1982-478
RESOLUTION NO. 82R-478
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM OPPOSING THE WATER RESOURCES STATUTORY
INITIATIVE KNOWN AS PROPOSITION NO. 13 ON THE
NOVEMBER 1982 BALLOT.
WHEREAS, an initiative measure entitled the Water
Resources Statutory Initiative has been qualified and will appear
on the November 2, 1982, general election ballot as Proposition
No. 13; and
WHEREAS, this measure would enact substantial and far
reaching changes to California water law by adding a new Division
B to the Water Code to be known as the Water Resources
Conservation and Efficiency Act: and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim, a member agency of the
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, now, as in the
past, has opposed the waste of water and supports the efficient
use of water; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim now, as in the past, has
supported reasonable protection of fish, wildlife, and recreation
in California's streams and rivers; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim supports the use of
alternative sources of water in the Southern California Coastal
Plain such as reuse of reclaimed waste water, local projects,
groundwater storage, and water exchanges; and
WHEREAS, the measure contains a number of provisions that
would adversely affect the City of Anaheim as a member agency of
the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, such as
the following:
1. The requirement that comprehensive water conservation
programs be prepared, submitted to, and approved by the
State Water Resources Control Board before increased
interbasin water transfers results in unreasonable
obstacles to necessary interbasin water transfers;
2. The policy that the use of property taxes be reduced or
eliminated for the payment of the costs of water
development would have the effect of making present water
users pay for the portion of new water facilities
constructed to serve future water users;
3. The requirements that water rates be increased in order
to reduce water usage, and that water pricing be included
in the water conservation plans submitted to the State
Board represent two serious obstacles to proper water
management, namely, (1) artificially high water rates,
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and (2) water price setting by State Agencies not under
local control;
4. The proposal to grant rights to appropriate water for
instream uses (fish, wildlife, and recreation) which may
have the result of reducing the water available to the
State Water Project; and
5. The provisions regarding the management of groundwater
basins could restrict the ability of Los Angeles to pump
water from the Owens Valley groundwater basin.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Anaheim hereby finds that, if enacted, the Water
Resources Statutory Initiative (Proposition No. 13) would
represent a real and substantial threat to the security of the
future water supply of the people of Southern California, and in
particular, will result in creating major obstacles to the
continued operation of a sound long-term water management policy
which management policy includes the fOllowing objectives:
1. The fulfillment of the obligation of the State of
California to supply the State Water Contractors their
entitlements of water;
2. The increased use of Colorado River water, if available;
and
3. The importation of vitally necessary water supplies of
the City of Los Angeles, a member agency of the
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that for the foregoing reasons the
City Council of the City of Anaheim opposes the adoption of the
Water Resources Initiative Measure (Proposition No. 13) on the
November 2, 1982, general election ballot.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and
she is hereby, authorized to forward certified copies of this
resolution to the Orange County Board of Supervisors and all
cities in the County of Orange.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 28th day of September,
1982.
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ITY CLERK OF T E C Y OF ANAHEIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 82R-478 was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting provided by law, of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held on
the 28th day of September, 1982, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kaywood, Pickler, Overholt and Roth
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bay
AND I FURTHER certify that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said
Resolution No. 82R-478 on the 28th day of September, 1982.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Anaheim this 28th day of September, 1982.
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I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 82R-478 duly passed and
adopted by the Anaheim City Council on September 28, 1982.
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