HomeMy Public PortalAbout2232-1966 - Allowing the City to Join t...ter Valley Conservancy District998ORDINANCE NO. 2232-1966
AN C,-RDVANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF RICIMO'T, INDIANA TO JOIN, FOR LI11ITED 'PURPOSES,
IN A PETTTION TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE tOM11DARIES AND AS A PART OF THE WHITEWATEiR
VALLEY CONSERVANCY DISTRICT.
VJH�,'-iEAS., Common Council of the City' of Richmond is at -rare of and recognizes as the State
of Indiana and particularly, the City of Richmond and the surrounding and adjacent
COD , munites, grow, the demand for water increases but the supply ther I eof remains limited.
Further,, that water now being wasted must be conserved by storing in periods of excess
and made available in periods of limited suoDly, and
WHLUAS., Common Council recognizes that the oroblems of water management overlap the
boundaries of existing political sub -divisions of the State and this fact 'led to the
passage of the Indiana Conse rvrdncy Act of 1957 unde r which cities; terns and freeholders
of a watershed area may , join in the establishrmnt of a conservancy district,, and
WHE'?EA3., the Whitewater, Valley Watershed areat as described in the Petitions to Fstablish
a Conservancy District now being circulatedp -constitutte' s an area of concern to the
residents and f ree-holders t-iereof,, and
1,1M2EAS., Common Council further recognizes that the citizens of the City of Richmond and
the residents of the Richmond Sanitary Tistric't enjoy adequate water supply and sanitary
treatment and that the continued control and foreseeable expansion of these facilities
should remain with oresent local governing authorities,, and -
11HERFAS., the petitioners for said conservancy district must obtain the signatures of a
majority of the freeholders of the City of Richmond to enable the City to join therein
or the Common Council, by ordinance, ray permit the City to join therein,, and
V1 HE 7 E AS , Common * Council desires to permitthe freeholders of the City of Richmond to
join tAth other freeholders of the 11hiteiTater Valley Watershed area to subirdt the
question of the feasibility of the establishment of such a conservancy district to hear-
ing by the Wayne Circuit Court.;
NOW, THEREFORE, BF IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WAYNE (IOUNTY9 INDIANA-.
SECTION Iq That., nursuant to "An Act( elating to Conservancy Districts", of the General
-Assembly of the State of Indiana, Chapter 308 of thy: Acts of 1957, as amended, the City
of Richmond, Vayne. County;, Indiana,, hereby natitions and joins in the petition now, being
circulated for the establishment of a conservancy district to be knmTn as the "Whitewater
Valley Conservancy District"., for the folio -wing purposes;
(a) Flood orevention and c Qntrol,,
(b) Improving drainage,,
(a) Developing forests, wildlife areas and oarks and recreational facilities
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where feasible in connection with beneficial water management.
(d) "reventi; n,, p the loss of tor) soil from injurious water erosion.
SECTION 2. The Clerk of the City of Richmond is hereby authorized and directed to forward
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a Certified copy of this ordinance to the Judge of the Wayne Circuit Court for filing
with said netitions for the formation of said Conservancy district.
Adopted this L_day of 196610
PJ;tncAdent of �T6CommoE (I until of the
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CA'y of Richmond, Indiana
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