HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 14-64 .' RESOLUTION NO. ,' 14~64 '
· ' 'A SOLUTION' TO THE C LIFO STATE WAT ER""'"
RIGHTS BOARD ADVISING THEM' OF THE TERMINATION- ·
OF. THE: BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT ·
A/qD THE RESOLUTION TRANSFERKING THE .ASSETS
AND POWERS OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUN. ICIPAL-'~WATER ..
DISTRICT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ..WATER RESOURCES :, -.
OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD~ : - ',: 1...
WHEREAS, by ordinance on ..th~ ,2~th~day o~f:. FebruarY~ 1964.'
'.the ..Ci,tY'of Bakersfield established" a Depa'~tment of'Water ,ReSg, UrceS
'.~d'created.an office of Director of'Water'Resources. for th~ City '
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of Bakers eld, and' .:.
WHEREAS, by resoluti~n.ad6pted'..'b:Y 'the-City ~ounci'l
the City of BakerSfield on 'the 24th day of'February,-1964,. the
City of Bakers field. terminated the.!'BakerSfield Municipal Water-
District created by' the ~iti.zens of th~' City'of Bakersfield in 1920.
and t. rlan~ferredI all the propertie's;" ~:laimS;.'.f~Cili'ties and.'.assets
to the Director of Water' Resources,' and
WHE'REAS, one of the Claimg' o~f the"-:BakerSfield Municipal
Water' DistriCt was an application ,tO' 'the. calif0'rnia,.s_t.a.:t.e wate~
Rights Board for 100,000 acre feeit' of..'Unappr0' ria.ted 'water. from the-
.Kern River. -- -
.Now, THERmFORE:, BE :IT' Rg. S0L~SD bX the' Council of the
City of .Bakersfield 'as follows: ~-' I.. ...
section 1. The C~'ty C~unCi'!.'~f the City of .Bake.rsfi~ld
hereby.. declare~s- that it is the-buCces~'Sr of: ,'intere~t to the app!i-'
cation of the Bakersfield.Municipal.Water Di:St~ict.plaCe~before
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this Board on November'2 , 19'57. '-,,'.~:'
" ,Section 2. The City of 'BakerTsfieid'.'her~'by re'aff£rms=''the
.a'p,plication~Iof the Bakersfield MuniCipal Wa'ter District ('to which "- .
the City of Bakersfield is now the 'lawful successor) for-i00,000
-acre feet of unappropriated water.l,frOm the,i. Kern 'RiVer. i
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..Se 'Orion: 3. This res01uti~n' ~hatt.'~ .a~ .p~.titi0~' of...t~e
City of Bakersfield that' i~ be substitUe~'d""'6n~ ai'l':~he r'e~0rd, S' O.f -..
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the California State Water Right's BOard' for its successor in in_terest,'
the Bakersfield Municipal water' DiStrict ~ ·! ~
· Section 4. The City~CounCit of the .City Of Baker'~field
hereby instructs the City AttOrney-Co .~repar~l .'all necessary
documents' to' implement this resolution, ··The Manager of 'the .City'. '.
of .Bakersfield .iS hereby. instructed' tO execute all such. necessary·
documents on~ .behalf of the City of Bakersfield as may be prepared
or appr.0~d by th& City Attorney, ',This.. is a./res0..I. ution to' the
State Wa~ter Rights Boardj.'objecting ·t0~..a~yJ settI&ment by agreement
or order of the. Board of any claim~ O~ water 'rights in?'Kern River
prior t0 a disposition by the. State Water RightS.' BOard Of" .~the
application of/the City of. Bakers'field" aS lawful successor .in
interest of the assets of the Bakersfield Mun-icipai~ Water District'
of* 100·,000 acre feet of unappr0p~iated-~wa'ter~ '~ '
Section 5, The City Clerk 'iof the-City zof?·Bake'rSfiel-d is
hereby inst·ructed to forward certified copies of· this' ResolUtion ....
to the State, Water Rights. Board' of the State .of 'California,
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{'HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing .Re'sOlution was
7ypassed and I~0pted by the council of' t~e 'City of -Ba"kersfiel'd at-a'
.reguiar. meetlhg thereof held on the 2D~d?.day .of' Ma~hj~./.'1964"~ by the
fo i lowing 'vote: ~' .... - --
Ey~s: OounCilmenL,Bali~nz~l Doolin~ ~EChbgnkS,~. MosStuRns'
Noes: "~0ouneilmen~' None', - . ~ ...... ..." ' '
j-'Abs'ent: "Cou~cilmen:' .3tiern .~, ~'.- ~. '- ' .....-
, . , .....,.~..,.. '. -,,'i. ~ .
Abstain'in~ :' Councilmen: ~one -'..
CITY CL K an Ex-Officio :.Clerk of, the
Council of the City 0f' Bakersfi~td~.-
APPROV~ t~ ~2nd~ of'March, 1964 ....
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