HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 750 RESOLUTION NO. 750
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR PUBLIC
INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION
WHEREAS, the present energy crisis is now widely recognized as a real
and an important national problem with significant state and local implications,
and
WHEREAS, nuclear power generation has been proposed for 8 major role in
solving this energy crisis, and
WHEREAS, nuclear power has been called on one hand safe, cheap, and clean,
and on the other hand it has been called dangerous, expensive, and having a long-
lived radioactive waste legacy, and
WHEREAS, respected and responsible scientists have allied themselves in
large numbers on both sides of the controversy, and
WHEREAS, experts on both sides have advocated that the public, not the
experts alone, should decide the matter of nuclear power, and
WHEREAS, a nuclear safeguards initiative measure has qualified for the
June, 1976, primary election in California, and
WHEREAS, the existence of an informed and alert citizenry is the cornerstone
of democracy,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Saratoga City Council does hereby:
1. Urge all citizens to fully inform themselves on the nuclear issue by
attending and/or studying the forthcoming hearings on the Nuclear
Safeguards Initiative (to be held by the Assembly Committee on Energy
end Diminishing Materials, beginning October 14 in Sacramento); and
2. Urge the media to publicize the hearing dates, and to report the
testimony and findings as fully as possible; and
3. Offer to make available in the office of the Clerk of this Council
a state-supplied copy of the record of these hearings so that citizens
not otherwise informed may study it in their local government offices;
and
4. Commend the participation of citizens in this Bicentennial-year
decision on our energy future which constitutes an example of our
best and most informed democratic tradition.
5. Urge Citizens to become informed of the Senate Committee for Public
Utilities and Transportation hearings concerning this initiative
on November 17th and November 25th, 1975.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of t'he City Council of the City of Saratoga held on the 21st day of
O.c.~tober, 1975, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Kraus, Brigham, Corr, Matteon:~ ,t"
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Bridges
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