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RBSOLUTUN NO. 3063
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BAY AQUEDUCT
WHEREAS, Santa Clara County has experienced and is experienc-
ing an unprecedented influx of new residents, new industries,
and an expanded agricultural economy which has magnified its
present and future requirements for water; and
WHEREAS, it is urgent and necessary to utilize all avail-
able sources within and without the County to fulfill these
requirements in order that critical shortages of water do not
occur in this County; and
WHEREAS, the valley floor is subsiding in the area of the
northern part of Santa Clara County due to continued overdraft of
water from underground sources; and
WHEREAS, the State has determined to construct the South Bay
Aqueduct for the purpose of transporting water to the Airpoint
Reservoir in Santa Clara County and in other counties in proxi-
mity to Santa Clara County.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Palo Alto does earnestly request and urge the
Governor, the Legislature, and the Director of the Department of
Water Resources of the State of California to allocate sufficient
monies in the State budget for the construction of Stage I of the
South Bay Aqueduct Projects and for the acquisition of rights of
way for that portion of the South Bay Aqueduct Project from the
termination ,of Stage I to the Airpoint Reservoir in Santa Clara
County.
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that this Council does hereby
request that.. the Director of the Department of Water Resources of
the State of California be directed to take all other necessary
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steps to complete such facilities at the earliest possible time.
ARID IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk be end she is hereby
directed to send copies of this resolution to the fallowing:
Governor Edmund G. Brown
Harvey O. Banks, Director of Department of
Water Resources
Senator John F. Thomppon.
Assemblyman Bruce R. Allen
Assemblyman Clark L. Bradley
Senator James J. McBride, Chairman of Senate
Finance Committee
Assemblyman Jesse M. Unruh, Chairman of Assembly
Ways aad Means
Cbsatittee
Introduced and passed at a regular meeting of the Council
of the City of Palo Alto held March 23, 1959, by the following
vote:
AYES: Bishop, Byxbee, Cresap, Evans, Giffin, Marshall, Mitchell,
Rodgers, Stephens, Woodwaid.
NQES: None
ABSENT: Corcoran, Davis, Nevis, Porter, lluppenthal.
APPROVED:
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