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6/18/68
RESOLUTION NO. 6794
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
c� NEWPORT BEACH URGING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT TO PROCEED AHEAD WITH
A PROPOSED DESALINIZATION-POWER PROJECT
. WHEREAS, the Southern California area is deficient in
natural water supplies; and
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Water District has a need
for a supplemental supply of water; and
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Water District has determined
through a feasibility study that it is both feasible and economical
to obtain said supplemental supply of water by the use of a combi-
nation nuclear power desalting plant; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does support in principle the
construction in Orange County of a combination Desalinization -
Power Project jointly sponsored by The Metropolitan Water District,
United States Atomic Energy Commission, and the United States
Department of the Interior; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does approve of the recommended
artificial island site located between Seal Beach and Huntington
Beach for construction of the Desalinization - Power Project; and
WHEREAS, the proposed desalinization plant would serve as
a valuable source of supplemental water and would provide an
alternate, independent source of water to the southland, and in
particular to the coastal cities which may be dependent on the
proposed facility as a source of supplemental water; and
WHEREAS, funds were included in an $850,000,000 bond
issue to provide for the construction of the desalinization plant;
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WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Water District has recently
expressed its grave concern over a substantial increase in the es-
timated costs of construction of a joint project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach urges the Board of Directors of The
Metropolitan Water District, in conjunction with the Atomic Energy
• Commission and the Department of the Interior, to proceed ahead
• with previous commitments to construct the combination Desaliniza-
tion - Power Project on the artificial island located offshore of
• Huntington Beach, California.
ADOPTED this 17th day of June, 1968.
Doreen Mars
Mayor
ATTEST:
Laura Lagios Y `
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH )
I, LAURA LAGIOS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California,
do hereby certify that according to the records of the City of Newport Beach
filed and maintained in my office, the foregoing Resolution No. 6794 was
duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of the
City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council
held at the regular meeting place thereof, on thel7th day of June 19685
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN: McInnis, Shelton, Marshall, Rogers, Hirth
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Parsons, Gruber
Dated this 21st day of June 1 1968.
City Clerk and Ex -O fic'o Clerk of the
City Council, City of ewport Beach,
State of California