HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 7057RESOLUTION NO. 7057
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA REAFFIRMING ITS DECISION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE.SOUTH BAY IRRIGATION DISTRICT FOR THE JOINT ACQUISITION,
OWNERSHIP AND. OPERATION OF.THE .SWEETWATER WATER.SYSTEM OF.THE
- CALIFORNIA WATER AND.TELEPHONE COMPANY.
WHEREAS, the City Council of National City did have a joint
meeting with the Board of Directors of the South Bay Irrigation
District on November 28th, 1956, for the purpose of determining
the best possible method of submitting to the voters of the
City of National City and of the South Bay Irrigation District
a proposal as to whether or not the voters desired to acquire
the Sweetwater Water System of the California Water and Tele-
phone Company, and
WHEREAS, a further joint meeting of the City Council and
the District Directors was held on January 16th, 1957 to con-
sider the recommendations of special bond counsel in this
regard, and
WHEREAS, at said meeting JOHN Q. JEWEII of the engineering
firm of Leeds, Hill and Jewett personally appeared and advised
that the joint operation of said Sweetwater Water System was
feasible from an engineering point of view, and
WHEREAS, at said meeting the retaining of the law firm
of O'Melveney and Myers and the engineering flim of Leeds,
Hill and Jewett and the preparation of an agreement for the
joint acquisition, ownership and operation of the Sweetwater
Water System by City of National City and South Bay Irrigation
District was authorized, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to such authority an agreement entitled
"Joint Powers Agreement of 1957 between the South Bay Irrigation
District and the City of National City" has been presented to
the City Council and the District..,Directors, and
WHEREAS, the said Joint Powers Agreement of 1957 was read
aloud word for word and considered section by section at
joint meetings of the City Council of National City and the
Board of Directors of the South Bay Irrigation District on
August 6th and August 12th, 1957, and
WHEREAS, a meeting to discuss further said Joint Powers
Agreement has been scheduled for September 5, 1957.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of National City as follows:
I. The City Council of the City of National City does
hereby approve, adopt and accept in principle the Joint Powers
Agreement of 1957 drafted by the law firm of O'Melveny and
Myers in cooperation with the Attorney for the South Bay
Irrigation District, the engineering firm of Leeds, Hill
and Jewett and the City Attorney of National City.
2. The City Council recognizes that certain changes in
the agreement may be desirable provided that they can be made
within the framework of the agreement as submitted.
3. In order to expedite the submission of a proposal
to the voters of the City of National City and to the voters
of the South Bay Irrigation District as to whether or not the
Sweetwater Water System should be acquired for public operation;
the City Clerk is directed to mail -to each member of the Board
of Directors of the South Bay Irrigation District a copy of
this resolution, together with a request that the South Bay
Irrigation District agree on a list of proposed changes to the
Joint Powers Agreement to be considered at the September 5,
1957 joint meeting.
4. The Finance Committee of the City Council is directed
to prepare a list of proposed changes to said agreement and
to deliver the same to the City Clerk.
5. The City Clerk is directed to prepare an agenda of
changes proposed by the South Bay Irrigation District and
the Finance Committee after consulting with the Assistant
Secretary of the South Bay Irrigation District, and to send
a copy of such agenda to each councilman and each director
not later than August 30th, 1957.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this /1 /day of August, 1957.
CITY CLERK