Resolution Number 73-12-3-1KE':OLUTION NO. 73-12-3-1.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
` CAPISTRANO ESTABLISHING A COMMITTEE OF
STAFF AND COUNCIL TO MEET WITH APPRO-
PRIATE GOVERNMENTAL AND UTILITY REP-
RESENTATIVES, TO COLLECT AND EVALUATE
DATA ON THE EFFECT OF ENERGY SHORTAGES
ON THE CITY AND ITS FUTURE GROWTH. AND
TO i,bRMULATE APPROPRIATE RECO:dMENDATIONS
FOR FUTURE ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, the President of the United States has declared
that a serious energy shortage exists within the United States, and
WHEREAS, the President has called upon all citizens and
public and private agencies, to begin a program of voluntary con-
servation of fuel, and
WHEREAS, the President has submitted a program of man-
datory controls to Congress for its approval which would require
severe cutbacks in the energy available to cities for the provision
of services to their citizens, and
WHEREAS, the City of San Juan Capistrano is already com-
mitted to provide additional services for many new commerical,
industrial and residential buildings already underway in the in the
City, and
WHEREAS, each additional building program approved within
the City will render more severe the restriction of City services to
the City's present citizens, and
WHEREAS, further new residential development will cause a
similar problem in regard to the services provided by the Capistrano
Unified School District, especially in respect to the provision of
bus transportation, and
WHEREAS, the City of San Juan Capistrano needs a period of
time within which to study the implications and restrictions of the
energy crisis and to formulate the plans necessary for the implemen-
tation of the best possible services to its citizens,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
The City establish a committee of staff and council to meet
with appropriate govenrmental and utility representatives, to collect
and evaluate data on the effect of energy shortages on the City and
its future growth, and to formulate appropriate recommendations for
future action by the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 3rd day of December, 1973,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: BYRNES, GAMMELL, WEATHERS
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: CHERMAK
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEN: THORPE
oy L.`By nes, M.D., Mayor o
City of an Juan Capistrano
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