HomeMy WebLinkAbout72-97 - Board of Supervisors Requested to Improve Santa Ana RiverRESOLUTION NO. 72-97
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, TO IMPROVE PORTIONS OF THE
SANTA ANA RIVER TO MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL INUNDATION OF THE
DISTRICTS' TREATMENT PLANTS NOS. 1 AND 2.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, a recent report by the Department of Army, Corps of Engineers,
has stated that the existing levees of the Santa Ana River will provide
protection for only a 25 to 35 year frequency flood and current plans in
said report project no relief for at least 20 years; and
WHEREAS, the levees in that portion of the Santa Ana River from the
San Diego Freeway to Seventeenth Street have been reported as a portion
that needs remedial repair and strengthening to insure the stability of
the levees in this reach; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Treatment Works of the County Sanitation Districts
serve the metropolitan Orange County area and a population of 1.3 million
people and represent a public investment of $58 million; and
WHEREAS, these joint works facilities have been designed and are being
operated in the best interest of the public and are necessary to the health
and welfare of the metropolitan area of Orange County and the 1.3 million
people being served; and
WHEREAS, it is essential to provide maximum protection for these
facilities within the capabilities of the Board of Supervisors, the County
Flood Control District and the Joint Sanitation Districts; and
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of the seven County Sanitation
Districts have expressed their concern by authorizing immediate protective
measures to be taken within the joint treatment facilities; however, these
measures cannot provide complete protection from inundation unless concurrent
measures are taken to strengthen the Santa Ana River levees; and
WHEREAS, failure of the Santa Ana River levees would cause an onrush
of storm waters in the Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach flood plain
area of the Santa Ana River inundating the joint treatment facilities of
the Districts and resulting in widespread contamination of the area and
a major threat to public health; and
WHEREAS, recent floods in other portions of California and the
eastern United States have exemplified the importance of wastewater treatment
facilities to a community; and
WHEREAS, it has been estimated that if the joint works of the County
Sanitation Districts become inundated and made inoperable, the metropolitan
area of Orange County will be without treatment facilities for a period in
excess of six months.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa, hereby strongly requests that the Board of Supervisors, County
of Orange, direct the Chief Engineer of the Orange County Flood Control
District to take measures to insure the stability of the Santa Ana River
levees and to provide'maximum capacity of the Santa Ana River to protect
the joint works facilities of the Sanitation Districts;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors resolve and
determine that the necessity to protect the Joint Treatment Works is of
an emergency nature and that all efforts to protect the facilities shall
be expedited.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 2nd day of October, 1972.
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Coe,
o a Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. 72-97 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of October, 1972.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa, this 3rd day of October, 1972.
City Clerk and ex -officio Cler of the
City Council of the City of Co to Mesa .,�