HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 1-43RES6LUT.T..~.:,! NO. 1-43
. . pr..o ........ ~S .... acqui,Sit!o.~. of +~:~ ¥s.~er dis~sr!bu'bio:2. sYst~=.n
in -Lho Ci~'y of La]cor:~field nolo ol~erated by the Californi'a r,~a:tQr aorvic~
Co~panL~ and that it is advisable.~.thak a decl'ar~:~nion of policy'De
"~h i;0,j;. T=I{RZ~OiCE, be= %t hereby reso].vod JOy the Ci'ty Ciou. nci! of
the Ci~,- of l~akersfield 'tlng.{ :lth~ 'fo].lo';~'~· facts. be' set forth ~nc] pub!i-
cized ;' " · '-
1. There is no =~o~.eetion Thatever bet~:;eOn'the .City of
field $.nd the 7, akers:Z'ielc] i, lunicipai '..'ater ')istrict ~ ti~e UlsT:orsficld
l junicipa!. '.;ater D'istrict being a pu~!ic e0rporation orgsnized about
twenty yea. re a~o al~d recenttlr revivOj. a't ~:. ti:_zs n:he:l ae[iui~ition
v:ater distr. ibu. tion system bit ~:he City ~va.s 'being tartan' up and consig~er6d
by certain groups uithin tim City zf 3'z.ln:ers:?ic]id in ":he"nanner
e~.
~zty , or._~. "of tha City of ]3aZlerlfie!d has not
anC is no,t yet sponsoring acq~'~.isition of t-he .wat'er distribution
~n~., does not ~uec.n tl?a't individual ~,%embers o:? the Council are eitb. s~' for
!o~-2 an initiative petition :vas
or a.Zai~st cccuis~tion, in Cctober~ ~ ~
filed ¥.,ith t~':o City Council, unj. er ~: proviSion of the Cha.rter~ signed
by t~ze requisite ~' of the re:-'~stm~ed auecto.rs c:C ~-~ "J~t'- 'rccui~:in~
. ~ s~,~, ,~ ........ ~ ...... j~. .
the City Council to :_~ubrait a plan ~o ti?e electors of the City, fo?:' t~e
~ ' ' ~'~,~ system Upon the' fi!in~ of this '-,et~ tion
?7.andatory upon the 'Covmc!! tz subrr:it such plan. InStead of' eal!i~S a
special e!ettion~ and for' the Durpose of say!n3 oxpe;9:se.~ the council
deferred suh~dtting thereafter until some rccjuizr e!oction" should be
held~ c~nd the matter will 'be submit-had' bo tl~e -elact0rs of ths'C, ity at
~ ,ec~ clection to be hc!d ?'t the sa~ne tine as ~b~ regXar 'City
in f~;vcr of such iL'ts-n ~he Council uill be cor.pel!ed. to t:o fo~th. rrith.
additiont:! pi~oceedin:gs.~ including 'a bcnd "clOction, !f the City electors
on i.iarch 23~ 1943~ vote against the proposition t~e matter v7i!l be
POOR ;ORIGINAL
dropped for 'the time being so far as the C,ity itself is'concerned.
3- iig..the ~eantlme,',and= ~i0r' to the h01~i;~,of t~ne City
tion above..~ntioned~ the Zc!~erSfiotd !=Cunicipal ='./ater DistriCt; has cal].ed
and uitl hold an electioiq'on ]'Tarch ~2'~c!, !943-,, uithin' certain ci=eas o~!tsid8
of its present boundaries for a vote 6f the people in such areas on tile
question of :~hetller, .'they v~i!l ann.e:; thensei-ves lto the. district. The
people of the City' 'of ]]akersfie!d. ui'il '-have no vote at, 'such election~ as
it ui!l. be hold ~ntir~!y outside of .the (]ity. in t~~,n territory :ouZht
be arz.~.e,xe[l, to the=' district. '?here is"one 'exCept.ion to the'above st~te.']~ent~
and that pcrtains to that por"~iofi 9~? t[?,je City sotlib of F0~th ~t~eet ~ind
the A!ta ViSta Urac~ ~lov~ outside, of 'the Bakersfield i..iunicipa! ijater Dis-
triC~ At'the t~:.',o the e~ ~!e c i~Unicipal l.'ater District .uas. organized
..... Zak-~s'~' !'5. .. .
some t~enty years ago ~ its ]>oundary' lines Coincided v~ith the ~3ty. ndaries
of ~ bm ~ of ]~D, kerLfield; and since t~Lat tinme the City of ]~alnersfield
has an~:~em:ed all 0f the ter~,itory south 'of Fourth Street and the ilta Vista
~ ~, js~ '~ t ~ o '~i:6 ' Ds.i:er 7. funici
~ra~ l' so ..~_. 'at tile :,re sent 'tin=o ti:s ]Dounda~?ies ,'f s~!eid
C'~v f= ~ .
pal Uater District do not i~ac!ude all' .o~? the m~ of'Ba]:ea~s me_~..
:,
s'a:iaent!y~-.those ',people within the City' of"laker~fie!d outside of tLe
-~a.~u~sfield ~lunicipal l[a ter District,, ui!! '.to pernitted to .vote in the
· el'ection held in the :=nne:nation p[~Osee~ings on l]arch o ,i9::~ but none
.,. -~ ~.
of the other electors of the City ~'~'~ be pcrnitteS. 't0 vote on ~-~ch
for =bhe roe. son that' 's~id am~aen:ation e!ection~ are h~!d,'oz~y in. ':he areas
sought t0 be am~e::ed' ";o the district'...,
. :~:,, .The City Csunci! hereby States and declares that it believes
that 'the nnnexktion e!e'ctions to .be, conducted By'. the Eal:.arsfietd i.lunicipal
',;ater Dietrich on ]~arch 2 1o43 are useless 'qasteS of the pUbliC funds
and thsl't th's ho!dinZ of such :.nnermtion elections prior to the' time
the ' ~natter 'of tSe acquisition of .the '.Wate~~ system can be.' submitted. to
ti'ie-people of .the Ci'ty' of DaUne2sfie!d is ill-adviSed :f0r-:th.e reason
before the system may be acT~ired by either 'the City or the .Dsi~ersfield
i,lunicipal 'ffot~r Distric~ 'the people of ehe City. vril! ',hajre to join in a
bosC 'e!oction anti 'tha-t nO bond e'!ectio'-q.e~-n. be' carried in the District
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POOR OR Gih L .,
a~fte'~ the ~{nnexc:tion of the territory. r~On.mr]:-,t to' ~k~Zs, r~0-e:~d m-less the
vote~of .the people' of the City of. BaY~ersfiald is pre~onderatelY in; favor
of such bon~ i. nsUe; that it. is e=tre~.~!y'~e~t'rsl '~hether the ~0~-,~ ~ of
-.~ ~. :~:~' ;' a";t 'Of' "~h~ Di.stric.~'~ Uill vote
~-~ ~it~; or '+b,e-people~ of the City '~s a p z ' -
v j, . .. . ,
bonds for the 'acquisition of the d{StribUtion'syst6m 'Under present c'ondi-
tions;-and that the Submission of such p~oposition '~o",the voters of the
City at the election on i[a~cb. ::Z, ~9~3, wo-~:. haYS dotemined ti~e attitude
of tile elect0r's 'towards the proposition '.zitl{o~it' ~F.~a. exi~elqse-of said
nexation elections: and mritT'out s-~V e.2~pens~ 'to .t.Y:~e publiCt',
Th~ City Council desires to ado ~hat,'.t'he Bs. kers2ieid i.lunicipa!
,/ater DiStric~ has~ in the last year and a half~ _
' ' spent about (;!~.OOO.OO
of the ~ .....
t ....~, .~ ~ S :aen~y for pro;:~otiOna! purposes' and is no~'.~. about to receive
an additional .~2y. 'OOO O0 as the resu~ t. of a Special 1e-cent tax on the
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properties-.el taxpayers 'e,ithin the City.. This expenditure is
d~r~'~ .....~ 'r'-~'-' nc Until t]~e people of. the'District shall
....... ~ o,~u ..... ,Emergency u jess a-~
have enzpresSed tiiemse!veS in..favor of vetinS.bonds for the acquisition of
the system., ~ ':"'
· T:~e"'Citv com-~c;41 furtl.ner. desires .to c::press itself-to the offset
'~ t',m~e is to be m~.blic: ovn~ersbi.p of~'~
..... water service' !.
~ ~ . C ~ ounel~shilc
should be in one eontroi!ed hnd of stated ty th$ City of ~S. kerSTield' and
not by the Z~akersfield lkmicipal Water' District ~' and ,. further ,: .that the
people of. the' Ckty of Da~nersfield hs. ve'a' VOiV' .Vi'tai interest themeel ~ss in
owning and o~-'or~-t'in~ such syste:~, and tlmt .their inte. rOsts'!ie in opl~oSing
, .~ ~, .'~b ,
and defs~[ti~ o',.naarShip and Opez's. tion' of the. system by the Bakersfield
i] 'i ~-~a! '.Jater District Cvrners~dp .~v tlie 'City save" duplication of
· ~ ....~'~se ~ ~m employs ro~m!ar.-attorneys maginests 'lured ~ nana~]er
The s91?flc~ of nee.sssity uses the .pu.b!ic streets of the Ci'ty !,u]lich tile
~Y .. , ...
O_,.~ ~',~aintains nith 'its sti'eet craves
The electors of the ~ '-through their Cit" Council c~n nmin-
rain a closer administration on. matters relatinZ, to ~ter distribb. tion
than t~ey could possibly do tlu~oU[h the District, The TunCtions~ riShts
and cb!i~jations of: '~'~e City arc muora',,~te,~r~.~ defined Under 'the. t'au~ anr~ it
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maintains facilities such as its legal departn~.ent~ 'its mana~er~ and its
,
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POOR ORIGINAL
?urthern~ore~ the people ~vithi. n ~che City-constitute a majority
of the electorS:~t-ithin the uater d~Strict~ including the territory to
be anne::ed~ and %he:,~ should not al!o~'r their prerogatives as to such ma-lzters
as-w~ter. to be taken over by an'~.a!ien o::.gs.nization. The ap!,arent!y un-
!iraitem, po,;,er of the dr]strict to levy ta::es miSht .~e.~vlt in ]~cavy and
unreasonab!s tan bu~.dcns on 't]~e '~:~:'~ the
eo y -
pp_:e of as ':-re!I as o's the anme::efi
..... the people of th~ City-
territory Fore~ these and ~'-a~y other reasons ~
be able to' onerst~ the system much more sco~3nnicatly and s. ati'sft:-c'hori
'than it could 'b~ operated 'by a district.
.... o0o ..... =
:~-~.,~_..,~ C~.~ L,~ th~ foregoing Ylssolution uqs passed and
ado~oted ]~y the Council of the .City of Dakersfie!q. on ~:he 23rd'day of
February~ !'9~<.3 ~ at a regular meet.in5 thereof.
AYES: CLEMENTS, MARMADUKE, NORRIS, SIEMON, SMITH, VANDERLEI, VERCAMMEN
(ounci! of the City of Ba!.:ersfie!d..
afPY~0~ZD by me this. 23rd day of 'Pebruary ~ ~ ~ ~.
..... ,,.,-~.: Of the City of [Oai~.ergfie!d.
ROOM 23, CITY HALL
PHONE 2382
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
MarCh 15, 1943
Mr. V. Van Riper
City Manager
Bakersfield, Calif.
Dear Sir:
Replying to your request of March 8th, regard-
ing the report on existing suburban sewer connedtions,
with the exception of the connections mentioned in your
letter, there remain five connections as follows:
A. H. Anderson
William Hess
Ora Benedict
Louis W. Carty
J. H. Thornber
Each of these five has been notified by registered
mail in accordance v~th the provisions of Ordinance no. 578
New Series, and more than thirty days have elapsed. Said
notices were received as shown by the return receipts, con-
a Resolution for your consi era-
sequently I have prepared d
tion, authorizing the City Engineer to disconnect the private
sewer lines belonging to the above owners.
R. Y l BURUI¢
City Attorney