HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 10,055RESOLUTION NO. 10,055
RESOLUTION URGIN EARLY APPROVAL AND
CONSTRUCTION OF THE PERIPHERAL CANAL
AS A PART OF THE STATE WATER PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City and County of San Diego, now
practically wholly dependent upon imported Colorado River
water for domestic, industrial and agricultural use, look
to the California State Water Project for a large part of
their future needs as their present water sources are de-
pleted by the development of areas in the West with superior
rights in such sources; and
WHEREAS, the Delta pool concept, under which all
water contracted for to be used south of the Sacrament -San
Joaquin River Delta is to be delivered at the Delta into the
huge aqueducts, constituting the Project's water -distributing
conduits, has been from the first the backbone of the Project;
and
WHEREAS, the facilities to make this delivery poss-
ible and at the same time fully protect the Delta and its
ecology from the serious consequences of these major diversions
have long been the subject of intense study and planning by
both the State and Federal authorities responsible for the
construction and operation of the State Project and the Federal
Central Valley Project; and
WHEREAS, the Peripheral Canal, by which it is planned
to intercept the water to be exported above the Delta, carry
it around the Delta to the pumps which will lift it into the
southbound conduits, and from which such water can be released
as and when necessary into the Delta for the protection of all
Delta uses, including the maintenance and enhancement of its
ecology, is the plan finally agreed upon by both Federal and
State experts; and
WHEREAS, the proposal has received support of a
broad array of affected groups, including sportsmen organi-
zations, wild -life groups,recreationists, agriculturists,
boating clubs and commercial fishing interests; and
WHEREAS, the proposal has been approved by the
Secretary of the Interior, by both the Sentate Committee on
Water Resources and the Assembly Committee on Water, and now
awaits only the approval of the Governor before it can be
submitted to the Congress for authorization.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
of the City of National City, California, reaffirms its support
and approval of the Peripheral Canal and hereby urges Governor
Reagan to give prompt approval to the feasibility report sub-
mitted to him by the Secretary of the Interior; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Congress be urged to
adopt the legislation necessary for its construction.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of March, 1970.
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