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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1970-5630RESOLUTION NO. 5630 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA OPPOSING THE INCLUSION OF THE OTAY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT IN THE METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE SYSTEM The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby resolve as follows: WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has been notified that the City of San Diego, which manages and operates the Metropolitan Sewerage System, proposes to enter into an agreement with the Otay Municipal Water District, which water district would be designated as a "Later Participating Agency" in accordance with the terms of the Joint Powers Agreement establishing the Metropolitan Sewerage System, and WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista, pursuant to said agreement, has the option of filing a written objection admitting any "Later Par- ticipating Agency", and WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista strongly objects to the inclu- sion of any special district in the Metropolitan Sewerage System, and WHEREAS, the whole thrust of changing governmental organization in the State of California has been the elimination of the multiplicity of special districts and the extension of jurisdiction of general law cities, and WHEREAS, this proposed admission of the Otay Municipal Water District is in direct opposition to the goal of all leaders in the State of California since it will clearly tend to perpetuate the concept of special districts providing limited services to the residents of the unincorporated areas of the State, and WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista opposes the inclusion of the Otay Municipal Water District in the Metropolitan Sewerage System for the following additional reasons: 1. The City of Chula Vista has reserved capacity in the Metropolitan System far in excess of the projected needs of the present land area of the City. The excess reserve capacity is intended to serve an area contemplated as the area of natural growth for the City. This area was determined primarily upon the basis of the topography of the land. This sphere of influence in matters of Metropolitan System capacity reservation has been recognized by the Administration of the City of San Diego as well as the Board of the Spring Valley Sanitation District. The proposed agreement does not specify the area to be served within the extensive limits of the Otay Municipal Water District. That District encompasses most of the area for which the City of Chula Vista is now purchasing capacity rights. Therefore, there exists a distinct possibility that the District will utilize the proposed capacity right to provide service to properties within the Chula Vista sphere of influence. Such action would deprive the City of Chula Vista the reimbursement to which it is entitled. 2. The basic plan for the Metropolitan System as prepared by Holmes & Narver-Montgomery depicted a Metropolitan sewer service area containing approximately 410 square miles. Such service area is shown - 1 - and discussed on pages 14 and 15 of the condensation of the "Basic Plan for the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Sewage for the Metropolitan Area, San Diego, California." The service area of the Otay Municipal Water District extends as much as four miles beyond the Metropolitan service area as depicted in the Basic Plan. The Metropolitan System was tailored to meet the projected needs of a specific area. The effect of sale of capacity rights to an agency whose service area extends substantially beyond the Metropolitan service area is at best obscure. No such sale should be permitted unless it can be clearly demonstrated by detailed study that the extra demand can be absorbed by the system as a whole as well as in relationship to those components directly affected. A study of the type and scope as proposed should be reviewed and approved by the Advisory Board of the Metropolitan Sewerage System. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista on behalf of themselves and all interested citizens of this community who have long supported, through sewer service charges, the development of the Metropolitan Sewerage System, that the admission of the Otay Municipal Water District into the Metropolitan Sewerage System be, and the same is hereby strongly opposed. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this resolution containing the objection to the inclusion in the Metropolitan Sewerage System of the Otay Municipal Water District with the City Clerk of the City of San Diego and forward certified copies of this resolution to Mayor Frank Curran and each member of the City Council of the City of San Diego, City Manager Walter Hahn, and City Attorney John Witt. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this reso- lution to Senator James Mills, Assemblyman Wadie Deddeh and other members of the San Diego County Legislative Delegation urging their support of legislation which would terminate the ability of special districts including water districts from expanding the service which they provide and which more properly could be provided by the municipalities. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of the reso- lution to Supervisor Henry Boney and the members of the Board of Super- visors of San Diego County urging said body to take all necessary steps to support the opposition to the inclusion of the Otay Municipal Water District in the Metropolitan Sewerage System. Presented by ~~ La e F. ole, Direc r of Public Works Approved as to form by \t 'l.J. George D. ndberg, City Attorne - 2 - ~-- ADOPTED AP'D APPROVED by the CITY COUI~?CIL of the CITY OF CEULA VITA CALIFORNIA, this 5th day of MaY , 19 70 by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Scott, Hobel, Hamilton, Hyde T;AYES: Councilmen None ABSRPdT: Councilmen Egdahl i Mayor of the Cit of Chula Vista ~. i~ ~~ ATTEST ~ .t_-c.:,-t~,~~~~-t __ City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COU.~TY OF SAT'' DIEGO ) ss. CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, ??ENNETH p. CAMPBELL, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, Cal L;o~nia, DO HEREBY CEPTTFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct c:~n- ~~i and that the same has not been amended or r2nealed. DA'TL P City Clerk .v_ CC-552 ~~~