HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 93-63~ESOLUTION NOo_ ~93=63 __
A ~ESOLUT3EON OF THg C~TY COUNCIL OF THE CiT~
OF RAXERSF~ELD REQUESTING THE KEP~N COUNTY
WATE~ AGENCY TO ~L FOR A~ HOLD A PUBLIC
H~NC ON ~TS P~C~NC POLiCiES P~O~ ~
E~NG ~ ~Y-CO~P~CTS FO~ S~E OF ~P
~HEREAS~ the State Water Project kno~n as the Feather
River Project ~as advamced Zo the people of the State of Catifo~ia
on the basis that the ~sers of water ~ould pay for ~e ~ater~ and
%~E~S~ the ~e~ Co~ty Water ASency appears to have
~parted fr~ this praise in that they propose to levy taxes
order ~o subsidize certai~ agric~lt~al in~erests~ and
~E~So the leninE of taxes ~der Section 1Z~2 of the
'eYetar AEency Ae~ is entirely penissiva a~d is not required by
the Act and is to be ~tilized by the Agency as a policy matter to
effect ~he subsidizerich proSra~ proposed~ and
~E~S~ ~he City Co~ctl believes that the voters
the ~tropolitan area of ~rsfield ve~ed against ratifica~io~ of
the State ~on~ract ~a~e of the afore~ntioned inequitable and
$~ero~s proposed poll~ies of the AEency and not because of the
~EP~AS~ imdivid~l ~mbers of the Agency have
that this proposed policy of s~bsidization of agricultHral
by ~e ~ropelite~ ~rban area is a flexible policy~ subject
change ~ and
~EP~$~ the City Co~%cil is on record with the Agen~y
requesting a revie~ of the Agoneyes a~o~ced policies~ a~d
~E~$~ it has ee~ to the atte~tion of the City
Ce~cil that the Agency is contempla~ing entering into contracts
~ith z~ater storage districts prior to s~ch zeview~
%,r~E~S~ the entering into such a contract based upon
the existing policy of s~bsidization of ~vater users at the exper~se
of the metropolitan ~zrban area wall tend to foreclose future
~E~$~ ~he Agency adopted a minute order setting forth
conditions for a revie~ of their policies t~t is impracticable
and ~pessible~ and calls for am ~warra~ted expendi~e of
~necessary momies~ as a condition for review of the
policies ~
~EP~$~ ~he adoption of said minute order is desigme~
to f~st~a~e a~a ~h~a~t those agencies and Eroups who tendered only
a q~lifled emirsenact to ~e state contract because of the
proposed polteles of the Ageney~ and
E~E~$~ the Agency a~no~eed to the public prior
NO%Y~ ~EFO~ BE XT ESOL~ by the Ce~s~c!l of the
1, ~e K(e~ Co~ty Wa~er Agency is requested to refrain
~s the pricing policies of the Agency are reviewed at a public
hearl~g ~
pe~sal by ~he City of Ba~rsfield Adminls~ra~ve Staff prior
3~ ~at t~e Agency call for a~d hold a public hea~?tng
im respect to ~he feregeizmg policies as the Agency indicated its
willlng~ess to ~
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X H~a~BY CM~TX~f zhat the foregoling ~eselut!on ~as
passed and adopted by ~he Co~cil of the City of Ea~rsfield at a
~e~!ag ~eegi~g ~he~eof he~d o~ ~he 9~h ~y of December~ 1963~
by ~he following vo~ec
AYES, BALF~~RCHBAN S,
K, MOSSMAN, RUCKER, STIERN, WHITTEMORI::
NOES:
ABSE,I)IT: ~
ABSTAINING: ~