CC - 1965 - 69 - Lower Colorado River Basin Project Act0
RESOLUTION NO. 65-69
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD SUPPORTING THE LOWER
COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT ACT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY
RESOLVES:
WHEREAS, the State of California and particularly
Southern California has been for years and is sustaining
tremendous growth and is increasing population by several.
hundreds of thousands of persons each year, and such growth
will continue indefinitely, and
WHEREAS, despite diligent efforts by the Metropolitan
Water District, other water agencies and the State of California
to procure additional.supplies of water, the projected demand
for water will exceed the supply of water in the immediately
foreseeable future, and
WHEREAS, the entire Pacific Southwest, the most
dynamic region within the United States, is a water shortage
area and far reaching.plans and aggressive action are essential
if the growth of this area is not to be stifled and its great
productivity strangled by the shortage of water, and
WHEREAS, additional legislation is necessary in
order to provide for an intensive examination by the Secretary
of Interior of possible supplemental sources of water for the
entire Colorado River Basin, and thereby protect existing
California uses as well as enable the orderly development of
the Central Arizona Project, and
WHEREAS, the "Lower Colorado River Basin Project Act"
which was introduced in the Congress in February of 1915 would
provide the needed Congressional authorization for such search
for supplemental water, protection of existing California uses
and construction, and is in the interest of the great Pacific
Southwest and the public interest of the United States of
America,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Rosemead, State of California, that the City of
Rosemead, California, hereby endorses and supports said Lower
Colorado River Basin Project Act, and urges the Congress of the
United States to enact such legislation into law at the earliest
possible date.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution,
bearing the seal of the City of Rosemead and duly certified by
the City Clerk, be presented to the Subcommittee on irrigation
and Reclamation of the House Interior and Insular Affairs
Committee in connection with its hearings on such Lower Colorado
River Basin Project Act, and that copies of this resolution be
made available in due course to United States Senators Kuchel
and Murphy, and to all Congressmen from the State of California..
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 14th day of
September, 1965.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK