HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 9878RESOLUTION NO. 8 8
RESOLUTION URGING THE EARLY AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE PROPOSED PERIPHERAL CANAL AS A PART OF THE CALIFORNIA
WATER PROJECT, EITHER JOINTLY WITH AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OR SINGULARLY BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, the proposed Peripheral Canal,, constituting
a waterway bypassing the Delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin
Rivers,, is essential as a facility of the California State Water
Project in order that the Deltaarea be protected from stream
reversal, waterway scouring, the destruction of fish propagating
areas, and resulting in the improvement in the quality of the
water to be exported from the Delta area; and
WHEREAS, the Peripheral Canal will be a protection
tothe property and rights of the other Delta users, as well as
a protection to the users of export water, and will make it
possible to regulate flows of fresh water to all sections of
the Delta when and as needed, instead of depending solely upon
natural flood flows into and out from the Delta, in addition to
avoiding the effect of direct pumping in large quantities direct-
ly from the Delta waters, as will otherwise be required; and
WHEREAS, there is the usual opposition to .this facility
that is voiced by the people .still opposing the State Water
Project, even though its construction has proceeded to the point
where its completion is essential to the economy of the state,
as well as for the purpose of meeting the obligations to which
the .state has already committed itself; and
WHEREAS, the facility is needed, both in connection
with the State Water Project and the proper operation of the
Bureau of Reclamation Central Valley Project, and has been en-
dorsed by organizations interested in sport fishing and com-
mercial fishing in the waterways of the Delta, as well as many
Delta water users' organizations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED. by the City Council
of the City of National City that every effort be made by the
legislators representing this area and California, in both the
State and Federal legislatures,to bend every effort to the
authorization and construction of the proposed Peripheral
Canal, .either as a joint project of the state and federal
governments, or by the state government alone, at the earli-
est possible opportunity.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ilk , day of July, 1969.
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