chief Engineer of the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering of said State Department of Publie Health and the recommendations contained therein have been approved by said Chief Engineer of said Bureau, and WHEREAS, said report m~_kes certain reconm~endatlons to them embers of said agreement for correcting the conditions wherein the disposal and treatment of sewage is insufficient; NOW, TH~HEFORE~ the said report, a copy of which is on file with the Clerk of this City Council, is hereby a~cepted and ordered filed in the office of the City Clerk, and the recommendations therein contained are concurred in, in principle, and~ to the following extent, concurred in by this Board: le We concur that a s tugle treatment plant for the treatment of sewage from the Joint 0utfall Sewer is the most economical and efficient method of handling the problem. 2e We concur that the most feasible site for such plant is upon the land now owned by the members and used for the pumping plant and settling basins. 3. That work on such plant should be co~enced as soon as practicable in order to prevent a recurrence of cemplaints about odor and fly nuisance next summer. 4. That such plant be constructed of a type which will be most econemical in cost of construction and operation and yet give the necessary treatment required by the laws of the State of California, and orders and regulations from the State Department of Public Health. 5. That any plant constrmoted should take into consideration future additions to provide for the needs of the territory now served as well as other territox within the geographical area which will naturally be served by the outfall sewer. 6. That in order to expedite the accomplishment of the purposes herein set forth, that there be selected by the several members of the Joint 0utfall Agreement, a committee of five members, consisting of the Mayor (or, if he fails or refuses to act, then one member from the City Council) of each of the four cities, and ene member selected from the governing boards of the several sanitary districts, jointly, ~hich committee shall immediately proceed with the task of obtaining data mecessary to Y