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RESOLUTION NO. 80-136
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, REITERATING URGENCY OF SANTA ANA RIVER
FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR
THE PROJECT
follows-
The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as
~EREAS, the Santa Ana River has been declared by the U.S. Army
Corp of Engineers to pose the greatest flood threat west of the ~ississippi
River; and
WHEREAS, the California Water Con~ission 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 ~s t~e 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 6ernardino have
been urging acticn on the Santa Ana Project for more than eighteen years;
and
WHEREAS, the Survey Report and the Phase I General Design
M~orandum have provided extensive study of all aspects of the project; an~
WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers has again replaced many of its
key executives at both the Division Level and in the Office of the Chie~
Engineer; and
~/~EREAS, l~dal people have not yet had an opportunity to present
to these newly appointed executives the community's sense of urgency
concerning this project ar~ its need; and
WHEREAS, earlier studies indicate that as many as 3,000 lives
could be in jeopardy and the Phase I GD~ cites a potential 9 billion
doll ars in damages.
NC~', THERES~RE, BE. IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Tustin urges the Corps of Engineers to complete their review of the
Phase I GDM in a most expeditious manner; an~
BE IT FUI~ER RESOVED, that the City Council, spe~king 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 rapidly as
possible.
PASSED AND AEO~ by the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, at a regular meeting held on the 1st day of December, 1980
ATTESt:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of
the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. 80-13_____~6 was duly and regularly introduced, passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of December, 1980 by the
following vote:
AYES : COUNCILPERSONS: Saltarelli, Edgar, Kennedy, Hoesterey, Sharp
NOES: COUNCILPERSONS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILPERSONS: None
City of Tustin, CaIifornia