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RESOLUTION NO 76- 3
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE YORBA LINDA COUNTY
WATER DISTRICT ON NUCLEAR POWER INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, the voters of this Yorba Linda County Water District
will be confronted next June with an initiative measure which,
if enacted, could seriously or even completely curtail the
generation of nuclear power in California; and
WHEREAS, the people of California are economically and physically
dependent upon the availability of electric power, including
energy to pump water through California's major water trans-
ference facilities; and
WHEREAS, from the best information the Board of Directors of
the Yorba Linda County Water District has been able to gather,
it appears that such adequate electrical power cannot be made
avaliable over the next decade without a substantial contrib-
ution generated by nuclear power; and
WHEREAS, the cost of water is likely to increase substantially
to the Yorba Linda County Water District and to its consumers
if this initiative measure passes and nuclear power production
is so restricted; and
WHEREAS, the other potential costs of the initiative's enact-
ment apparently include increased air pollution, aggravation
of the already critical petroleum situation, economic and
employment setbacks and a new state bureaucracy of up to 500
persons needed to carry out the provisions of the initiative,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS BOARD, that this Yorba
Linda County Water District opposes the passage of the Nuclear
Initiative for the reasons above stated.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board members and staff of this
District lend their efforts in every legitimate way to making
the people aware of the potentially enormous costs of this
measure.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Yorba Linda
County Water District transmit copies of this Resolution
forthwith to other concerned public agencies and to appropriate
media representatives.
Date January 29, 1976
ATTE-ST:
Secretary
President