Resolution No. 1664RESOLUTION NO. 1664
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
SUPPORTING ALTERNATIVE 6 OF THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS' REVIEW REPORT ON THE SANTA ANA RIVER MAIN STEM
AND SANTIAGO CREEK.
WHEREAS, by Resolution
County Board of Supervisors
developed for the Santa Ana
and identified as "Plan F";
WHEREAS, the Corps of
dated August 1975 entitled
and Santiago Creek"; and
No. F74-69, dated August 13, 1974, the Orange
expressed preference for a flood control plan
River by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
and
Engineers has completed a draft review report
"Review Report on the Santa Ana River Main Stem
WHEREAS, "Plan F" has been changed somewhat and redesignated as
"Alternative 6"; and
WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers recommends in said report the approval
of a flood protection plan known as "Alternative 6" which includes: con-
struction of a new dam and reservoir at Mentone in San Bernardino County;
modification of Prado Dam including rebuilding the emergency spillway and
outlet works, raising the dam 30 feet and providing a controlled discharge
of 30,000 cubic feet per second contemporaneous with peak discharges from
downstream tributaries; improvement of the Santa Ana River Channel through
urban Orange County for standard project flood protection; and improvement
of the lower portions of Santiago Creek for standard project flood protection.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that among the alternatives included
by the Corps of Engineers in the August 1975 review report, Alternative 6
is the preference of this City Council by reason of its:
1. Providing a level of protection commensurate with the present
and projected level of Orange County's economic development.
2. Limiting the discharge from Prado Dam to 30,000 cubic feet per
second contemporaneous with peak discharges from the downstream
watershed tributary to the Santa Ana River during the Santa Ana
River during the occurrence of a standard project flood, said
discharge minimizing the relocation of homes in Orange, Riverside
and San Bernardino counties.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 8th day of December, 1975.
ATTEST: MAYOR OF THE
CITY/CLERK F CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
) SS
CITY OF CYPRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the said City Council at
a regular meeting held on the 8th day of December, 1975, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: 4
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 1
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
Harvey, Kanel, Lacayo and Frankie ch
None
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