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RESOLUTION NO. 62-162 OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO FORMATION OF THE "WEST ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT" WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Aha is informed that a petition has been presented to the Board of Supervisors of Orange County seeking the formation of a County Water District to include the area presently served by the Dyke Water Company which would take in unincorporated territory, large portions of the cities of Anaheim, Westminster and Garden Grove, and some parts of the City of Santa Aha, California; and WHEREAS, too many overlapping taxing districts already exist in the Santa Ana River Basin area of Orange County, and the creation of a new taxing district should not be considered unless there are compelling reasons for its existence for the rendering of a service that cannot be provided by existing governmental agencies and districts; and WHEREAS, the existing water systems, both publicly and privately owned, presently serve most of the area proposed for this new district and presently stand ready to expand service into any unserved area in need of water service, so that said new district would accomplish little except to require the tax payers in the district to buy the facilities of the present Dyke Water Company; and WHEREAS, there are at present studies of official action and negotiations have been taken and are now being carried on by the four cities with territory inside of the proposed boundaries covered by said petition, seeking to condemn or purchase by negotiation those parts of the Dyke Water Company within their boundaries; and WHEREAS, the activities next hereinabove referred to have been initiated since the first step, the filing of a description with the Orange County Boundary Co~mission which indicated an attempt to -1-