HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-048-08/17/1976-EXPRESSING THE OPPOSITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE PROPOSED NUCLEAR INITIATIVE RESOLUTION NO 76-48
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
EXPRESSING THE OPPOSITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE
PROPOSED NUCLEAR INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins, Colorado and State of Colorado
are dependent upon a vigorous, ongoing program of power development in
order to insure adequate supplies of useful energy necessary to support the
standard of living and the level of production we have come to expect and
WHEREAS, one of the most promising ways of assuring that power in
the years ahead is through the continued use and expansion of clean, safe
and efficient nuclear power which has proved unquestionably reliable and safe,
and
WHEREAS, it is the development of our own resources wherein lies this
country's hope of achieving eveatual self-sufficiency in the matter of fuel
supply large-scale development of coal resources and uranium reserves
for nuclear power plants are the only two realistic approaches until at
least the year 1995, and
SODAS, the minimal environmental impact of nuclear power stations
points to the full and continued development of this type of electric genera-
tion as being a most highly desirable source of useable energy and
WHEREAS in the long term, generation of significant quantities of
electricity from other sources, such as solar energy and by nuclear fusion
hold considerable promise, but a lengthy program of research and development
will be needed and at least 20 Lo 30 years of such development will be
required to bring these technologies to the point that commercial scale
installations are feasible Although these programs should be pursued vigor-
ously, it should be recognised that they offer little prospect of helpLug to
solve the existing energy problems in this nation during the next 25 years,
and
• WHEREAS, the Fort Collins City Council views with great disappoint-
went and alarm the promotion of a nuclear initiative that could deter and
even strangle the development of this vital source of electrical energy and,
therefore, the progress of our city and state,
and
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Fort Collins, that the
City Council hereby records its opposition to the nuclear initiative as a
shortsighted regressive measure that will not promote the best interests
of the people of this state but will, in fact, work against the social and
economic well-being of the entire area in which we not only live but also seek
our livelihood, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that reasonable effort will be made by the City
Council to inform the general public of its position in this matter and
that the City Council sincerely presses for the overwhelming defeat of the
nuclear initiative by the people of Colorado when it is presented to them
at the polls on November 2 1976
Passed and adopted at the regular meeting of the City Council held
this 17th day of August, A D 1976
Mayor
ATTEST
City Clerk