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HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.010-68RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves RESOLUTION So. ~ Series o~968 WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado are charged with the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; AND WHEREAS, the Colorado State Statutes (C-139- 32-1 relating to Public Health) require the City Council "to do all acts and make all regulations which may be neces- sary or expedient for the promotion of health of the suppres- sion of disease"; AND WHEREAS, the Master Plan adopted by the City of Aspen sets forth the following criteria relating to the purpose of the plan; As the growth of the City of Aspen "occurs it should be oriented to promote the health, safety and welfare of the people .... " " .... the adequate provision of public utilities and other public requirements"; AND WHEREAS, recent reports from the Colorado State Department of Public Health indicate the overloaded condition of the Aspen Sanitation Plant is resulting in a sewer effluent which fails to meet the standards set by the Colorado Water Pollution Control Commission; AND WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado is obligated by statutory requirement and by its own concern for the continued preservation of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Aspen; RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves AND WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council in cooperation with the Aspen Sanitation District to take whatever action necessary first to eliminate additional load on the present plant and finally to assist in the solution of the overall sewage disposal problem; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, City of Aspen, Colorado that the City Council for the City of Aspen, Colorado does hereby lend and pledge its support to protect the public health by preventing an increase in stream pollution by restricting the issuance of building permits that would cause additional load to be placed on the already overloaded facilities of the Aspen Sanitation District. This moratorium shall be in full force and effect so long as the Public Health is in serious jeopardy through insufficient treatment at the Aspen Sanitation District plant as may be as determinted by the City Council. Dated this _U~J day of ~ , 1968. MAYOR I, Lorraine Graves, do hereby certify that the fore- going is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado at a regular meeting held on the ~ day of ~[ ~68~ J WITNESS my hand and seal of h' ~ day of ~ : 1968. CITY CLERK N.° 68