HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 80-136 12-01-80 1 ยง 6 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 24 .25 26 28 29 51 52 RESOLUTICkN NO. 80-136 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of ~stin, California, REITERATING URGENCY OF S~NTA bNA RIVER FLO(30 PROTECTION PROJECT A~D COF~4UNITY SUPPORP FOR ~HE PROJECT. The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows: ~SdEREAS, the Santa Ana River has been declared by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to pose the greatest floc~ threat west of the Mississippi River; and WHEREAS, the California Water Comnission has listed the Santa Ana River as posing the greatest flood threat in the State of California; and WHEREAS, a large part of the current problem is the result of a sense of false security created by the construction of Prado Dam in 1940 which subsequently proved to be inadequate; and WHEREAS, the people of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino have bccn urging action on the Santa Ana Project for more than eighteen years; and WHEREAS, the Survey Report and the Phase I General Design Memorandum have provided extensive study of all aspects of the project; an0 WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers has again replaced many of its key executives at both the Division Level and in the Office of the Chief Engineer; and W~EP~AS, local people have not yet had an opportunity to present to these newly appointed executives t=he conmlunity's sense of urgency concerning this project and its need; and WHEREAS, earlier studies indicate that as many as 3,000 lives could be in jeopardy and the Phase I GDM cites a potential 9 billion dollars in damages. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Tustin urges the Corps of Engineers to oonplete their review of the Phase I GDM in a most expeditious manner; and BE IT FUR/HER RESOVED, that the City Council, speaking on behalf of over 33,000 people, does urge that the Congress of the United States pass all legislation needed to construct this project as rapioly as possible. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, at a regular meeting held on the~ day of 1980. ATTEST: DONALD J. SALTARELLI, Mayor M~RY WYNNt City Clerk