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RESOLUTION NO. 67-82 IN SUPPORT OF <br />SENATE BILL 861 PROPOSED BY SENATOR <br />TOM KUCHELAND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES <br />BILL NO. 6271 INTRODUCED BY CONGRESSMAN <br />H0SMER <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the 90th Congress is considering legislation <br />to authorize a Colorado River Basin Project; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern <br />California has continually urged that a regional solution to the <br />dwindling water supplies of the Colorado River be found and that <br />new projects to divert more water from that River within the Lower <br />Basin should only be authorized within a regional framework; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the following features are considered basic to <br />any sound regional development for the Colorado River Basin: <br /> <br /> 1. Recognition of the necessity for meaningful steps <br />to augment the inadequate flows of the Colorado River. <br /> <br /> 2. Creation of a Lower Basin Development Fund to assist <br />in financing such augmentation, together with authorization of <br />Hualapai Dam to provide revenues for the Fund. <br /> <br />3. Authorization of the Central krizona Project. <br /> <br /> 4. Protection of existing uses in Arizona and Nevada <br />and in California to the extent of 4.4 maf annually, against the <br />uses of the Central Arizona Project; and <br /> <br /> WHEREkS, these principles are included in proposed <br />legislation introduced by Senator Thomas Kuchel'as S. 861 and <br />by Congressman Craig Hosmer as H.R. 6271. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City of Santa <br />Ana does hereby s~upport, in principle, S. 861 and H.R. 6271 and <br />companion bills, and urges their passage. <br /> <br /> PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of <br />Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 5th~day of June, 1967. <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />CLERK OF TI~E COUNCIL <br /> <br />STATE OF CkLIFOENIA) <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE ) <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA ) <br /> <br />SS <br /> <br /> I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk <br />of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing <br />Resolution was regularly introduced to said Council at its regular <br />meeting held on the 5th day of June, and was at said meeting <br />regularly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: <br /> <br />AYES, <br /> <br />NOES, <br />ABSENT, <br /> <br />COUNCII24EN: Herrin, Brooks~ Carlson~ Grise%~ Market, <br /> Thurman~ McMichae 1 <br /> <br />COUNCILMEN: None <br /> <br /> CL~K OF THE COUNCIL <br /> <br /> <br />