HomeMy WebLinkAbout19220 - RESOLUTIONS - 4/1/1998 RESOLUTION NO. 19220
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CPTY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ENDORSING THE HOUSE '
OF REPRESENTATIVES BILL, "THE SONNY BONO
MEMORIAL SALTON SEA RESTORATION ACT."
WHEREAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich has stated that he
will personally usher the nonpartisan "Sonny Bono Memorial Salton Sea Restoration
Act" though the United States and Congress; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs supports restoration of the Salton Sea; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs appreciates the tremendous support provided to
the City of Palm Springs by the late Congressman Sonny Bono as its former Mayor,
citizen and Congressman; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs acknowledges the remarkable efforts of the late
Congressman Sonny Bono and his five member Salton Sea Congressional Task Force in
bringing the tragic condition of the Salton Sea to national attention; and
WHEREAS, the restoration of the Salton Sea is an investment in regional economic
development benefitting the entire Coachella Valley; and '
WHEREAS, any further delay in comitling to the full restoration of the Salton Sea at
this time may jeopardize the final opportunity to save this tourism asset.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palin
Springs, that it endorses the House of Representatives' "Sonny Bono Memorial Salton
Sea Restoration Act," and calls upon other Coachella Valley cities, organizations and
individuals to take similar action in support of the restoration of the Salton Sea.
ADOPTED this 1st day of April ._, 1998.
AYES: Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleind-lenst
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CAL,IFORNIA
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