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RESOLUTION NO. 818
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE
CITY OF ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, Western Municipal Water District of Riverside
County contemplates calling an election in the reasonably
immediate future for the purpose of proposing to the electors
in the District the question of whether or not the Western
Municipal Water District of Riverside County shall be annexed
to, and become an integral part of, The Metropolitan Water District
of Southern California; and
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the members of this body the
increase, reasonable to anticipate, in the use of water for
domestic, municipal, industrial and irrigation purposes through-
out the area of the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside
County justifies and renders advisable, at this time, acquirement
of the right to secure, through the facilities of The Metropolitan
Water District of Southern California an additional and abundant
supply of water from the Colorado River all to the end that a
shortage of water in the area of the Western Municipal Water
District may not accur, and the serious, detrimental effects
resulting from possible extended periods of drought and protracted
litigation to establish conflicting water rights by lega.l processes
may be avoided,
NOVl}, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED thatthe City Council of
the City of Elsinore recommends to the electors of the Western
Municipal Water District of Riverside County that they vote
in favoYof annexation of Western Municipal Water District to
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at an
election to be held in the reasonably immediate future submitting
such proposition to said electors.
I, R.W. GOODWIN, the duly appointed, qualified and acting
Clerk of the City of E1sinore, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly passed
and adopted by the city council of the C~ty of Elsinore at
a regular meeting held on the 24th day of May, 1954~