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RESOLUTION NUMBER 41h'Z,
^ RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION]3 (ASSEMBLY BILL
1584), THE SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER,
WATERSHED PROTECTION AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT
WHEREAS, Proposition 13 (AB 1584) provides over one million acre-feet of urgently needed
new water to help drought-proof California, almost half of which will be in
Southern California; and
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WHEREAS, Proposition 13 designates in key areas of the bond that 60% of the funding will go
to Southern California, a historical first in recent times; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 13 provides $235 million for the Southern California Integrated
Watershed Program, which was developed by the Santa Ana Watershed Project
Authority (SAWPA), and which will provide $35 million for the Groundwater
Replenishment System, as well as funds for additional wetlands that will further
purify flows of the Santa Ana River; and; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 13 provides funds for the Newport Bay Wetlands project, funds for
Santa Ana River restoration and improvement projects and funds for projects that
will create storage and recovery of groundwater in Chino Basin, which is
upstream of Orange County, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 13 makes approximately $134 million in additional funding available
for Orange County agencies to compete for loans and grants for watershed
protection and non-point source pollution control projects and other programs, I
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WHEREAS, Proposition 13 will improve California' environmental vitality and economic
prosperity, better protect our communities from the devastation of both flood and
droughts, and validate the people of California's expressed support for increased
investments in the State's water infrastructure,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal Beach, does
hereby support passage of AB 1584 and Proposition 13
P^S~ APPROVED
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D ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach on
, 2000 by the following vote.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
Resolution Number 97/32.
I, Joanne M Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, Californi~,~ .!l,e!eby certifY that the foregoing
resolution is the original copy of ResoJution Number~on file in tlie office of the City
Clerk, passed, approved, and adoPt~~~e City Council he City of Seal Beach, at a regular
meeting thereof held on the . j. _ day of , 2000
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