Resolution No. 2619184
RESOLUTION NO. 2619
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CYPRESS CONCERNING THE ALL RIVER
PLAN FOR FLOOD PROTECTION ON THE SANTA ANA RIVER
WHEREAS, the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers has been con-
ducting Santa Ana River Basin flood control studies for the past 18 -years
and has determined that the flood threat to Orange County posed by the
Santa Ana River is the worst west of the Mississippi River due to deficiencies
in the Corps of Engineers' Prado Dam and Reservoir located on the river at
Corona; and
WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers has developed an All River Plan for
removing the flood threat from the Santa Ana River consisting of modifying
Prado Dam, channel work in Orange County and a new dam at Mentone; said
plan has been endorsed by the Boards of Supervisors of Riverside, San
Bernardino and Orange Counties and approved at all Federal levels up to
the Secretary of the Army and the next logical step is authorization by
Congress; and
WHEREAS, special water interests in San Bernardino County have belatedly
raised questions about the Mentone Dam unit of the All River Plan and have
proposed alternative dams and the Corps of Engineers has studied and reported
inconclusively on the feasibility of said dams as a substitute for Mentone
Dam indicating the need for further study; and
WHEREAS, it is entirely feasible to undertake the design and construction
of Prado Dam modifications, the Oak Street Drain and channel improvement work
in Orange County concurrently with a final determination of the Mentone vs.
Alternatives question.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Cypress
does hereby support the authorization without further delay of the All River
Plan including Mentone Dam or an alternative to Mentone Dam with adjustments
in the final design such that the real property acquisition line in Prado
Reservoir remains the same as in the current All River Plan at elevation 566
feet.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regu-
lar meeting held on the 28th day of February 1983.
ATTEST:
YOORR HE CI1OrCYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the 28th day of February 1983 by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado, Kanel, Mullen, Partin, and Lacayo
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY CLERK THE CITY -OF CYPRESS