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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 8355RESOLUTION NO. 8355 RESOLUTION URGING LOCATION OF FEDERAL FIELD LABORATORY AND RESEARCH FACILITY IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA WHEREAS, the Federal Government is planning to es- tablish, equip and maintain a field laboratory and research facility in the Southwestern area of the United States to study prevention and control of water pollution; and WHEREAS, the San Diego area is ideally located for research facility of this type because of its arid climate and reed for conservation of water supply, with consequent control of pollution to the maximum extent possible, including the possibility of re -use of water; and WHEREAS, the City of San Diego is in process of con- structing a Metropolitan Sewerage System which will discharge the effluent for a proposed population of two million into the Pacific Ocean with careful monitoring of the results, and where research is essential in order to determine the effect thereof on the ocean; and WHEREAS, the San Diego area is the location of numer- ous educational and research institutions, including the Uni- versity of California at San Diego, the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of San Diego, California Western Uni- versity, San Diego State College, Navy Electronics Laboratory, General Atomics laboratories, Scripps Metabolic Clinic, the proposed Medical School of the University of California, the proposed Dr. Jonas Salk's Institute for Biology, all with facilities for studying rare diseases and their possible effect on water supply and in proximity to the Department of the In- terior Saline Water Conversion Project; and WHEREAS, the climate in this area will permit ap- plication of the maximum of effort by any group; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: I. That the City Council urges that every effort be made to obtain said field laboratory and research facility in the San Diego area; 2. That copies of this resolution be mailed by the City Clerk to each legislator representing electors in San Diego County in the State and Federal Legislatures. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of April, 1963. ATTEST: CITY CLERK jF. 2