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RESOLUTION NO. 76-70
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN URGING ENDORSEMENT OF THE "ALL-RIVER PLAN"
' . WHEREAS, the Santa Ana River and the flood threat it poses' to the.
residents of the County of Orange have Ion9 been of concern to the e.]ecte.d
bodies within the County of-Orange, and
WHEREAS, Congress was petitioned in 1962 by the.. Boards of' Super-
visors of the Counties of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino to determine
the true status of the flood threat to those Counties from the Santa Aha
River, and
WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers was authorized by Congress in 196I.,,
to determine the depth of the problem and recommend a solution, and
~.IHEREAS, eleven yearS were consumed in making this study and
settling upon a solution, and ..
WHEREAS, a large, part of that time was consumed in settling upon
an atternative acceptable to.all parties, and
WHEREAS, the "All-River Plan" recommended by the-District Engineer
of the Corps of Engineers does meet and is the only alternative acceptable ·
to all parties, and
WHEREAS, any attempt to implement.any other of the alternatives
studied can and will result only in additional costs and delays, and
WHEREAS,. more than on~ million people in the County of Orange are
faced with the possibility of flood costs exceeding three billion dollars
and an unknown number of lives lost.
THEN, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Engineers' of
Rivers and Harbors, the Corps of Engineer's, the Office of Management and
Budget and the Congress of the United States are urged to strongly endorse
and expedite the authorization of the "All-River Plan" recommended by the.
Corps of Engineers and to t~ke all necessary steps toward the rapid con-
struction of the protective measures des:gned therein.
PASSED AND. ADOPTED by the City of Tustin at a regular meeting
of the Tu'stin City Council held on the 19th day of July, 1976.
ATTEST'
...... C i T¥-_CLERK
MAYOR
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RUTH C. POE, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, California, does ]~ereby
certify that the wi~ole n~?.ber of the members of the City
Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and
foregoing Resolute. on ~.;o. 76-70 . was duly and regularly
introduced, read, passed a-~nd ad-~opted at a regular meeting
of the City Council held on the 19th day of · July
1976, by the following vote- ----------- --------------___.
AYES -
NOES -
ABSENT -
COUNCIL~-UEN- EDGAR, SHAPdP, SALTARELLI, WELSH SCHUSTER
CO5/WCILMEN - NONE .
COUNCILMEN - NONE
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