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RESOLUTION NO. 91-36
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ROSEMEAD URGING PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION
ESTABLISHING AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY WITH AUTHORITY
AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CLEAN UP OF SERIOUS TOXIC
GROUND POLLUTION IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
WHEREAS, the San Gabriel Valley Basin, which supplies drinking
water for the Valley's one million residents,is one of the most
polluted groundwater aquifers in L.A. County; and,
WHEREAS, an ever increasing number of wells in the Basin are
reaching toxic levels that seriously threaten the health of our area
residents, with little effective action by existing agencies to abate
or reverse this growing health menace; and,
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned that
unless drastic remedial action is taken to halt the spread of such
toxic pollution, it will spread throughout the entire San Gabriel
Valley basin, and, in time, also migrate through the aquifer into the
Central Los Angeles Basin; and,
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency also has strongly
criticized the record and commitment of existing authorities for
failing to undertake any effective clean-up measures, emphasizing the
need for an independent agency with the commitment, authority, and
resources to do the job; and,
WHEREAS, one surviving bill now under consideration in Sacramento
SB 52 (Torres) would establish such an independent agency with the
requisite authority and resources to initiate and manage an effective
toxic clean-up program in the San Gabriel Valley;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rosemead strongly
urges our State Legislators to support passage of SB 52 and provide
us with the urgently-needed authority to stop and reverse the spread
of the toxic pollution that threatens our entire Valley and areas
beyond;
AND, FURTHER, directs that copies of this resolution be sent to
members of the policy committees considering this bill in the State
Senate and Assembly, and to the legislative representatives from the
San Gabriel Valley Basin area.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED
9th day of July, 1991
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ATTEST:
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y .Clerk_
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 91-36 was duly and regularly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Rosemead at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 9th day of July, 1991, by the following vote:
Yes: Bruesch, Imperial, Clark, McDonald
No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: Taylor.
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