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63-0502ESOLUTION NO. 63R- 502 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO THE FORMATION OF THE WEST ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING THEREON. Pub Works Dir. Atty. WHEREAS, it has been called to our attention that there is a public hearing on a second effort to establish a West Orange County Water District, excluding from its first petition areas encompassed by the condemnation action of the City of Anaheim against the Dyke Water Company; and WHEREAS, such formation would create a special purpose district where there are in existence general purpose districts (cities within the area) capable of handling the water distri- bution problem and willing to do so; that the establishment of special purpose districts under such circumstances is contrary to the public interest by creating duplication and inefficiency; and WHEREAS, to the extent the proposed water district serves its customers by pumping from the water basin without supplementing such use with outside purchased water, said pro- posed water district is being subsidized by all members of the public whose governing bodies do contribute to raising the water tables by voluntarily limiting the use of underground waters, and that such subsidy is contrary to the public interest; and WHEREAS, until such time as said proposed water district in fact meters the services (and by its very nature would find it difficult to guarantee metering in line with its announced intention), there will continue to be a substantial water waste by users within the proposed district, and such waste is contrary to the public interest and directly opposed to the efforts of all of the cities in the County and the Orange County Water District. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that it oppose, and it does hereby oppose, the formation of the proposed West Orange County Water District upon the following principal grounds, to wit: 1. That its formation is contrary to the public interest in that it creates a special service district in an area where general purpose districts, in the form of the cities within the area, are not only capable of serving and distributing water, but willing to do so and are taking active steps toward acquisition of the facilities involved. 2. That its formation is contrary to the public interest in that to the extent said proposed district pumps from the water basin without supplementing such use with outside purchased water, it is being subsidized by all other water users in Orange County. -1- (SEAL) 3. That its formation is contrary to the public interest in that until the water system, towards which said formation is directed, is fully metered there will continue to be an unconscionable waste of water to the serious and substantial detriment of the entire water basin in conflict with the expressed intent and direct action of all other users of water toward water conservation. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a representative of the City Attorney's Office be, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to appear at the public hearing on the West Orange County Water District, to present this resolution and to express the objection of the City of Anaheim to the formation of said district as being contrary to the public interest. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me this llth day of June, 1963. ATTEST: "e; et 7 CITY CLERK OF TH CITY OF ANAHEIM 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 llth day of June, 1963, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Dutton, Chandler, Schutte, Krein and Coons NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said resolution on the llth day of June, 1963, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this llth day of June, 1963.