HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.009-66RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, in its regular meeting on the 16th day of May
1966, has examined the recent actions of representatives
of the Department of Health of the State of Colorado in
regard to an alleged contamination of the water supplies
of the City of Aspen; and
WHEREAS, specifically, pursuant to an investigation
of said water system conducted during the months of April
and May 1966, representatives of the said Department of
Health under the immediate supervision of Dr. Roy Cleere,
Director of said Department, alleged that they had
discovered actual proof of the presence of contaminating
effluent in the City water supply, which conclusion was
based on tests conducted by introducing fluorescent dyes
into the City sewers, which dyes reportedly then appeared
in the City water system, and which tests were unscientif-
ically conducted, without sufficient controls, and without
taking into account the natural fluorescent material present
in the water supplies of the City of Aspen; and
WHEREAS, the said Dr. Roy Cleere and other representatives
of the Health Department immediately released their findings
to the press, radio and television, prematurely and without
sufficient confirmation of the results thereof, and without
prior notification to the City officials, and with a reckless
disregard of the results of said publicity upon the reputation
of said City;
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AND~ FURTHERMORE, the City of Aspen is well known to
be a community which is economically dependent upon tourist
visitation for its livlihood; and the good reputation of
this community is vital not only to its own prosperity but
directly influences general tourist activity in the State
of Colorado; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the results of
said unwarranted publicity are injurious and deleterious
to the welfare of the cormnunity beyond its in~nediate power
to assess;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Aspen, through its City
Council, hereby petetions the Governor of the State of
Colorado for all available aid and assistance in refuting
and ameliorating the substantial injury rendered the City
of Aspen and the State of Colorado by the said ill-considered,
ill-advised and reckless statements and actions of the
Department of Public Health of the State of Colorado, and
the City of Aspen further demands that the appropriate
officials of the State Department of Public Health be in-
structed to retract their previous statements maligning the
purity of Aspen's water, and give equal publicity to said
retraction as was afforded to their original statements.
Dated this_ Day of ~ , 1966.
Mayor
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held
I, Lorraine Graves, duly elected City Clerk of the
City of Aspen, Colorado, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Resolution
adopted by the Aspen City Council at a regular meeting
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City Clerk