HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 098-1987RESOLUTION NO. 98-87
CITY OF BURLINGAME, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE ELIMINATION OF
HETCH HETCHY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
RESOLVED, by the City Council of Burlingame of the State of
California, that
WHEREAS, the Congress of this United States approved the con-
struction of the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply System in 1913; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Area has grown and prospered
during the Twentieth Century as a result of a dependable water
supply from the Hetch Hetchy Water System; and
WHEREAS, the Hetch Hetchy System now serves more than two mil-
lion people, one-fourth of whom live or work in San Mateo County;
and
WHEREAS, the Secretary of Interior has proposed to eliminate
the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply System; and
WHEREAS, by said action, the Secretary of Interior would
eliminate a dependable source of water of the highest purity; and
WHEREAS, by said action, the Secretary of Interior would
eliminate an environmentally safe and economical source of hydro-
electric energy.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that:
1. This Council vigorously opposes the destruction of the
Hetch Hetchy Water Supply System as it would adversely affect the
lives of the citizens of Burlingame, the San Francisco Bay Area, and
the State of California.
2. This Council supports the City and County of San
Francisco's efforts to enlighten the Secretary of Interior on the
importance of this Water and Power System to the people of the Bay
Area and the State.
3. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit copies
of this Resolution to the Secretary of Interior, all Members of
Congress of the United States which represent San Mateo and San
Francisco Counties, and to the City and County of San Francisco.
Mayor
I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a
regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council held on the 8th day
of September, 1987, and was adopted thereafter by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: AMSTRUP, BARTON, LEMBI, MANGINI, PAGLIARO
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE
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