Resolution Number 68-12-9-345
RESOLUTION NO. 68-12-9-3
RESOLUTION OF APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF ORANGE COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 4
AS A SUBSIDIARY DISTRICT OF SAID CITY
December 9, 1968
On motion of Councilman Durnford, duly seconded and carried,
the following Resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, the total taxable area of the Orange County Waterworks
District No. 4 (hereafter referred to as "DISTRICT") is approxi-
mately 8,600 acres; and
WHEREAS, approximately 8,000 acres thereof comprising more
than eighty percent (80%) of the area of taxable or assessable land
within DISTRICT as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of
the County of Orange lies within the City of San Juan Capistrano
(hereafter referred to as "CITY"); and
WHEREAS, DISTRICT is a "district of limited powers" within the
definition of Section 56040 of the Government Code; and
WHEREAS, CITY desires to initiate proceedings for either the
merger of DISTRICT into CITY or the establishment of DISTRICT as a
subsidiary district of CITY;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that:
1. This proposal is made pursuant to Division 1, Title 6,
commencing with Section 56000, of the Government Code.
2. The nature of the,proposed change of organization is the
merger of Orange County Waterworks District -No. 4 into the City of
San Juan Capistrano, or in the alternative, the establishment of
said DISTRICT as a subsidiary district of the said CITY.
3. The aforesaid change of organization is proposed for the
Orange County Waterworks District No. 4 and the City of San Juan
Capistrano.
4. The following are the proposed terms and conditions to which
the proposed change of organization is desired to be subject:
a. That an advisory board consisting of five (5) members
be established.
b. That three (3) members of said board be appointed by
the City Council from the residents of the City of San Juan Capistrano;
one (1) member to be appointed by the City Council from the Dana
Knolls area; and one (1) member to be appointed by the City Council
from the northerly area of DISTRICT lying outside the boundaries
of CITY.
C. That the advisory board shall advise and make recommend-
ations to the City Council on the budget, water rates, personnel,
and such other matters as may be established from time to time by
regulation of the City Council.
5. The reasons for the proposed change of organization are
as follows:
Eighty-nine percent (89%) of the total area of the
DISTRICT lies within the CITY; seventy-four percent (74%) of the
inhabitants of DISTRICT reside within the CITY. The CITY'S Director
of Public Works is also the Superintendent and Manager of the
DISTRICT and many of the functions and activities of CITY and DIS-
TRICT are correlated. CITY possesses the present capability of
assuming all of DISTRICT'S functions. The transfer of the governing
body from the Board of Supervisors to the City Council is, therefore,
a logical step in placing the government of the DISTRICT at the seat
of the DISTRICT'S activities. Aside from the replacement of the
Board of Supervisors as the DISTRICT'S directors, the DISTRICT will
continue to function in the same manner under the County Waterworks
District Law.
6. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that this Council hereby requests
that proceedings be taken for the merger of Orange County Waterworks
District No. 4 into the City of San Juan Capistrano, or in the
alternative, that the Orange County Waterworks District No. 4 be
established as a subsidiary district of the City of San Juan
Capistrano.
ATTEST•
Cityz-Clerk of the City
San Juan Capistrano
Mayor of the City o
San Juan Capistrano
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, ERNEST A. THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of a Resolution of the City Council of said
City numbered 68-12-9-3, adopted by the City Council on the 9th
day of December, 1968, and was so passed and adopted by the
following stated vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: DURNFORD, BATHGATE, FORSTER, OLIVARES
and CHERMAK
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE