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RESOLUTION NO. 85-2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR DETACHMENT OF CERTAIN TERRITORY FROM THE MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY WHEREAS, the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (Division ! of Title 6 of the Government Code of the State of California, commencing with Section 56000) provides for the change of organization of certain districts, such as the Municipal Water District of Orange County, through the approval by the Local Agency Formation Commission of Orange County; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana is an "affected city" as that term is used in the District Reorganization Act of 1965; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Special District Task Force, in its January 17, 1984 report to the Board of Supervisors, identified certain inefficiencies resulting from multiple governmental agencies providing similar municipal-type services within the corporate limits of a city; and WHEREAS, said report endorsed the full service municipality concept and recommended that the cities assume provision of certain services provided by such agencies; and WHEREAS, the Municipal Water District of Orange County ("MWDOC',) is considered by the City of Santa Aha to be such an Agency; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana concurs with the Task Force finding that multiple governmental agencies performing similar public works functions within the corporate boundaries of the City of Santa Aha contribute to the complexity of local government and may hinder the ability of residents to readily identify and contact the agency responsible for providing service; and WHEREAS, the City.Council of the City of Santa Ana believes that residents of the City of Santa Aha would benefit from a full-service municipal concept and endorses the full-service concept presented by the Task Force; and WHEREAS, the Municipal Water District of Orange County provides services which are a duplication of services already provided by the City of Santa Ana as an original Member Agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Aha desires this resolution to be deemed a resolution of application proposing a change of organization pursuant to Section 56195 of the California Government Code. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana as follows: 1. That the City of Santa Ana hereby applies to the Local Agency Formation Commission of Orange County for the detachment of certain territory from the Municipal