HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 0820 - Support Protection of Cedar River Watershed and Oppose Issuance of Oil and Gas Exploration Leases
TUK WILA
WHEREAS, the City of Seattle Water Department serves as the
regional drinking water supplier for over one million people, including
thirty cities, towns, and water districts, and
WHEREAS, Seattle's Cedar River Watershed, which provides
drinking water to over 600,000 people is protected at the source, per-
mitting a low cost water supply which does not require any filtration
or other treatment beyond routine chlorination, and
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila has contracted with the City of
Seattle Water Department to provide water to the City of Tukwila through
the year 2,012.
WHEREAS, no public access is allowed in the Cedar River Water-
shed, and
WHEREAS, twenty percent of the total land in the watershed
is Federal land, and
WHEREAS, this Federal land has long been recognized by the
Federal government as an area requiring special land management policies,
which are contained in an Agreement with the City of Seattle dated 1962,
and
WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Manage-
ment awarded oil and gas exploration leases on Federal land in the Cedar
River Watershed on March 17, 1982, and
WHEREAS, oil and gas exploration are incompatible with water-
shed protection, especially where no filtration or treatment beyond
chlorination is provided, and
WHEREAS, the award of oil and gas exploration leases in the
Cedar River Watershed seriously threatens the quality of low -cost
drinking water provided to the people in Tukwila.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
That the City of Tukwila, Washington, opposes the issuance
of oil and gas exploration leases in the Cedar River Watershed, and re-
quests that the Secretary of the Department of the Interior immediately
and permanently revoke those leases already awarded deny any pending
leases in the Cedar River Watershed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That the City of Tukwila, Washington, hereby supports the
permanent protection of the Cedar River Watershed for the health and
well -being of the citizens of King County.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
at a regular meeting thereof this 20th day of April 1982
Bauch, Councilman
PROVED AS TO RM
City Attorney, Lawrence Hard
WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 820
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
SUPPORTING THE PROTECTION OF THE CEDAR RIVER
WATERSHED AND OPPOSING THE ISSUANCE OF OIL AND
GAS EXPLORATION LEASES IN THE WATERSHED.
Mayor
Mayor Frank Todd