HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 66-613RESOLUTION NO. 66 -613
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY ENDORSING PROPOSITION
W, THE WATER BOND ISSUE SPONSORED BY THE
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AT THE JUNE 7, 1966, PRIMARY
ELECTION AND URGING ALL VOTERS TO SUPPORT
THE WATER BOND ISSUE
WHEREAS, Proposition W, the $850,000,000 °Water Bond issue
to distribute Northern California water in the Southland, will appear
on the June 7, 1966, ballot, and
WHEREAS, this measure, sponsored by the Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California, provides for the construction of a
huge new tunnel and pipeline system to deliver more than 2,000,000
acre -feet of water annually to the District's member agencies on the
coastal plain, and
WHEREAS, the District's population of more than 9,800,000
people is expected to nearly double within 25 years, and
JHEREAS, the Water Bonds will help finance works which will
provide for our water needs until at least 1990, and
WHEREAS, issuance of the bonds is expected to have little,
if any, effect on our property tax rate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY that Proposition W, the Water Bond issue, be and
it is hereby endorsed, and that every citizen within the Metropolitan
Water District be urged to vote YES on this vital measure, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
Resolution be furnished to the Citizens Water Bond Committee and to
the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Adopted this 17th day of May, 1966.
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