HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09012004 - 70-715 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the. Matter of Endorsing }
Passage of Proposition Number 1 } RESOLUTION N ABER 70/715
on the November 3, 1970 Ballot. }
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WHERFAS this Board has received a letter from ;'r. C. W.
Queale, representative of the Californians for Clean =Mater,
requesting endorsement of Proposition Plumber l on the November 3,
1970 ballot which, if approved, would authorize the sale of bonds
in the amount of $250,000,000 to finance in part the billion dollar
program of the State for construction of local sewage treatment
facilities; and
xRs local governments urgently need financial
assistance to build more and better sewage treatment facilites;
and
WHEREAS, passage of this measure would cut the local share
costs for construction of said facilities by the amount of State
grants and would insure the availability of additional federal
grants'; and
4H-R.iRAS local public agencies, tweed State assistance to
build facilities which will comply with requirements imposed by
State agencies; and
WHEREAS interest rates charged to the State are generally
lower than those which municipalities and distridt_s are able to
secure when they market bonds; and
WHEREAS future ,generations will benefit significantly
from said treatment facilities and it is equitable that they should
share in paying the casts of bond principal and interest over a
period of years; and
�RIIERFAS the need for environmental improvement and
pollution control is critical;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY TNI,S BOARD RESOLVED that it
strongly endorses passage of Proposition Number 1 and urges the
citizens of Contra Costa County to vote favorably on said proposition.
PAS'SE'D AND ADOPTED this 27th day of October, 1970 by the
following vote of the Board:
AY«S: Supervisors J. P. Kenny, A. M. Dias,
J. E. anoriarty, E. A. Linschei.d, T. J. Call.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 70/715