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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 3-38RESOLUTION NO. 3-38 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, as follows:· WHEREA~ it is to public interest and convenience that the inland waterways of the State lof California be utilized to their fullest extent; and WHEREAS, the Federal Government has contributed the sum of three million ($3,000,000~00) dollars to construct the Stockton Deep Water Channel and the Stockton Po~t; and V~HEREAS, the State of California has contributed the sum of five hundred thousand ($800,000.00) dollars in order to aid and assist said facility; and . WHEREAS, the City of Stockton has contributed the sum of three ~Lttlion ($3,000,000.00) dollars to construct said facility; and WHEREAS, the Port of StocktOn and many inland shippers in interior California have petitioned the Maritime Commission of the United States of America to establish basic rates for the Port of Stockton; and WHEREAS, the San Francisco Harbor is owned by the State California; and WHEREAS, the San Franci~sco Harbor Commissioners,.without first consulting the Governor of the State of California, have sought to intervene before the Maritime Commission, and to deny to interior California and to the! City of Stockton basic water rates; and · NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED that this Council does herewith petition the Goverhor Of the State of California.to use his best efforts and to insist that the San Fran~_s~Co Harbor Board , withdraw its intervention, and that the State of Cali'fOrnia remain neutral in this problem involvi~ng one section of the State as against another; : : BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the State of California maintain its former policy established for over a period of eighty years of remaining neutral in all rate matters; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the Governor do all things proper to see that no State bodies engage in any rate matters seeking preference over one section of the State as against another section. ..... o0o ..... I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on the 14th day of February, 1938, by the following vote: Ci lerk of Council of the City of Bakersfield. 1938. the