Resolution No. 1739LLt
RESOLUTION NO. 1739
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
SUPPORTING THE "ALL -RIVER PLAN" FOR THE SANTA ANA RIVER
FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the Santa Ana River and the flood threat it poses to the
residents of the County of Orange have long been of concern to the elected
bodies within the County of Orange; and
WHEREAS, Congress was petitioned in 1962 by the Boards of Supervisors
of the Counties of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino to determine the
true status of the flood threat to those Counties from the Santa Ana
River; and
WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers was authorized by Congress in 1964
to determine the depth of the problem and recommend a solution; and
WHEREAS, eleven years were consumed in making this study and settling
upon a solution; and
WHEREAS, a large part of that time was consumed in settling upon
an alternative acceptable to all parties; and
WHEREAS, the "All -River Plan" recommended by the District Engineer
of the Corps of Engineers does meet and is the only alternative accep-
table to all parties; and
WHEREAS, any attempt to implement any other of the alternatives
studied can and will result only in additional costs and delays; and
WHEREAS, more than one million people in the County,of Orange are
faced with the possibility of flood costs exceeding three billion dollars
and an unknown number of lives lost.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Engineers of Rivers
and Harbors, the Corps of Engineers, the Office of Management and Budget
and the Congress of the United States are urged to strongly endorse and
expedite the authorization of the "All -River Plan" recommended by the
Corps of Engineers and to take all necessary steps toward the rapid
construction of the protective measures designed therein.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 12th day of July 1976.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERi OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
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MAYOR OF THE CITY TY OFIOF
CYPRESS
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 12th day of July 1976; by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCILMEN: Harvey, Hudson, Lacayo and MacLain
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCILMEN: Sonju
CITY CLERK OF THE I OF CYPRESS