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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 7999RESOLUTION NO. 7999 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY REGARDING SEWAGE DISPOSAL WHEREAS, for the past 20 years the City of National City and the City of San Diego have worked together in a joint effort to solve their sewage disposal problems, and to this end did make and execite four separate contracts, the same being on file in the offi,:e of the City Clerk of the City of National City as Document Numbers 9599, 17033, 17045 and 18181, and in the office of the City Clerk of the City of San Diego as Document Numbers 335438, 435339, 435340, and 449111, to which reference is hereby made, and WHEREAS, the City of San Diego is making preparations for construc`:ion of new sewage disposal facilities which are commonly referred to as the Metropolitan Sewage System, and WHEREAS, on the 12th day of April, 1961 the City of San Diego did make an offer to the City of National City regarding its particip,3tion in the Metropolitan Sewage System, in words and figures as follows: 11 1 National City will make available to San Diego the use of its streets where necessary for the construction operation and maintenance of the interceptor sewer line of the Metropolitan System, subject to protection to other utilities already constructed therein and subject to the replacement of the street according to the exist- ing and customary standards used in National City. 2. San Diego will accept the sewage from National City in the above interceptor for transportation and treatment. At its option National City can determine whether the arrangement for the transportation and treatment of the sewage shall be: (a) Under the existing contractual agreement; (b) Under the Sewage Disposal Agreement of 1960; or (c) Under a year-to-year basis upon rates computed annually." WHEREAS, on the 25th day of April 1961 the City Council of National City did accept said offer to participate in the Metropolitan Sewage System and did authorize its City Manager and City Attorney to meet with representatives of the City of San Diego for the purpose of preparing a new contract which would provide that the amounts to be paid by National City for services would be computed annually, and WHEREAS, on the 2nd day of May 1961 a proposed draft of a contract for the granting to the City of San Diego of the right to use National City public streets in construction of the South Bay Interceptor line, and also the participation of the City of National City in the Metropolitan Sewage System was submitted for the consid- ation of the City of San Diego, and WHEREAS, on the 5th day of May 1961 the present City Attorney of the City of San Diego did advise the City of National City that he would be unable to do anything with reference to the proposed draft of said contract until his return from vacation in June, and WHEREAS, at all times since the 2nd day of May 1961 National City's representatives have been willing and able to meet with represenatives of the City of San Diego for the purpose of preparing a contract in accordance with the above described offer and acceptance, but durirg all of said time the City Attorney of the City of San Diego has failed and neglected to communicate further with them regarding these matters. NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: I. The City Council of the City of National City hereby requests that the City Council of the City of San Diego furnish it copies of the minutes of any meeting of the City Council of the City of San Diego at which the draft of said proposed contract, submitted on May 2, 1961, was discussed by the City Council of the City of San Diego. 2. The City Council of the City of National City hereby requests that the City Council of the City of San Diego determine whether or not it expects to call upon the City of National City to continue after September 5, 1963 to transport through the National City sewage lines City of San Diego sewage in excess of 200 million gallons annually. 3. The City Council of the City of National City hereby requests the City Council of the City of San Diego to define specifically the terms and conditions referred to in City of San Diego Resolution No. 167504 to which the City of San Diego requests City of National City's agreement. 4. The City .Clerk' . of the City of National City is hereby authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Clerk of the City of San Diego, and to mail a copy of this resolution to each councilman of the City of San Diego. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 26th day of September, 1961. ATTEST CITY CLERK MAYOR