Resolution 290
RESOLUTION NO.290
APPROVING ACTION OF SOUTH SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT IN CALLING A BOND ELECTION TO VOTE ON PROPOSITIONS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A DAMAN>> RESEBVOIRSITES ON THE UVAS A1ID LLAGAS
CREEKS, AND APPROVING BOTH PROJECTS AND URGING THE ELECTORS TO VOTE
IN FAVOR THEREOF AND STATING REASONS THEREFOR.
WHEREAS,an election has be~n ealled and will be held in the South
Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation District on April 28,1953,in
which the eJ.ectors therein will vote upon propositions 'for the const-
ruction of a dam and reservoir upon the Uvas Creek and Llagas Creek for
the purpose of conersving the waters thereof; and,
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WHEREAS, ia is of vital. importance to the entire South Santa Clara
County that the waters of said creeks be conserved and that the said
dams and reservoirs be constru.cted fo.r th.e reason. that the water rights
which the said District has acquired or is acquiring will be lost unless
prompt action is undertaken to construct works to conserve the water
and said rights,when lost,will never be regained;and,
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy as a municipality and the people therein
are directly interesyed in and will be greatly benefited by the eonst-
ruction of said dams and reservoirs for the f'ollowing additional rea-
sons:
(1) The d am and reservoir on the Uvas Creek will entirely eliminate
the possibility of floods in the City of Gilroy and make unnecessary
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future heavy expenditures o~ municipal. finds for f~ood prevention:. or'. '.
control.
(2) The said dam and reservoir on the said Uvas Creek will provide
the people of the City of Gilroy with 1000 acre feet of water guaranteed
supply per year which is equiva~ent to 32,,851,000 gallons against a
present need of 190,000,000 gallons,and probably eliminate the e:apensive
pumping of water from city wells, the present yearly cost of which ex-
ceeds $4,000.00.
(3) The prosperity sad business interests of the City of Gilroy are
very largely dependent upon the prosperity and well-being of the farming
population occupying the fertile agricultural lands which comprise the
main area of the Water District and of whic the City of Gilroy is the
trading and business center,and an adequate underground supply of water
procurable for irrigation at reasonable cost is indispensible to the
successful and profitable operation of the said farming area,and the
construction of said d aUlS and reservoirs on said Uvas and Llagas Creeks
will insure such a supply of water for the future.
(4) The great increase in the population of the State of California
including the Gilroy area has brought with it a rapid increase in the
ise of water for agricultural and industrial purposes until many sections
of the State are confronted with an acute and serious water problem,and
it appears that those areas which are farsighted enough to provide for
their inhabitants and industries an adequate and reliable supply of
water will be the districts which will progress and grow the most rapid-
ly in the future and in which it will be most desirable to live.
(5) The water supply of the area in which Gilroy is located has
been steadily decreasing in the past because of the expanding use there-
of,and unless this supply is augm.ented by conserving whe water in the
District which would otherwise be lost and wasted, the water levels will
rapidly sink to such an extent as to make excessive,if not prOhibitive,
in the relative near future:, the cost ot pumping water from the under-
ground strat.as.
(61 The surplus water of the Uvas and Llagas Creeks which annually
goes to waste will, if conserved and precolated underground, provide the
Gilroy area with an adequate supply of water for all foreseeable future
needs and gradual:ly restore the water level.
(7) The large reservoirs of water which the proposed works on the
said creeks will provide will advertise to all the world that the south-
ern part of Santa Clara County has provided itself with an adequate
supply of water for its future needs,and that industries and people
desiring a site or p~ace in which to live can locate here secure in the
knowledge that an ample supp~y of water has been insured for the area
at a resaonable cost.
and, WHEREAS ,it. appears that it is for the best. interests of the
said City of Gilroy and the inhabitants thereof that the said works on
the said Uvas and Llagas Creeks be constructed ib accordance with the
propositions which will be voted upon at said election.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City
of Gilroy believes that the whole future of t.he City of Gilroy and the
surrounding area may be dependent upon the adoption by the voters of
the said South Santa Clara Valley Water District of both of said prop-
ositions having for their object the conservation of waste waters of
the Uvas and Llagas Creeks,at the said election to be held on April 28,
1953, and all electors are urged to realize the very great importance of
said election and go to the polls on said election day and vote in favor
of both of said projects.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of the resolution be delivered
to the Board of Directors of said South Santa Clara Valley Water Cons-
el!Vation District,to the pre6s,and to the Secretary of the Gilroy
Chamber of Commerce.
PASSED AND ADOPTED the 6th day o'f April ,1953 , by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmen~Pate,Rush,Kennedy,Gallo,White,Ronald.
Councilmen None
Councilmen None
Approved:
MAYOR
Attest}.(J
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