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San Diego Aqueduct RESOLUTION N0. ll58
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA RECOM-
MENDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
S�COND BaRREL OF THE SAN DIEGO
AQUEDUCT
LyuFREAS the water supply-of a�l that �ortion of San Diego
County, Cali?ornia, which is included in the San Diego County
Water Authority, and in particular the water supply of the City
of Chula Vista, is now in critical condition; and
`.�HLr2EAS the population of the City of Chula Vista has
increased from aoproximately 5000 to 1b,400 since the r^irst '
Barrel of the San Diego Aqueduct was Dlanned; and
'17HEREAS local suoplies cannot be further developed to meet
the crisis ; and
t:JHEREAS the present situation can be improved oy the con-
struction of the Second Barrel of the existing San Diego Aoueduct
to bring more Colorado River ?9ater to this area ; and
�4u�,RSAS San Diego County is ar impo:tant military area,
� being the site o£ important naval and marine installations and
aircraft plants ; and
t�7HEREAS the curtailment or rationing o£ the use of the exist-
ing water supply will seriously affect the National Defense and
the National lVeliare; and
W??r,RSAS i;nmediate action is necessary; and
WHBREAS the crisis reouires the coordinated effort of the
Bureau of Reclamation, the United States Navy, the hietropolitan
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NTa�er District, and the San Diego County l�Tater AuLhority and its
member agencies.
NO?a, THERrFORE, THE CITY COliNCIL OF Thr� CITv OF C`:?ULA VISTA
D03S hERBBY RESOLJE as follows:
F1RST: Thai the im*nediate construction of the Second Barrel
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of the San Diego Aqueduct is necessary for the welfare of the
County of San Diego, its industry, agriculture and population.
S�COND: Thai the immediate construction of the Second
Barrel of said aqueduct is necessary to the National Defense •
and the National 47elfare and es�ecially the Naval and Marine
installations and Aircraft Plants in San Diego County.
THIRD: That the rrelfare of this County and the h'ational
P+elfare require immediate and joint action by the United States
Government , the San Diego �ater Authority, and the member aoencies
of the San Diego ?vater Authority in planning, iinancing and
constructing the Second Barrel of the San Diego Aqueduct.
FOURTH : That certi£ied copies of this resolution be sent
�o the lindersecretary of the Navy, the San Diego L�ater Authority, ',
the Dietr000litan Viater District, to Senator G9illiam F. Knorrland,
to Senator Sheridan Downey and to Representative Clinton D.
3�ScKinnon and to all . o�hers whose cooperation may be required �to
accomplish this necessary objective.
ADOPTBD, SIGNiD AND APPROVr,D thi 2�ithday of Aud st, 197�.
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Nayor of th City of C4�ula Vista,
C ifornia .
=TT�ST
City Clerk o ity oi
Chula Vista, Cal fornia.
Passed and adopt'ed by the said Council of the said City of
Chula Vista, California , this �day o£ August, 1950, by the
iollowzng vote, to-wit:
AYES : COUNCII,R4EN Riealand, I,o�an� Hobel, Kidder.
NOES: COUNCII.d'�iJ Aione, � �
ABS�,IQT: COUNCILP�iEI�T DeWolYe.
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Crty Clerk of the � of Chula
Vista, California.
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I , AERBERT �T. BRY"9NT, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista,
California, DO ri�3�BY C�3TIFY that the above is a true and correct
copy of Resolution No. ��, and Lhat the same has not been amended
or reoealed.
DATED: . August _,1950.
City Clerk of the City of Chula .
• Vista, �California.
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