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RESOLUTION NO. J /- t, t/
A RESOLUTION of the City of Port Angeles with reference
to Federal interference with watersheds.
WHEREAS, in the Pacific Northwest and the City of Port
tit Angeles it has been a long accepted practice for municipali-
ties to protect and restrict access to surface watersheds which
are the source of their potable fresh water supply in order to
produce water of high quality requiring only simple chlorina-
tion in order to safeguard the public health of the customers;
and
WHEREAS, the protection and preservation of these water-
shed areas has permitted the production of high quality water
at low cost which has contributed materially to the economic
growth and well-being of this area~ and
WHEREAS, the municipal watersheds in the State of Wash-
ington supply the potable water for approximately one-half of
the population of the State while occupying less than one per-
cent of the State land area without detracting from the excep-
tional recreation opportunities already available which include
many lakes, rivers and creeks, in addition to the Puget Sound
and Pacific Ocean coastal areas~ and
WHEREAS, the State of Washington already has approxi-
mately one-third of its area set aside in public land which
is available for recreation, and which includes ample present
and future camping, picnicking and hunting lands~ and
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WHEREAS, water pollution has become a matter of tremen-
dous magnitude and pressing concern on a national scale and is
becoming more acute to the prejudice of the public health and
well-being of the citizens of this Country; and
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WHEREAS, municipalities of the State of Washington, in-
cluding Port Angeles, are expending funds to protect their
consumers and to preserve and maintain the purity of their
municipal water supply sources through the control of access
into their watershed areas; and
WHEREAS, certain agencies of the Federal Government are
attempting to interfere in matters of local determination by
opening watersheds for unrestricted access and recreational
purposes contrary to the recommendations of the majority of
local interest and Public Health Authorities; and
BE IT, THEREFORE, RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Port Angeles is unanimously opposed to the efforts of
Federal Government agencies in attempting to open municipal
watersheds for unrestricted access and recreational develop-
ment without regard to the economic requirements of the area
and contrary to the recommendations of local interests and
Public Health Authorities; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution
be sent to the President of the United States, Secretary of
Agriculture, Secretary of Army and all of the members of the
Washington and Oregon Congressional Delegation, the Governor
and State Legislators of the State of Washington urging that
every effort be made to protect and preserve the purity of our
most basic of all natural resources - WATER:
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
and approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of the Council
held on ^the.s-.t1iJday of November, 1964.
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