HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 020-1941RESOLUTION
,'TH REAS, the water supplied to the CITY 01' BURLINGAME and to
a number of other communities in San Mateo County for drinking and
other domestic purposes is derived in large part from reservoirs of
the San Francisco gater Department, generally referred to as the
Spring Valley Lakes, and the tributary watershed lands; and
'vMREAS, the City of San Francisco and its predecessor.the
Spring Valley Company expended over �5,000,000 in acqui ine, i..esa
watershed lands for the purpose of maintaining the purity of the water
supply and protecting it against human polution; and
KEREAS, upon insistence of the State Board of Health and other
Public Health authorities access to these lands for recreational
purposes be prohibited, these lands have been fenced and patrolled
against trespass foi• nearly 20 years; and
6`HE
REAS, upon the request of representatives of the State
Division of Fish & Game, supported by petitions from numerous public
bodies, civic organizations and residents of San Mateo County, the
City of San Francisco consented to have these watershed lands
established as a "State Fish and Game Refuge", to be known as the
"San 7r ancisco Game Refuge", upon the understanding that full control
of these lands would be retained by the city and that hunting and
fishing in the area would be prohibited ana become illegal under the
State law; and
WHEREAS, according to press reports the State Division of
Fish and Game has issued permits to a number of individuals to fish
in the Spring Valley Lakes within the San Francisco Game Refuge with
a view to testing the right of the City of San Francisco to exclude
persons holding permits from the Division of fish & Game from entering
on its privately owned properties for the purpose of fishing; and
ZEREAS, leading health authorities of the State of California,
includingBertram P. Brown, Director of Public Health for the State of
California, C. G. Gillespie, Chief of the Bureau of Sanitary Engineer-
ing, State of California, Chas. Gilman Hyde, Professor of Sanitary
engineering of the State University, Dr. T. C. Geiger, Director of
Public Health, for the City of San Francisco have all condemned in
strongest terms any proposal to open these lakes and watershed lands
to the public for fishing and/or other recreational purposes, as
introducing a definite source of pollution to the public water supply
and a menace to the public health;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this CITY does hereby go on
record as protesting in the strongest terms, against any act or
action tending to reduce the precautionary measure for the protection
of this public water supply against pollution and does specifically
protest against the issuance by the State Division of Fish and Game
of any permits, purporting to give to the permittee the privilege
or right to fish in, or to enter the San Francisco Game Refuge for the
purpose of fishing; and
BE IT FURTFRR RESOLVED, that a copy of phis resolution be sent
to the Governor of the State, the State Division of Fish and Game, the
Mayor of San Francisco and the Public Utilities Commission of San
Francisco.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed
this 15th day of September, 1941, by the following vote
AYES: Councilmen: Buck, Burrows, Coleman, Hunt and McDonald.
NOES: Councilmen: None.
"WAWINW WWI—" ABSENT: Councilmen: None. (�
ATTEST • ( 1 i MAYOR
f� II City of Burlingame
I U SEP 1G 1941
IN OFFICE OF
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