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Consider Having Council Sign the Friends of the River Letter Urging the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Interior Secretary to Reject the Proposed Shasta Dam Raise and the Temperance Flat Dam for the Friends of the River May 18, 2016 Legislative Outreach, which Requires Council Action at the May 17, 2016 Meeting. (Mayor Spencer)
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Trish Herrera Spencer
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): April 28, 2016
Council Meeting date: May 17, 2016
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
On May 18, 2016, the Friends of the River will be doing legislative outreach in Sacramento regarding two dams, which will impact the McCloud, Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. The referral is requesting the City Council to sign the attached letter to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Interior Secretary urging rejection of the Shasta Dam Raise and the Temperance Flat Dam for the reasons mentioned in the letter. The Council is being requested to take action at the May 17, 2016 meeting in order to sign the letter for the May 18th outreach.