Resolution No. 4464
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RESOLUTION NO. 4464
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VERNON URGING THE CONSERVATION OF WATER
4 WHEREAS, the drought in Northern and Central' California
5 has intensified during the last several months; and
6 WHEREAS, some Northern and Central California, communities
7 have had to impose rationing of domestic and municipal water use,
8 and agricultural users in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
9 will be required to reduce their take of agricultural water from
10 the State Water Project; and
11 WHEREA5,it will be necessary for water purveyors in
12 Southern California to draw substantially on water stored in the
13 underground basin; and
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14 WHEREAS, if 1978 is also a drought year, the depletion
of carryover water in surface storage in the State Water Project
system and the continued dependence on ,underground s~orage may
causl!;{,water shortage conditions in most areas of California; and
[ ,J WHEREAS r the said severe drought will cause the loss of
imany jobs and other economic dislocations throughout the State,
and it i~_ imger~tiv~t~a~ antidrought measures be taken which will
, au:g~~1; ,water, service .,tnroughout California so as to preserve
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eve:;y po.s9i91e job and help maintain a healthy economy.
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, ;IVOW',i THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
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SECTION l: All water users within Southern California
are hereby requested and urged to eliminate wasteful uses of water
in order to maximia;e the availability of water'throughout the
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SECTION 2:: All water purveyors within Southern California
2 are urged to join with the City in making and encouraging every
3 effort to use water wisely and to advise water customers how to
4 coriserve and avoid wasteful uses of water.
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SECTION, 3: The Department of Public Works' is directed to
develop guidelines to identify water uses which should be con....
sidered nonessential or which can be substantially reduced during
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drought conditions and to communicate such information too;1;her
public agencies and water distribution agencies, public interest
groups and to the media for dissemination to the public.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of March~ 1977.
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f..A. ,r:Ziemer f City Clerk
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1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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2 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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4 I, F. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
5 hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution
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No. 4464
, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City
7 of Vernon, and was approved by the Mayor of said City at a regula
8 meeting of the City Council held on March 1, 1977
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Da ted this 1st day of
March
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" / '. A. ZIEMER,
City Clerk