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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 73-375 6 8 9 10 .= 14 16 18 2O 24 26 28 29 ~0 $1 103 .. RESOLUTION NO . 73- 37 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE STUDY OF THE SANTA ANA RIVER BASIN FLOOD HAZARD, AND IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE THE THREAT · · OF FLOOD ING. .. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS- ' · ,, WHEREAS, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, an · agency of the United States Government began a study in 1964 of / the flood hazard potentials of the Santa Ana· River Basin, which / said study was to be completed in 1969; and and WHEREAS, said study may not now be completed until 1977 WHEREAS, said study must be completed before steps may be taken by the County of orange, the Orange County Flood Control District, the Corps of Engineers and affected' cities to alleviate this threat; and WHEREAS, the Santa'Ana River Channel as currently con- I" structed has· a capacity of approximate, ly 20,000 cubic feet of water! i per second and could not contain a flood flow of 150,000 cubic fee " , of water per second, which is estimated to be discharged from 'i I,. Prado Dam during a standard projoct flood; and · i WHEREAS, a flood of this magnitude would overflow into the cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, CyPress, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, .Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, · 0 Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, ·Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton, Westminster, and Yorba Linda; and, 104 5 · 6 8 9 16 17 18 20 ~4 25 .26 28 ~9 30 31 WHEREAS, such a flood could damage or destroy the sewage plant facilities of the whole county; and WHEREAS, the best interests Of the health, safety and t.. , 1 welfare 'of this community require an early completion of this s.tudy before steps m~y be taken to protect the communities herein set forth from the aforementioned flood damage° NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the United States .., ., .. Congress be urged to appropriate sufficient funds to' the United States Corps of Engineers for the purpose of completing said study~ prior to the 1977 date. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the disaster potentials of a major flood in 17 of the 26 cities in Orange County representing a popUlation of over 1 000,000 people be recognized and steps be , taken to implement the flood control measures necessary to a'llev-' ....... iate future flooding. -- .' · · BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to Congressmen and Senators in Washington, D.C. rep- resenting Orange County; and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that a copy of this ResolUtion be! 1 sent to each City in the County of. Orange,. the County of Orange · and .the Orange County Flood Control District° PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of' May , 1973 1973, by the following called Vote- 105 STATE OF CALIFORNIA) · COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS . CITY OF TUSTIN ) ' · · RUTII C. POE, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of tho City of Tust±n, Cal±fornia, does hereby certify that the wholo, number of the members of the City Council of the C±ty of Tu$~±n i$ five; that the above and fore.~oing Resolution No. 73-37 was duly and regularly introduced, read, passed ahd ad-°P~d at a regular meeting of the City Council held on t.he _21si .... day of_ May .......... 1973~ By the follow±rig vote- . , % AYES.. COUNCILMEN SALTARELLI , LANGLEY, MILLER, WELSH, WOO'DRUFF NOES- COUN CILI~EN NONE ABSENT- COUNCILMEN NONE !