HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2674CITY COUNCIL
BOZANT KATZAKIAN. Mayor
ORWIN N DOW, Vice Mayor
FRED M. BROWN
.1611€5 F. CULBERTSON
SAMUEL ULLMANN
CITY OF LODI
CITY HALL
LODI, CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION NO. 2674
IRGING THE EARLY AU1110RIZATION AND OONSTRI TION
OF THE
A L'8 ER N DAM . PQLSON SOUTH CANAL PROJECT
HENRY A. GLAVES, Jr.
City Manager
MRS BEATRICE GARIBALDI
City Clerk
ROBERT H MULLEN
City Attorney
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi is located in San Joaquin County,
California. along the Mclealumne River; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi does not have rights to water from
the 14akelumne River for its municipal water supply, nor does it
have prospects of securing such rights since all available water
from said river has already been allocated; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi l.i entirely dependent for its water
supply upon the underground water table which has been declining; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lodi is aware of its
obligation to the citizens of the community to provide water for
future inmastic and industrial consumption; and
WHEREAS, Auburn Dam and Folsom South Canal will be sources of
additional water to meet future needs of the City of Lodi; and
WHEREAS, these facilities are neoessaxy for the full development
of the Amer .ca.i River as a working part of the Federal Central
Valley Project; and
WHEREAS, these facilities will provide additional benefits of
flood control in the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta area; and
WHEREAS, the economy of the City of Lodi is largely dependent
upon the maintenance of strong and prosperous agricultural activities
in the areas surrounding the City; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lodi recognizes the
urgency of providing additional water for the oont.incced prosperity
of aiucis farms land in thin area sttio-h is threatened by a rapidly
falling ground water table; and
WI4ERSAs, plsria for water distribution in the 1,9ricultoxral areas
aze dependent on the Auburn Daati•Foltoa South Csae.l Project and
cannot .e finalized until the Project is authorised) non, therefore,
IT4 IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lodi
endorses the Auburn Da.m.Folsom South Canal Project as aut4ni'Ctad to
the Congresa so that:
1. The City of Lodi will have an =ple supply of water
to meet its domestic and irrdusttia-1 needs; and
2. The agricultural economy of the areas adjacent to
the City of Lodi will 02 maintained.
DR IT FURIi- R RESOLVED, that the City of Lodi urges all
appropriate action, particularly by the United States Senate Interior
and Insular Affairs Committee, directed toward the early authori-
zation and eonstzuation of the Auburn Daws -Folsom South Canal Project.
Dated: {oversoar 6, 1963
I hereby certify that the foregoing ReeoluM. 2674
was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Lodi at a regular meeting thereof held Wednesday,
November 6, 1963, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen
NOES; Councilmen
ABSENT: Counci Lae n
BR CYii1 CILL aER'rSCO , ce0,
ULL:,tANN and KATZAKIA1
NONE
Beatrice Garibaldi
City Clerk
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