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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes 1955/01/17 1.58.0 v Gilroy,California January 17,1955 This regular adjourned. meeting of the Common Council is called to order by His Honor Mayor George M.x\/Iason. Present:Councilmen Carl W..?ate,Charles Gallo,J.Hu[;hes Kennedy, , Courtland M.Rush,Kenneth L.Petersen,Se@~ndo Sanchez. The I.layor nCJ\V! calls upon 111r. John Stelling a member~ of the Board of Directors of the South Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation District, to discuss the bond election to be held on Eberuary 1, 1955, for the construction of a daTI on the Uvas Creek. Mr.Stelling reviews the history of the proposed project and presents a resolution which he asks the Council t~ :a(,'iop:tt.. ~',". I - .'-.,., , : ",-J I~ ~ I......< 1581 The Clerk now preesnts and reads the resolution presented by Mr. Stelling. Motion b~ Councilman Kennedy, seconded by Councilman Pate that the Resolution presented by Mr.Stelling be adopned. ~\ WHEREAS,SOUTH SANTA CLARA VALLEY 1,VATER COlT::;~HVATION DISTRICT includes territory located in the Southern part of Santa Clara County and in which the City of Gilroy is situated; and WHEREAS, the said South Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation Distridt has called an election to be held on the first day of February,1955, at which the electors of the District shall vote upon the proposition auth- -prizing or refusing to authorize the issuance and sale of bonds of the District to the extent of $2,111,000. for the purpose of providing money \Jith Vi hich to construct a dam and reservoir and auxiliary works on the Uvas Creek a'1d a canal connecting the same with the Llagas Creek in accordance with the report of Messrs,Blackie & Wood,Engineers for the District; and WHEI~AS, the electors of the said Water Conservation District did, in the year 1953, authorize the issuance of bonds to cover 40% of the cost of a dam and reservoir on the said tJvas Creek to impound and cobserve the "vater thereof of 'which this District would obtain approx- imately 10,000 acre feet annually,with a canal connecting the said reservoir with the said Llagas Creek,by an ove~vhelming vote upon the condition that the remaining 60% of the said cost of the said project be financed by the Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation District,the territory of which is located in the northern part of Santa Clara County, and the saiQ~anta Clara Valley Water Conservation District has not taken any action toviard the f'inancine of its share of the cost of said project or indicated that it is willing to join with the South Santa Clara Valley liater Conservation District in a joint undertaking;and, WHEREAS, the South Santa Clara Valley Viater Conservation District has now adopted a progra~ to construct a dam and reservoir which will impound at one time 10,000 acre feet of water and permit the conservation of ar-proximately 20,000 acre feet of water annually at a cost of leGs than the 40% of the cost of the project approved by the voters in 1953,and it is this mew program that the electors will vote upon on Bebruary 1,1955; and, ~nEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Gilroy deems the conser- vation of water in this area of the utmost importance not only to the surrounding and industrial area but to the inhabitants of the City of Gilroy itself,and that the conservation of the water of the said Uvas Creek for use in this area is vital to the future growth and prosperity of the southern part of Santa Clara County;ahd, WHZREAS, the said proposition to be voted upon in the said bond 'election on February 1,1955, is the best project for the conserving of , the said water that has yet been proposed;and, \~~EREAS, if the said election results in the defeat of the said prop- osition the District will likely lose the vvater rights for the approp- riation of water on the Uvas Creek to which it nO\iI has priority and such loss would be a complete disaster to this area;and, ~nlEREAS, the dllin necessary to be constructed to conserve the said \iater on the Uvas Creek will provide in a large measure protection ~against floods in t he City of Gilroy,in addition to which there is to be, set aside for the City of Gilroy I,OOO acre feet of water to be conserved by the said conservation 'Norks, and it will be po ssible to save consider- able costs in the supplying of water to the people of the City of Gilroy, and the City of Gilroy is thus directly interested mn the conserving of 'said '/la ter. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT I-ffiSOL VED: That the Corr~on Council of the City of Gilroy does endorse the said proposed bond issue and does urge the qualified electors of the District to go to the polls on Tuesday,the first day of Februaryl,1955,and vote favorable upon the issuance of the said bonds. BE IT FURTHER m~SODVED: That a copy of this resolution be delivered to the Board of Directors of the said South Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation District,to the press,and to the Secretary of the Gilroy Chamber of Comnerce. PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of January. ,1955, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen pate,Gallo,K ennedy,Rush,Petersen,Sanchez HOES: Councilmen None ABS~JT: Councilmen None --A.~ #/ Fb4<t-/ __. ,7fulayor (~ 1 ,r- R :.J. :JC..... Attest: - cQY~f~- At this is the time specified in a legal notice calling a gearing on the propesed rezoning of certain property located west of north rlTonterey Street, bounded on the \'Jest by the v:est bank of Miller Slough,on the north~ by the north city limits and on the south by the south bank of I'JIiller Slough, from Zones tlB", "c,t and "E" to Zone "D'l, the 1iayor nOVl asks if there is anyone present VJho desires to ~ object to the proposed rezoning. Mr.Kenneth Higgins,64l N.Church Street,Gilroy,California,now appears before the Council to discuss the proposed rezoning. .Mr.rlobert How son, one of the petitioners for the proposed rezoning, is also present and answers questions asked by the Councilmen. The City Attorney presents and reads Section b. REGULATIONS FOR 'tD't DI,3TRICTS of Oli.DIlTANCE NO.422 (commonly >.nown as the IlZoning Ordinance") . ORDIN&~CE NO.526 is presented and read. r~Iotion by Councilman Sanchez, seconded by Councilman Petersen that ORDINlU"VCE NO.526 be adopted: 0RDll~ril;C~ l~O. 526 I ORDI:r-JAlTCE AI'!ISJ:mnm ORDINANCE NO.422, COl.'l':ONLY KNOWN AS THS ZOKIlTG ORDH! AN"~ OF THE CITY OF GILROY, BY RE-ZOI\ING CSHTAI1i PROPERTY NOW IN rtBtt, ltC", MID "'Eft ZOlr.ss AIm PLACING SAVE IN rtD't ZONE. Vote o~ the motion to adopt ORDINill~CE NO.526: AYE S : HOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Pate,Gallo,Kennedy,Rush,Petersen,Sanchez Councilmen None Councilmen None. Councilman Kennedy,chairman of the Recreation Committee of the Council, now discusses the finances of the Parks and Recreation Commission. The Councilman join in the discussion of this subject. Councilmen Kennedy states that his committee vdll meet with the Parks and Recreation Commission on January 24,1955 and will report at t he next regular me eting of the Council. A communication is read from Offsite Construction Co.,Inc.,1344 :I San Pablo Avenue ,El Cerrito, California, developers of "Park Meadovls Unit No.lrl, requesting information on type and kind of electroliers that will be required in~their subdivision. Mr. Roy O.~ead,manager of the Gilroy office of Pacific Gas & Electric Company, is called upon to discuss the subject of electroliers and suggests that an investigation be made as to the proposed spacing of electroliers in the subdivision. ~ 1583 lJ;otion by Councilman Pate, seconded by Councilman !tush and carried that this meetinb' adjourn. .. (]. ~~.~ City Clerk ~