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RESOLUTION ~0, 5647 WHEREA~, Southern California is a semi-a~ region requiring supplemental water supplies that are brought from great distances for human use~ for irrigation~ and for industrial purposes; and WB~REAS, the Southern California a~ea is the center of an unprecedented growth in population, requi~ing an ever-increasing use of water; and W~E~EA~ the City of Santa Ana and 21 other cities in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California have assumed an obligation of approximately $200~000,000 in the construction of an aqueduct system to bring Colorado River water to our people in accord- ~noe'with the provisions of contracts with the Federal Goverrm~nt; and WHEREA~, this vital water supply is now threatened by a pr~ posed new Colorado River water diversion project in A~izona; NOW~ THEREFORE~ BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Santa Aha be recorded as urging the speedy passage by the Congress of Senate Joint Resolution 145 and House Joint Resolution 226~ which would authorize a fair and final adjustment of the Arizona-California water controversy by referring the dispute to the United States Supreme Cou~t for settlement; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this body is opposed to anyhow projects calling for the diversion of water on the lower Colorado River until such Supreme Court settlement is made; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be sent to each Representative and Senator in the Congress from California and to the chairmen of the Public Lands and Judiciary Committees in the House of Representatives and of the Public Lands Committee in the Senate. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana~ at its regular meeting held on the l§th day of March, 1948. City Clerk (SEAL)