CC RESOLUTION 196096 9 P,
RESOLUTION NO. 1960
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA OPPOSING
ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 1593.
WHEREAS, AB 1593 for the reorganization of the State
Government if enacted would, among other changes in the State Govern-
ment, 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 pro-
tect California's rights and vital interests in Colorado River water; and
WHEREAS, the activities of the Colorado River Board in carry-
ing 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 responsibilities parallel
with those of California's Colorado River Board; and
WHEREAS, relegating the duties and responsibilities of Cali-
fornia'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 carry-
ing forward its responsible duties with regard to California's interests in
the Colorado River for many years prior to the filing of the Arizona -Cali-
fornia Supreme Court suit, and the necessity for the California Board will
continue regardless of the outcome of the Arizona suit or of the occurrence
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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 7, 500, 000 people
residing within the boundaries of The Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California 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 Coun-
cil of the City of El Segundo, California respectfully urges the defeat
of AB 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 AB 1593, Assemblyman Charles E.
Chapel, Senator Richard Richards and Jesse M. Unruh, Chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee of the Assembly.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true, and
correct copy of a resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of
El Segundo, California at its meeting held May 8, 1961.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Mayor o t e City of El SE-gundo,_California
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Eunice U. Creason , City Clerk of
the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution , being
Resolution No. 1960 , was
passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of the said Council held on the 8th
day of May , 196 1 ,
and that the some was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYESt Councilmen Frederick, Gordon, Swanson, Tandy
and Mayor Baker;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 9th
day of May , 196 1
ity Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California
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