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� RE30LUTI�Ai NO. 76-46 �
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�' A RESOLIITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALIt �
! �DgsgR'P, CALIFORNIA� EXPRE33ING OPP03ITION TO THE
� IiUCLSAR POxfiR PLANT3 INITIATIVE. r
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� � �i{EREA3, the voters of Palm Desert and the 3taLe of �
"�+� Californis. will be confronted in the statewide June ballot with an
��� initiative messure knuwn as Proposition 15, which ii enacted, may
`�`� seriously or even completelq curtail the generation of nuclear power ,
',� 1n this state; snd ;
� KHEREA3. t6e residents oi Palm Desert are depeadent upon aa �
x adequate eupply oi electric energy for their jobs. shelter and food; �
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} ` 1fHEREA3� t6e desert areas of California are economicallq �
� and physically dependeat upoa the availability of electric po�ver to �
provide an adequate supply oi water; aad f'
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t' IfHEREAS, the cost of electric energy and water is likely to �'
� '• � increase substaatiallq to the residents of Palm Desert if this f,;
measure passes and nuclear power production is restricted; and '
� wliEREAS� other potential costs of the initiative include � y
� lacreased sir pollutioa caused by the use of fossil fuels for gener- `,'
��+,: ation, litigatfon against the State by existing operators of nuclear �
j' plants� aggravation oi the already critical petroleum situation. �
employment and other economic setbacks, and a new state bureaucracy
necessary to carrq out the procedures established by the initiative; r
NON� THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLYED by the City Council of the
City oi Palm Desert that this City opposes the passage of the
Nuclear Power Plants Initiative for the above reasons; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this City Couacil and the Staif
of this City lend their efforts in every legitimate vray toward
iaforming the citizens of Palm Desert of the potentiallq eaormous
costs of this measure; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk transmit copies
of this Resolution to appropriate media representatives and to
5eaator Stull and Assemblymaa Suitt.
PASSED� APPROVEU and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Palm Desert. this 8th day of A rp il , 1976� bq the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
AB3ENT:
A1TE3T:
McPherson, Mullins, Newbrander, Seidler b Brush
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NOEL J B SH, 1lA OR
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City oi Pslm Desert, Cslilornia
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