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RESOLUTION NO. 702
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
URGING DESIGNATION OF THE BAY AREA SEWAGE SERVICES AGENCY AS
THE AREAWIDE PLANNING AGENCY FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.
WHEREAS, 1972 amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(Public Law 92500) provide that the Governor shall identify each area in
the State which has substantial water quality control problems and designate
a single representative organization within that area to develop an effective
areawide waste treatment management plan for such area; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State...of California has determined, as
a result of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Study of 1969 that a serious water
quality control problem does exist in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area;
and
WHEREAS, the Legislature, in 1971 , created the Bay Area Sewage Services
Agency (BASSA) by adopting Division 9, Sections 16000 to 16832 of the Califor-
nia Water Code; and
WHEREAS, BASSA is mandated by the Legislature to develop and adopt a
regional water quality management plan for the San Francisco Bay region by
January 1 , 1974, and such plan must "satisfy the basic concepts of the water
quality and water reclamation elements of any metropolitan or regional plan
adopted by the areawide agency designated by the Federal or State Government to
prepare such a plan"; and
WHEREAS, BASSA has been given the authority to implement its regional water
quality management plan by exercising veto power over the plans of local and
subregional agencies which do not conform with regional plan, and also by
acquiring, constructing and operating water agencies either requests such action
or is unable or unwilling to implement the regional plan; and
WHEREAS, BASSA is governed by a 21-member board of trustees composed of
elected officials from counties, cities and special districts operating water
quality control facilities, with the trustees being appointed on a proportional
basis from the nine Bay Area counties; and
WHEREAS, BASSA is now an operating entity, has recently appointed a general
manager, and is proceeding with the preparation of a regional water quality
management plan; and
WHEREAS, designation of BASSA as the waste treatment management planning
agency for the Bay Area will reinforce the legislative mandate, prevent wasteful
duplication of planning in this field, stimulate and make possible maximum
input into regional water quality management planning by local agencies in the
water pollution control field, and provide for the optimum in continuity between
planning and implementation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the Town of Los
Altos Hills urges the Governor of California to take immediate action under the
1972 amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and name the Bay Area
Sewage Servicesl:Agency as the areawide planning agency in the water quality
control field for the San Francisco Bay region; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the
State Water Resources Control Board, to the Bay Area Sewage Services Agency,
to the State Legislators from Santa Clara County, and to the Mayors of all
cities in Santa Clara County.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a
resolution duly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
on the 4th day of April , 1973, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Davey, Grabowski , Kubby and Miller and Mayor Helgesson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk