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-~..' Iy pi WHEREAS, the water supplied to the City of Redwood City and to a number of other cummunities in San Mateo County for drinking and other domestic purposes is, or may be, derived in large part from reservoirs of the San Francisco Water Department, generally referred 'to as the Spring Valley Lakes, and the tributary watershed ~&1ds; and WHEREAS, the City of San Francisco and it predecessor the Spring Valley Company expended over $5,000,000 in acquiring these watershed lands for the purpose of maintaining the purity of the water supply and pro- tecting it against human pollution; and Wlli~REAS, upon insistence of the State Board of Health and other Public Health authorities access to these lands for recreational purposes be prohibited, these lands have been fenced and patrolled against trespass for nearly 20 years; and WHEREAS, upon the request of representatives of the State Division of Fish & Game, supported by petitions from numerous public bodies, civic orgm1izations and residents of San Mateo County, the City of San Francisco consented to have these watershed laJ.'lds established as a nState Fish and Game Refuge, II to be kn01l'ffi as the "San Francisco Game Refuge, tl upon the understanding that full control of these 12J.1ds vrould be retained by the city and that hunting and fishing in the area would be prohibited and become illegal under the State law; and WHEREAS, according to press reports the State Division of Fish and Game has issued permits to a number of individuals to fish in the Spring Valley Lakes within the San Francisco Game Refuge with a view to testing the right of the City of San Francisco to exclude persons holding permits from the Division of Fish & Game from entering on its privately ovmed properties for the purpose of fishing; and. WHEREAS, leading health authorities of the State of California, _ Lo