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R..~SOLUTION N(l. 1975
fi R~SOLUTIt)?~ END()RSYN~ Afr'D St.IPPORT~NG STATBM~N"T 0~' POSIT~ION
qi QF 5C?UYH BAY SEWAGE DYSCFCAR ~~RS TO T[!E SAN FRANCI~CO BAY
R~GIONAL NtAT~iR .QQAI.ITY Cf~AITftAI. BOARD.
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IdHER~A5, the Porter-C.olo~ne Act and rectnt actions of th~ S~in !
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"w Frseti~co B~y Regiona.i Ma~ter Qus~lity Cantral Board wake it appaxe:nt
, t~t ~ities and d:l.gtri~cts of the South T3ay di~ch~rginS effluant inta
M~~~' ti~ ~auth+~xn p~rt of tho Srsa Franciaco Bay wi.11 ba re~u~r+~d ta aak~
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r,; rrjor decisipns that wi11 :tnvolv~ add~tional hu~e expenditures of
l'v~rl ic Punds ; and
iYHEREAS, these public agencir~s disch~rgi.n~ effiuent into th~
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r: so~t~eern part the 5an Fran~.iscv B~y have nrganized for purposes
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: s~f establ~ishing a set of criteri~ to bc used in tt?e selection of a
cansu~tant to review sp~ci.fic parfiions of 4~h~s~ I of the Bay-Oeita ~
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~cepnrt and its i~npleme,ntation, including an action program leading ~
cv th~ early elimination of dischargc~ beloN the Dumbarton Rridge or t
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' an~ o;f the alterttative~ iz~ s~id report; and
, 1~-IEREAS, representatives of thCSe ngencies h~ve mQt and it has
~ ~,~rcome r~p~r~renz that there are seriaus questi.ons which must be
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~.~sxered ~nd informst3.on obtainecl prior t.n askinR th~ ~itizens of
tbese disch~~rg~n~ communi~ties to ex~end litcrally hundreds of milliatis i
~ fl~' dollars on proposed action; anct
N'HER~AS~ re~resentati~•es of these ag~ncies have prep~?rECI a
~ =t~tement whi~:h raises speci£ic qu~stions, states ~ossible altarn~tive
=fl2uxions to ~he problem of eff~uent discharge and Bay pnllu~i.an, sats
r~rth a ststement of polic~• a»d positio~i ~ss well as ~ropoYecl action
=~hedules which t.his Councii has revivr~ed;
hOW, Tt~ERE~ORC, BE IT RESOLV~n as follows:
1. Thai bater qualit} and the environment in which ma:i lives
are vf the ut~ost i.~apurtan~e today;
2. Th~t c~~exy effort should be madQ by a11 Ci~tizeiis and
government sgencfics to improve the quali.ty o£ man's
em?.ironwen~ ~na ~ake every r~asonable ~ffart possib:i~.
to abate poalut~tan;
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3. That the City Council endor,es and supports the que~tions
raised, xlt~rnativ~ salutians sttggestr,~, ~nci the policy
and posi.t~.on state~ent s~t £orth in the "Statament of the
Sauth Bay Sewa,QC Dischargers tio the San Franciscn Say
R~gional Kater Qt~~lity Control Bo~rd" and urges the SaYi
~~ranci.sco l~n~riR~gi.onal ~fater Q«~l~ty ~ontrol Roard t~d
rcview and study in detail th3 ~uay~estions, qu~stions and ,
. altexn~tive~~ set forth thtrein prior to tak3.ng ~ny action
wh~ch a~ay jeapardizc the w~if~re and wall•6eing of the
citizens af thc South Bay Communities.
4. That the City requests the San Francisco ~av I;egiunal
Water Quality Control Boar~1 to join with the citics snd
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district~ of thc South E~y in developing spec~.~'ic qu~l~ty
cri.teria, ~ study of all a1tern~tive mQans of a~e~ting
thasc criterion, an acction progra~ ~ncl £insncing plan.
5. Th~t the City raqu~sts thr~t th~ San Frsncisco Bay Region~l
Water Qual:ity Co~atrol Board continue any fu~ther can~ide~raiion
of mmeiiding their W~ter Qu~Iity Contral Flr~n ta includ~ u
~rahib~ition of all WtlSTC clischarge into Sun ~rancisco 8ay
~ south oi' Dumbartan Nigh~~ay [iridgc unti.l the quest~ons
rclatin~ to criterion ~nd nltcrnative~ huve bcen further
studied and agrced upan.
6. That the City Clerk be aurhorizecl 3nd t~~reby is dir~cted
to file r~ certiffed copy ~f this R~sole~tinn with thc San
rranciscc~ Bs~y Rcgion~l n'ut~r Qu~.lit~° Gantrol t~ourd.
PASSi:R ~ND A~OPTIiU ut a regul~r adjourncd mcetir~g of the
City Council oC the City of Cu~~rtina this 27st day of April, 1~~U~
by the following vate:
A1CES: Council~aen - 1'itzgerald, Frolich. Green. P:oel~ Stokeg
NOES: Councilac~n - t:one
A$SENT,~ Couttc i lmen - I~bne
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