HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 5059RESOLUTION NO. 5059
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 a 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 corner-
stone of democracy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this 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 and Diminishing
Materials, beginning October 14 in Sacramento);
2. Urge the media to publicize the hearing dates, and to report the testimony
and findings as fully as possible;
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. Nothing in this resolution should be construed to be a recommendation of
any type on the nuclear initiative measure to be voted on in the June, 1976
primary election in California.
I, MARION A. GRADY, City Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify
that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a
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regular meeting of the City Council of said City on Monday, the 20th day of
October, 1975, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Jensen, Miskimen, Mulryan, Nixon and Mayor Bettini•
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
MARION A. GRADY, City Clerk
K&NH BURDISSO - Deputy atg -clrk
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