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RESOLUTION NO. 72 -259
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COSTA MESA
SANITARY DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY, 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 DISTRI'CTSI
TREATMENT PLANTS NOS. 1 AND 2.
The Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District of
Orange County, California, hereby resolves 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, 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
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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 AS FOLLOWS:
(1) That the Costa Mesa Sanitary District of Orange County 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.
(2) 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 at a regular meeting held this 4th day of
October, 1972.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, KERM RIMA, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the
Costa Mesa Sanitary District of Orange County, California, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 72 -259
was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Board, approved and signed
by the President of said Board, and attested by the Secretary of said
Board, all at a Regular meeting of said Board held on the
4th day of October 19 72 and that the
same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: Directors - Rima, Warren, Glockner, Briggs and
,Porter
NOES: Directors - None
ABSENT: Directors - None
DATED this 5th day of October , 19 72
KERM RIMA
Secretary of the Board of Directors
of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District
Orange County, California
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As i stant Secret ry
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