HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2009-127RESOLUTION NO. 2009-127
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL OPPOSING
DEVELOPMENT OF A PERIPHERAL CANAL AND EXPANSION
OF STATE AUTHORITY OVER LOCAL LAND -USE DECISIONS
WHEREAS, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger established the Delta Vision
Commission, a Blue Ribbon Task Force and Stakeholder Coordination Group, to develop a
Delta vision and strategic plan; and
WHEREAS, this effort has revived and calls for studies, modeling, investigations, and
potential development of an isolated water conveyance facility such as the Peripheral Canal,
singularly or as part of a dual conveyance system; and
WHEREAS, voters of the State of California in 1982 rejected an attempt to build a
Peripheral Canal to transport water from the Delta to Southern California; and
WHEREAS, the construction and operation of a Peripheral Canal, or a similar facility,
would require the taking of prime agricultural land for the construction of canal that would sever
and impair utilities and local road systems, create significant new flood dangers to agricultural
lands and City of Lodi and Northern California Power Agency facilities at the White Slough
Water Pollution Control Facility, affect the water rights of water users within San Joaquin
County, impair Delta water quality and supply, and impair the protection of fish, wildlife, and
other recreational resources within San Joaquin County; and
WHEREAS, more viable alternatives to the Peripheral Canal exist; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature is considering new laws to place greater control of the
Delta in the hands of State bodies that would increase State oversight and restrict existing land -
use authority of local agencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lodi City Council that the City of Lodi
opposes the development of a Peripheral Canal or isolated water conveyance system and
opposes the expansion of State authority over local land -use decisions.
Date: September 16, 2009
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2009-127 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City
Council in a regular meeting held September 16, 2009, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— Hitchcock, Johnson, Katzakian, Mounce, and
Mayor Hansen
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
2009-127
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