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RESOLUTION NO. 3378
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA SUPPORTING PROPOSITION W ON
JUNE, 1966 BALLOT
WHEREAS, Proposition W, the $850,000,000 Water Bond
issue to distribute Northern California water in the southland,
will appear on the June, 1966, ballot; and
WHEREAS, this measure, sponsored by the Metropolitan
Water District of Southern California, provides for the con-
struction of a huge new tunnel and pipeline system to bring
2,000,000 acre-feet of water annually to the six -county Dist-
rict; and
WHEREAS, the District's population of 9,800,000
people is expected to nearly double within 25 years; and
WHEREAS, the Water Bonds will provide for our basic
water needs until at least 1990; and
WHEREAS, the bonds will accomplish this without any
appreciable effect on our tax rate; and
WHEREAS, the alternative to passage of the bond
measure -- a substantial increase in the tax rate -- would be
catastrophic to the overburdened taxpayer;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE:
SECTION 1. To support Proposition W on the June,
1966, ballot, as vital to every Southland resident, and to
urge every citizen within the Metropolitan Water District to
vote YES on this urgent measure.
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the adoption of this resolution.
Approved and a
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 23.rd day of May, 1966,
by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Mayor,'Krieger
NOES: Councilmen Snyder
ABSENT: Councilmen Gleckman
City Clerk