CC Resolution No. 6863 ~ ~
Ii~OIUPI~i N0. 6863
A RE50IIT!'ICN OF ZHE CPPY NUNQL OF 'IHE CITY OF QTPF:E1TaI0
~TII9G Z3~ SAN!'A CCARA VAT~IE,'Y FII~TFR DISTRiCT Zl~ WF~SF~
'IfIE TASK OF CCFANIriG UP L1N~UND FUEL TANK LFAKS
4JIZf~1 ~ Cl'PY
Fk~AS~ this axu~cil recognizes the existence of a seriaus threat to
ths 4~o~u~watex' resa.uroe.s oP the oaunty arrl of this city azxl its
inht+bitants by reason of f1~e1 leaks ~ storage tarilcs into the underlY~4
soils and in this manner threatening to oo~taminate and degrade the
aquifers which prwida dcn~stic water; ar~d
~'AS, this Camcil is advised ard fitx3s that sc~s four hw~dred
1 ~rft~el~sit.es are suspec,~ted to exist in Sarrta C1ara Qauity arxi that
exF~ected rise to seven tnu~dred upoai closer investigation:
and this C~amcil is iiirther advised that the San FYancisoo Reqio~al Water
Quality (xx?trol Baaxti has been unable to secure an allocation oE mar~pow~er
to suparvise its clea~nip Ord~ars and sees no pnospect oP such an
allocatia~i ar~d
~E'AS~ this Cau~cil finds that tha Santa Clara Valley water District
is the local public agency best equipped by reason of oamty~wide
juz'isd.iction, e~erience atxi hyrirogeologic expertise to supervise cleanup
oP such spills as they are c1{scavexed; ~w, ther~fore,
~ IT F2ESOL~ID BY ~ City Council of the City of Qipertino:
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TS : 'IY~at this ~u~cil here2~' z~equests S~ir~ta Clara Valley Water
District to aooept the task of werseei~ clearn~ of ft~e1 leaks within and
withwt the City;
~I : 2hat tha Cbt~cil Pully understetrrls tt~at the said District
lacks legal authority to issue cleam.tp ordezs to dischazgeYS and t2~at
therefore tha work will have to ba do~e and should properly be done in
ooaperatioai with the oognizarrt Regiomal Water Quality G~ontrol Hoani; and
~Q: ~hat the Cau~cil further z~eoogttizes that the task is beyond
the Present fiscal resouzr~s of the District arrl that Su~ding na~.st be
so~xPub and applied: in which endeavor the District is er?oouraged to make
evezy possible effort atYi t2~at in t.hat effort this City will cooparate
fl~lly.
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OLITrIOTT N0. 6863
PASSID AND ADOFPID at a re~gular meating oE the City Qotu~cil of the
pf ~jnp }~g 2nd ~y pp June , 1986 by the fOllowing
vate:
V~ M~nbexs of the Citv Cau~cil
py~; Gat[o, Johnson, Plungy, Sparka, Rogers ~
NOFS; None
AHSII~IP; None
AffiTAIAi; None
APFRWID:
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