HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1972 - 0127RESOLUTION NO.72-127
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF Dfl~ECTORS OF COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,3,5,6,7,AND 11,OF
ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,REQJJESTING THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE,CALIFORNIA,TO
IMPROVE PORTIONS OF THE SANTA AMA RIVER TO MITIGATE THE
POTENTIAL IN1JNDATION OF THE DISTRICTS’TREATMENT PLANTS
NOS..1 AND 2
The Board of Directors of the County Sanitation Districts
Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,and 11 of Orange County,California,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 Aria 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,~he Boards of Directors of the seven County Sanitation
Districts have expressed their concern b~authorizing immediate
protective measures to be taken within the joint treatment facilitie~
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 AS FOLLOWS:
1.That the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County hereby
strongly request 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 determihe 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 13th day of
September,1972.
STATE OF CALI~’ORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
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I,J0 WAYNE SYLVESTER,Secretary of the Boards of Directors
of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,and 11,of
Orange County,California,do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Resolution No.72—127 was regularly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said Boards on the 13th day of
September
day of September
,19 72,by the follOwing vote,to wit:
Directors Robert Finnell (Chairman),David
Baker,Robert Battin,Ralph Clark,Norman
Culver,Jesse Davis,Henry Duke,Donald Fox,
Norma Gibbs,Jack Green,Lorin Griset,Wade
Herrin,Edward Just,Carl Kymla,Otto Lacayo,
Alicita Lewis,Charles Long,Derek Mcwhinney,
Clifton Miller,Robert Nevil,William Phillips,
Ellis Porter,Henry Quigley,Howard Rogers,
Robert Root,Frank Sales,George Scott,Don
Smith,Mark Stephenson,Charles Stevens,Jr.,
Cor Vanderwaal,Henry Wedaa,Donald Winn,and
Richard Croul
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•J,r~~e~s\rlvester;Seci’i~tary,
/B1Oard~of D,~!rectors~,.Cp~nty
~,Sanitation ‘Districts •NOs.1,2,
3,5,6,~,and 11’,~’o~f Orange
County,California
AYES:
NOES:None
ABSENT:Directors Ronald Caspers and John Store
IN WITNESS WFLEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand this 13th
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