HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011968 - 1968-025 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY , STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Requesting }
the Resignation of the Director )
of the Department of Water ) RESOLUTION NO. 68/25
Resources, William R. Gianelli. }
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WHEREAS Mr. William R. Gianelli, Director of the Depart-
ment of Water Resources, on January 11, 1968, presented before
the Water Problems Section of the Commonwealth Club of California,
San Francisco, California, a talk entitled "THE DELTA MYTH,"
which presentation included erroneous and misleading statements
with respect to hater quality in the Delta and the cost of main-
taining such water quality; and
WHEREAS the presentation incorporated a number of state-
ments derogatory to the Contra Costa County Water Agency, governed
by this Board of Supervisors, for instance, "There is something
almost schizophrenic about the saber-rattling of Contra Costa
County's politically oriented router agency. . ."; and.
WHEREAS the office and constitutional position of the
Director of the Department of Water Resources requires an objective,
uncommitted, and unprejudiced attitude with respect to water
resources planning throughout the State, it is, therefore, our
conclusion that Mr. Gianelli' s comments are uncalled for, inappro-
priate, and not in keeping with the prestige and dignity of the
administrative office he occupies; and
WHEREAS the comments made by Mr. Gianelli on January 11
are not the first he has made casting disparagement upon the work
and efforts of the Agency to protect and preserve the economy of
the Western Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta and the ecology of the
San Francisco Bay - Delta System; and
WHEREAS Mr. Gianelli' s recent refusal to negotiate with
the Water Agency for a better water quality than would occur under
the so-called November 19, 1965 "Memorandum of Understanding" indi-
cates that he has "written off" the Delta.; and
WHEREAS on January 12, 19689 during a regular meeting of
the Eel River Assooiation, held in Concord, California, Senator
George Miller, Jr. , in answer to Mr. Gianelli' s presentation before
the Commonwealth Club, firmly declared that he should resign his
office; and
WHEREAS while this Hoard commended Governor Reagan for
his appointment of Mr. Gianelli, it now finds it has no other
recourse but to agree with Senator Miller' s recommendation that
Mr. Gianelli resign.
RESOLUTION NO. 68/2.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Supervisor A. M. Dias,
Chairman of this Board, is AUTHORIZED to forward a dopy of this
resolution to Governor Ronald Reagan , together with a copy of
Mr. Gianelli' s address before the Commonwealth Club and request
an audience with Governor Reagan and Senator Miller with regard
to this matter at a time convenient to the Governor and to the
Senator.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of January, 1968 by the
following vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, Thomas John Coll,
Edmund A. Linseheid, Alfred M. Diss.
NOES: Supervisor James E. Moriarty.
ABSENT: None.
ABSOLUTION N0. 68/25
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Mutter of Satisfaction }
of Liens, Termination of )
Reimbursement Agreements of RESOLUTION NO. 68/26
Certain Persons.
WHEREAS instruments dated January 16, 1968, which provide
that for valuable considerations had and received by the County of
Contra Costa, any and all liens created by virtuB of reimbursement
agreements and notices of liens executed by the following persons
or ,granting of aid and assistance to said persons are hereby
satisfied, and all real and personal property of said persons is
released from the said liens and said referred to reimbursement
agreements are canceled and the agency created is hereby terminated,
are presented to this Board, to wit :
Name of Persons Bate Executed
Oscar Parsons Unknown Date
William L. Ayer, Jr. April 3, 1963
Valentina Sinkevich March 6, 196
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS BY THE BOARD RESOLVED that said
instruments be and, the same are hereby APPROVED and the Chairman
of this Board is authorized to execute said instruments on behalf
of the County of Contra Costa.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of January, 1968, by the
fallowing vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, James E. Moriarty,
Thomas John Coll, .Edmund A. Linscheid,
Alfred M. Dias.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None•
RESOLUTION NO. 68/26
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