1961-6875RESOLUTION NO. 6875
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM URGING THE DEFEAT OF
ASSEMBLY BILL 1593, OR ANY OTHER MEASURE,
BILL OR RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD ABOLISH
OR DESTROY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CALIFORNIA'S
COLORADO RIVER BOARD.
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1593 for the reorganization
of the State Government if enacted would, among other changes
in the State Government, abolish California's Colorado River
Board and transfer all its functions and responsibilities to
the State Department of Water Resources, effective June 30,
1962; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado River Board has had twenty
four years of continuing service in carrying out its statutory
responsibilities to protect California's rights and vital
interests in Colorado River water; and
WHEREAS, the activities of the Colorado River Board
in carrying out its statutory functions and responsibilities
are basically interstate and national in scope, and relate
exclusively to the water of the Colorado River system; and
WHEREAS, each of the other six Colorado River Basin
states has a board or commissioner with functions and responsi-
bilities parallel with those of California's Colorado River
Board; and
WHEREAS, relegating the duties and responsibilities
of California's Colorado River Board to another department
charged with many diverse duties and interests would deprive
the people of California of an agency as well equipped and
qualified as the agencies of the six other Basin states, and
would thereby put California to serious disadvantage in
negotiations with the other Basin states and in matters
before Congress and other official agencies; and
WHEREAS, California's Colorado River Board had been
carrying forward its responsible duties with regard to Cali-
fornia's interest in the Colorado River for many years prior
to the filing of the Arizona California Supreme Court suit,
and the necessity for the California Board will continue
regardless of the outcome of the Arizona suit or of the
occurrence of further litigation; and
WHEREAS, no economy would be obtained by shifting
the engineering work of the Colorado River Board to some other
State agency because the Board's engineering staff could not
be replaced except by specialized, full -time employment of
the same or greater magnitude; and
WHEREAS, the rights and interests of the citizens
and residents of the City of Anaheim and all of the people
in the State will best be served by retaining the Colorado
River Board in its present form;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Anaheim respectfully urges the defeat of
Assembly Bill 1593, or any other measure, bill or resolution
which would abolish or destroy the effectiveness of California's
Colorado River Board; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
resolution be forwarded to the Governor of California, to
Assemblyman Gordon H. Winton, Jr., author of Assembly Bill
1593, and to the representatives of this District in the
Senate and the Assembly.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by
me this 9th day of May, 1961.
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM
I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of
Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 9th day of May, 1961, by the following vote of
the members thereof:
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of
Anaheim approved and signed said resolution on the 9th day of
May, 1961.
IN WITNESS WH.REOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this 9th day of May,1961.
(SEAL)
MAYOR OF
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Chandler, Coons, Fry, Thompson
and Schutte.
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None.
H CITY O ANAHEIM
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