1968/01/02 City Council Resolution (2)RESOLUTION NO. 68 -Ol
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROHNERT PARK URGING THE DIVERSION OF EEL RIVER
WATER THROUGH CLEAR LAKE
WHEREAS, the State Department of Water Resources and
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have recently elected to
route the Middle Fork of the Eel River through Glenn County,
thence south, thereby by- passing Clear Lake, and;
WHEREAS, the Eel River water is the last major source
of water available to the north coastal counties, who will
be in dire need of this water in the not too distant
future, and;
WHEREAS, the diversion of the Eel River through Clear
Lake will protect,)preserve and enhance the waters of the
largest lake wholly within the State of California, and it
being encumbent upon the people of California to protect
and preserve this natural resource, and very popular recrea-
tion facility;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
of the City of Rohnert Park, California, does hereby give
formal expression of its objection to the Glenn County
routing of the Eel River, and that the aforementioned
agencies be requested to reverse their decision of the
Glenn County route and endorse the Clear Lake route instead.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 2nd day of January,
1968.
CITY,11,OF ROHNERT PARK- .,
rev. L..,
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By /s/ Joseph A, Pezonella
Mayor
ATTEST:
Deputy City'Clerk