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RESOLUTION NO. /off
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE 0 ITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
OPPOSING ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 1974-"
'CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 1959 REGULAR
SESSION, IN ITS PRESEwr FORM
WHEREAS, there has been introduced into the California
Legislature, 1959 regular session, Assembly Bill No. 1974-
which would amend Sections 13002, 1302~, 13025, 1304-1.13042,
13052, 13054-, 13055, and 13060 of, to add sections 13000.1,
13000.2, 13000.3, 13000.4-, 13020.1, 13022.1, 13026, 13052.1,
13054-.1, 13054-.2, 13054-.3, 13054-.4-, 13054-.5, 13054-.6, 13054-.7,
13054.8, 13055.1, 13055.2, 1)065 to, and to add 1rticle 4-
(commencing at Section 13080) to Chapter 4 of DiVision 7 of,
the Water Code, and to add section 5652 to the Fish and Game
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Code, relating to water pollution; and
WHEREAS, said amendments, if enacted, would radically
alter the present water pollution control program in the State
of California; and
WHEREAS, it is believed that the original creation of
Regional Water Pollution Control Boards recognized the accepted
premise that each Region has problems peculiar and unique unto
itself and that these are best dealt with on a regional level
rather than at a centralized statewide level; and
WHEREAS, said present water pollution control program has
functioned efficiently and smoothly since its enactment in 194-9
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and has provided a reasonable degree of watsr pollution control
with a minimum of governmental expense and a maximum of local
control; and
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WHEREAS, tbe county Sanitation Districts have, during
the present water pollution control program, jointly expended a
total of approximately $10,000,000 for waste treatment and dis-
posal facilities and are currently expending approximately
$1,500,000 annually for such facilities, and by such expenditures
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and planning under requirements ot the Santa Ana Regional
Watsr Pollution control Board have consistently fulfilled
their obligation to said Board and to the publio at large
~ith respect to maintenance at satisf,,~tory water quality
ip the waters of the state.
NOW, THEREFORE"the city council of the City of
Seal Beach do hereby resolve as follows I
1. That the amendments propCIlSed to the existing Water
Pollution Control Act by Assembly Bill No. 1974, California
Legislature 1959 regular session, are not necessary to the,
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etfective control of water pollution and would, if enactsd,
result in a destruction of the principal of local control
and would add to the expense 9t water pollution control
within this state withQut increasins the effectiveness of
such control.
2. That the city Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and
directed to forward copies of this resolution to members of the
Legislature from Orange County. .
3. The above and foregoing Resolution No.ltJ~J~ was
passed and adopted by the city Council of the City of seal
Beach at a regular meeting ot said City Council held on the
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ,)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I, F. W. HICKMAN, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, and
ex-officio olerk o~ the Citr Council, do hereby certify to the
passage and adoption of the foregoing resolution by,the City
council at a regular meeting thereof held on the~ day of
7~- " 1959, by tbe following votel, '
AYES I Councilmen ~M"l-AltF-,;N' <./.a#,'!"'S .,{,e0/'''''1,~J}
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