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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpecial Flood Prevention Committee 06-14-19726/14/72 DISTRICT 11 Moved, seconded and duly carried: Approval of minutes That the minutes of the regular meeting held May 10, 19725 be approved as mailed. ALL DISTRICTS Chairman Just reported on the status Rep�ort of the of Assembly Bill 2146 to amend the Joi0E Chairman Health and Safety Code of the State of California, by providing permissive legislation to limit Sanitation District Directors' fees for attending scheduled meetings of more than one District Board, and advised that hearings had been held by the Senate Local Government Committee on June 13. He also remarked that he Vice Chairman Culver and the General Manager had met with Senator Carpenter and Assemblyman Burke in connection with expediting the processing of construction grant applications at the State level. Chairman Just noted that two members of the Building Committee had recently retired as Directors, and appointed Directors Stevens and Lewis to fill their vacancies. The Joint Chairman Q;A�� then appointed himself and Directors Caspers, Coen, Porter, and Davis to a Special Flood Prevention Committee to study the protection of Districts' treatment facilities from flood damage. The Joint Chairman called a meeting of the Executive Committee for 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 27th, and invited Directors Store, Duke, Stevens, and Finnell to attend and to participate in the discussions. ALL DISTRICTS The General Manager reported on the Report of the status of pending legislative General Manager amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Both Houses of Congress are still attempting to resolve the differences in the two bills (S 2770 - Muskie and HR 11896 - Blatnik) in Committee conferences. Mr. Harper reported that he had been In contact with the counsel for the Association of Metropolitan Sewering Agencies in Washington, and it appears as if the Districts' recommended changes in language in connection with exempting deep water ocean dischargers from the blanket secondary treatment requirement, still has a chance of beirig incorporated into the new law. . The State Water Resources Control Board's Plan for the Ocean Waters of California is scheduled for adoption on July 6. ALL DISTRICTS Moved, seconded.and duly carried: Receive and file written Report of Executive That the written report of the Execu- tive Committee dated May 31, 1972, be received and ordered filed. Harvey Hunt of John Carollo Engineers, Districts' consulting treatment plant engineers, reviewed the proposed program of improved treatment and water reclamation capability. The plan is designed to meet the new regulations being promulgated at the state and federal levels and to protect the Orange County coastal environment by providing the most effective treatment at the least cost to the taxpayers. The first phase of the plan would be to construct secondary treatment facilities at Plant No. 1 for 46 mgd. The highly treated water from Plant 1 would then be blended with the primary effluent from Plant 2, which would closely approach the new discharge requirements -3- 6/14/72 proposed by the State. Mr. Hunt reported that the Districts had met on two occasions with staff members of the State Board, and their staff had given verbal approval of the plan. The Districts are on the eligible grant project list for 119.5 million for the secondary treatment construction project. Following a brief discussion, it was then moved, seconded and duly carried: That the staff and engineers be authorized to proceed with preparation of a project report for construction of 46 mgd activated sludge facilities at Plant No. 1. ALL DISTRICTS Moved, seconded and duly carried: Authorizing General Manager o id for purchase of used That the General Manager be author- 3 0 000 pd activated sludge ized to bid an amount not to exceed pilot plan , .�. $10, 000 for purchase of a used 30,000 gallon per day activated sludge pilot plant from the East Bay Municipal Utilities District, ALL DISTRICTS Approving 1972-�73 2ersonnel requirements; and adopting Positions and Salaries Resolution The Director of Finance reviewed the personnel recommendations for the 1972-73 fiscal year. Following a brief discussion, it was moved, seconded and duly carried: That the 1972-73 personnel requirements be approved as recommended; and, FURTHER MOVED: That the Boards of Directors .adopt Resolution No. 72--82, amending Positions and Salaries Resolution No. 71-3, as amended, establishing employee positions, fixing salaries therefor, and authorizing employment of personnel. Certified copy of this resolution is attached hereto and made.a part of these minutes. ALL DISTRICTS Approval of Joint Operating Budget for the 972-73 fiscal year � Moved, seconded and carried by the following roll -call vote: AYES: Directors Just, Baker, Battin, Caspers, Clark,' Culver, Davis, Duke, Finnell, Fox, Coen, Green, Herrin, Holden, Kymla, Lewis, Long, McInnis, McWhinney, Miller, Nevil, Phillips, Porter, Quigley, Reinhardt, Scot, Smith, Stephenson, Stevens, Store, Vanderwaal, Wedaa and Winn NOES: None That the Joint Operating Fund Budget of County Sanitation Districts Nos. 1, 25 3, 55 6, 7, and 11, for the 1972-73- fiscal year, as submitted to the Boards of Directors, be adopted in the total amount of $2,594,224;.and that the Chairman of County Sanitation District No. 1 be authorized to sign said budget as adopted. ALL DISTRICTS Directing General ManaEe r. To advise Districts' Auditors to discontinue u� erly, - y reports; and directing staff to submit a quarterly report reports in connection with Moved, seconded -and duly carried: That the General Manager be directed to advise the Districts' auditing firm, Hanson, Peterson, Cowles & Sylvester, Certified public Account- ants, to discontinue quarterly the annual audit; and, FURTHER MOVED: That the staff be directed to submit quarterly, a meaningful report reflecting the financial activities of the Districts. -4- COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF _ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA P. O. BOX S127, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 9270E 10844 ELLIS AVENUE (EUCLID ❑FF-RAMP, SAN DIEGO FREEWAY) July 7, 1972 f�3 TO: MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS. 1, 223, 5, 63 7, 82 AND 11 Gentlemen: The next regular meeting of the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Di-stricts Nos. 1, 23 3, 5, 6, 73 8, and 11, of Orange County, California,will be held: Wednesday evening, July 12, 1972 at 7:30 p.m. 10844 Ellis Avenue Fountain Valley, California Tentative adjournment prior to next regular. meeting: Executive Committee - 5:30 p.m., July 25 TELEPHONES: AREA CODE 714 S40-291 O 962 -2411 SPECIAL FLOOD PREVENTION COMMITTEE Committee Meeting - July 12, 1972, at 7:00 P.M. Edward Just, Chairman v Ronald Caspers Alvin Coen / t/ Jesse Davis Ellis Porter wQ/'C�n%� 11I/cW�7Z GUIXas-� /«iS /'04, COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS M E M O R A N D U M TO: Flood Hazard Prevention Ad Hoc Committee FROM: Ray E. Lewis, Deputy Chief Engineer SUBJECT: Status Report No. 1 of ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA P.O. BOX 8127 10844 ELLIS AVENUE FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92708 (714) 540-2910 (714) 962-2411 September 8, 1972 On July 12, 1972 the Ad Hoc Committee for Flood Hazard Prevention met to define the flood hazard problems affecting the joint works of the Districts. In attendence at this meeting were Directors Just, Porter, Davis and Coen; George Osborne, Chief Engineer, Orange County Flood Control District; H. Harvey Hunt and Walt Howard from John Carollo Engineers and Ray E. Lewis of the Districts. General discussion centered around a recent report from the Corps of Engineers stating that the areas of Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley where Plants Nos. 1 and 2 are located would be inundated with storm in excess of a 50 year frequency flood. This inundation would result from upstream breaching of the Santa Ana River levees. The present capacity of the Santa. Ana River in the reach adjacent to the Plants will accommodate approximately a 40-45 year frequency flood. Director Just, with the concurrence of Directors Davis, Porter and Coen, suggested that the City engineers of the cities of Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa and Buena Park; along with the Districts' staff meet to define the problem, recommend steps and pro- cedures to mitigate the flood hazard potential. Subsequently on July 24th, a meeting was held with Mr. -James Wheeler and Bill Hartge of the City of Huntington Beach and Mr. Bud Yaberg of the City of Buena Park, plus three members from the Districts' Engine- ering Department. Based on this meeting and subsequent information and data obtained by the Districts' engineering staff, the following is transmitted herewith for the Committee's consideration. COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS FLOOD HAZARD ANALYSIS GENERAL of ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA P.O. BOX 8127 10844 ELLIS AVENUE FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92708 (714) 540-2910 (714) 962-2411 The reach of the Santa Ana River adjacent to Plants Nos. 1 and 2 has a present capacity of approximately 9200 cubic feet per second ( cfs) . Mr. George Osborne of the Orange County Flood Control District reported that the capacity of the River in this reach can be increased to approximately 20,000 cfs if the present geometric section is concrete lined. A recent report submitted by the Corps of Engineers stated that a standard project flood which is defined as the maximum flood that can be anticipated for the Santa Ana River runoff area would discharge approximately 65,000 cfs in this reach if no modifications were made to the Prado Dam catchment area.. Modifications of Prado Dam and the Santa Ana. River Channel to increase the existing protection level are under study 'by the Corps of Engineers but it is estimated that imple- mentation of any plan would not be completed until 1995. The largest flood producing storm since completion of Prado Dam occurred in 1969. This storm was gauged to have a frequency of occurrence of 25 to 30 years. The joint works of the Districts are subjected to two causes which would cause inundation and damage to the facilities. If the drainage area was subjected to a storm which would generate a runoff in excess of the capacity of the River, the levees would breach and inundate the Plants. For a 50 year frequency flood, Plant No. 1 would 'be sub- jected to a flooding condition of 2.25 feet and Plant No. 2 to 2.50 feet. A second cause would be a break in the levee which could occur even if the storm frequency was less than the capacity of the levee. This type of failure would cause a wave action and could result in more severe damage than breaching of the levees. ' ANALYSES OF THE PROBLEM 1. Mr. Osborne reports that the reach of the Santa Ana River from the San Diego Freeway to Seventeenth Street is the weakest portion of the Santa Ana River. Most of the Flood Control District ef- forts have been directed in the upper reaches, (i.e. in the Santa Ana Canyon area) in the. past years. Most of the Flood Control District's obligations in these areas have been met. It would seem prudent that the cities in the lower reaches of the Santa Ana River strongly urge the Board of Supervisors and the Flood Control District to concentrate future efforts to strengthening this portion of the Santa Ana River to avoid washouts in this reach of the River. - 2. To avoid inundation from breaching of the levees it would be possible to consider earthen berms or constructing retaining walls around the periphery of the Plants to keep the Plant areas rela- tively dry. FLOOD HAZARD ANALYSIS ANALYSES OF -THE PROBLEM (Continued) 3. Consider additional protective structures or devices around essential units in the Plants such as electrical distribution centers, transformers, influent and effluent pumping system, gas engines, etc., so these units can be maintained in operation during the flood periods. 4. John Carollo Engineers are presently analyzing some of the areas mentioned in Items 2 and 3 above and will be including them in their Master Plan Report which is scheduled to be submitted to the Board in January, 1973. 5. In conjunction with John Carollo's analyses, the staff is seek- ing additional information from the Corps of Engineers and the State Division of Highways to better define the flood plane corridors and develop preventive measures which can be done to protect the facilities and also satisfy State and Federal guide- lines from the standpoint of flood protection. Emergency pro- cedures are also being studied which could be implemented if apparent flooding seems imminent. REL: hjm 9/8/72 ?Om%� RESOLUTION N0. 72-127 A JOINT RESOLUTION 0 0 THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS. 13 2, 3, 5, 63 7, AND 11, 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 DISTRICTS' TREATMENT PLANTS NOS ..1 AND 2 The Board of Directors of the County Sanitation Districts Nos. 1, 25 33 53 63 7, and 11 of Orange County, California, hereby resolve as follows: WHEREAS, a recent report by the Department of .k my, 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 eft\1 if 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 AS FOLLOWS: l.- 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 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 13th day of September, 1972. 9/13/72 Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the staff be authorized to issue a purchase order for transportation of the Contact Stabilization Package Sewage Treatment Plant purchased from East Bay Municipal Utility District, from its location in Oakland, California, to Treatment Plant No. 2 in Huntington Beach for an amount not to exceed $1,700.00. Approving License Agreement with Orange County Water District for right of way Reclamation Plant No. 1 agreement for supplying Water District and the amount of concentrated copy of this resolution these minutes. Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the Boards of Directors adopt Resolution No. 72-122, approving License Agreement with Orange County Water District for right of way and injection well site at Water in connection with previously executed secondary treated effluent to the return of an approximate equivalent brines from Water Factory 21. Certified is attached hereto and made a part of ALL DISTRICTS Moved, seconded and duly carried: Approving plans and s2 ecifications for That the Boards of Directors adopt Job No. P1-1 -P Resolution No. 72-123, approving plans and specifications for piping and appurtenant work for Installation of Pilot Activated Sludge Plant, Job No. P1-16-P, authorizing advertising for bids, and authorizing District No. 1 to award contract at its discretion. Certified copy of this resolution is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. DISTRICTS Director Just, Chairman of the ort of Special Flood Special Flood Prevention Committee, vention Committee and reported on the activities of his ption of resolution committee for studying means of protecting uesting the Board of the Districts' treatment facilities ervisors to improve from flood waters. It was the Special tions of Santa Ana Committee's recommendation that the er to mitigate potential Joint Boards, and each of the agencies ndation of Districts' represented on the Boards, adopt a atment faciliites resolution requesting the Board of Supervisors to direct the Orange County Flood Control District to take measures to ensure the , integrity of the Santa Ana River levees from 17th Street to the ocean and that the Districts' staff be directed to develop cost figures for installation of protective walls around the treatment plant sites. Following a general discussion, it was moved, seconded and duly carried: That the Boards of Directors adopt Resolution No. 72-127, requesting the Orange County Board of Supervisors to improve portions of the Santa Ana River to mitigate the potential inundation of the Districts' Treatment Plants Nos. 1 and 2; and, FURTHER MOVED: That the staff be directed to develop cost estimates for construction of retaining walls around the treatment plant sites to protect said facilities from inundation. -5- 1 9/13/72 ALL DISTRICTS Certification of the General Manager rece-ived and ordered filed to be in order, and that be received and ordered Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the certification of the General Manager that he has checked all bills appearing on tiie agenda, found them he recommends authorization for payment, filed. ALL DISTRICTS Moved, seconded and duly carried by Approval of Joint Operating roll call vote: and Capital Outlay Revolving Fund warrant books That Fund Fund warrant books be approved of District No. 1, and that the and directed to pay: Joint Operating Capital Outlay Revolving the Districts' Joint Operating and Capital Outlay Revolving for signature of the Chairman County Auditor be authorized $ 842292.36 946,668.96 $13,0302961.32 in accordance with the warrants listed on page "A-1" through "A-311, attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. ALL DISTRICTS Following a brief discussion, it was Authorizing participation moved, seconded and duly carried: of Board member and staff member at the Association That the Joint Chairman be authorized of Metropolitan Sewerage to appoint one Board member to Agencies' Special Committee accompany the General Manager and on Federal Ocean Disposal participate in a meeting of the Regulations Meeting Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies' Special Committee on Federal Ocean Disposal Regulations in Washington, D.C. or a location to be determined, to be scheduled in September or October; and, FURTHER MOVED: That reimbursement for travel, meals, lodging and incidental expenses incurred for attandance of said meeting,'be authorized. ALL DISTRICTS Following a brief discussion, it Reaffirming position on was moved, seconded and duly carried: petition for hearing on Water Quality Control That the Boards of Directors of Plan for Ocean Waters County Sanitation Districts Nos. 1, of California 2, 3, 5, 62 7, and 11, hereby reaffirm their intent to pursue their petition to the State of California - Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, requesting a hearing on the Water Quality Control Plan for the Ocean Waters of California. DISTRICT-2 Approval of warrants Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the vistrlcz,s Accumuiatieu Capital Outlay Fund warrant book be approved for signature of the Chairman and that the County Auditor be authorized and directed to pay $20,337.92, in accordance with the warrants listed on page "B", attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. DISTRICT 2 Moved, seconded and duly carried: Adjournment That this meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 2 be adjourned. The Chairman then declared the meeting so adjourned at 9:50 p.m., September 13, 1972. .00� S COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA P. O. BOX 8127. FOUNTAIN VALLEY. CALIFORNIA 927OB 10844 ELLIS AVENUE (EUCLID OFF -RAMP. SAN DIEGO FREEWAY TELEPHONES: AREA CODE 714 540-291 O 962 - 2411 September 20, 1972 Sent to City Courwils of Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Coster Mesa, Cypress, Fountain valley, Fullerton, Garden gore, Huntington Beach, La Habra, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, arms, Placentia, Santa Ana, 6ea3l Beach,, Stanton, Tustin, villa Park, Yorba U nda & Wastminaster, and to Board of Directors of Costa Mesa Sanitary District, Garden Grove Sanitary District and Midway City 6ani.tary District, Subject: Flood Protection for Lower Santa Ana River Valley Transmitted herewith is a copy of Resolution No..72-127 adopted unanimously on September 13 by the Boards of Directors of the seven County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, together with a copy of a letter of transmittal to the Board of Supervisors. We believe the resolution to be self-explanatory. The Sanitation Districts! Directors earnestly solicit your support in this matter to the end that.the Districts' huge investment in facilities will be more adequately protected and that the Districts' treatment plants will be able to operate during severe floods. If one, or both, of the treatment plants are rendered inoperable from flood inundation, we are sure you realize that it would present a major catastrophe to a large portion of the county. Of concern also is the havoc and damage, with possible loss of life, that a flood inundation would cause to other public and private property in the lower Santa Ana River valley. Your cooperation in this matter will be sincerely appreciated. Edward E. Just, Chairman Special Flood Prevention Committee EEJ:gg Enclosures BOUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA P. O. BOX 8127, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 9270E 1OB44 ELLIS AVENUE (EUCLID OFF -RAMP, SAN DIEGO FREEWAY) Board of Supervisors Orange County Flood Control District 400 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, California 92701 TELEPHONES: AREA CODE 714 S4o-291 O 962-2411 September 20, 1972 Subject: Flood Protection for Lower Santa Ana River Valley Transmitted herewith is a certified copy of Resolution No. 72-127 adopted unanimously on September 13 by the Boards of Directors of the seven County Sanitation Districts of Orange County. This resolution expresses the Sanitation Districts' Directors' concern over tr,.e inadequacy of the levee protection of the Santa Ana River channel south of 17th street and is self-explanatory. The Sanitation Districts' Directors would appreciate your immediate attention to the request contained in this resolution. We should also appreciate being advised as to when this matter will be considered by your Honorable Body in order that a verbal_ presentation can be made at that time by Mr. Robert. F. Finnell, Joint Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the Sanitation Districts, and the writer. Edward E. Just,' -chairman Special Flood Prevention Conmittee EEJ gg Enclosure cc: All Directors Orange County Flood Control District - H. G. Osborne ORANGE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT 400 CIV1C CENTER DRIVE WEST SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA MAILING A00RESS: OSBORNE TELEPHONE: 634-2300 P. O. BOX 107a i ENGINEER AREA CODE 714 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 22702 Mr, No. E01. 21 October 3, 1972 The Honorable Board of Supervisors Orange County Flood Control District Santa Ana, California •SUBJECT: Santa Ana River - County Sanitation Districts' resolution re flood • hazard (All Districts) SYNOPSIS: The Santa Ana River Channel downstream from 17th Street is inadequate. The inadequacy began with the work of the-Newbert Protection District around the turn of the century. Improvements have been made but more are necessary.. Until the Corps of Engineers study is completed (Novem- ber 1973) the capacity requirements remain unknown. Budgeting for west -side rock work between 17th Street and the San Diego Freeway is now being studied.' If feasible, construction could be completed in 1973. Additional work needs to be based on the Corps of Engineers study. Gentlemen: This is to comment on the County Sanitation Districts' resolution trans- mitted to the Board of Supervisors by letter dated September 20, 1972. The resolution memorializes the Orange County Flood Control District to take steps to reduce the flood hazard arising from the size and strength inadequacies of the Santa Ana River Channel downstream from 17th Street.' ' In order to place the problem in proper perspective some historical back- ground is needed. The levees of the Santa Ana River downstream from Santiago Creek were originally constructed by the Newbert Protection District around 1900. The protgctive district was dissolved in 1941 and title to its real property, in - eluding the Santa Ana River -Channel, was automatically vested in the two local political jurisdictions affected -- the County of Orange and the City of Santa Ana. In or about 1955, the County of Orange transferred its ownership and >ra.in- tenance responsibilities to the Orange County Flood Control District. Subsequently, a land exchange was completed with the City of Santa Ana which vested title to cer- tain off -channel areas near Santiago Creek in the City of Santa Ana. In exchange the flood control district received certain lands occupied by the Santa Ana. River Channel and Santiago Creek. At the time of the 1938 flood the Newbert Protection District levees were breached on both sides in several loc4tions producing widespread inundation upon what was then predominantly farm lands, but is now intensive urban development. • t The Honorable Board of Supervisors Page 2 t At the time the county assumed'ownership and responsibility (1941) the channel had been repaired but remained grossly inadequate with a capacity less than 10,000 cubic feet per second. This condition continued virtually unchanged until 1957. Under the 1956 flood control district bond issue certain improvement work was undertaken in 1957-1958. For 3000-feet inland from tidewater permanent works of rock and concrete were constructed. Upstream from the permanent works the channel was widened and deepened to the present location of the San Diego Freeway crossing and rock riprap side protection installed all on an interim capacity basis. From the San Diego'Freeway location to 17th Street similar work was accom- plished but in place of rock riprap it was necessary to utilize a cheaper and less secure bank protection of reinforced asphaltic concrete. This was. due to inadequacy of bond funds. The engineers retained by the Board of Supervisors-for.preparation of the 1956 bond election report made certain determinations of the ultimate required capacity of'the Santa Ana River. Their estimate of 35,500 cubic feet per second at Coast Highway has, as explained below, been found to be faulty. The perman- ent work was designed for this capacity. •The work upstream was desi ngned in accordance with the' limitations of the bond report providing 'for 50 to 65% of the 35,500 cubic feet per second. - In 1962, the Board of Supervisors requested the Congress to authorize a re- study of the federal flood control program in Orange County in the light -of vastly changed conditions since the original formulation in 1936. That study has been • under way .since- 1964 and has revealed an alarming deficiency .:.'�n the Corps of En- gineers Prado Reservoir project. The project, it has been discovered, has in- sufficient capacity to contain the new Project Flood and the expectation is that • a major flood will produce very large uncontrolled spillway flows with resultant widespread flooding and damage in Orange -County. These new flood flows are far in excess of those determined by the bond issue engineers. Remedial measures proposed by the Corps of Engineers include greatly increasing:the channel capacity through Orange County or raising the height of the dam to achieve a larger reser- voir, or a combination of the two. .The.two floods.experienced in the winter of 1969 were kept within the Santa Ana River Channel, but only by heroic efforts of flood -fighting forces. The most serious contributing factor to the crisis was the massive erosion that took place • in and along the river channel from Ka.tella Avenue to*Prado Reservoir and the sub- sequent deposition of much of the material in the lower five miles of the channel. This resulted in abnormally high flood water elevations threatening the tops of the levees. Severe difficulty was experienced with the asphaltic concrete lining of the river between San Diego Freeway and 17th Street. Portions became under-. mined and were kept in place and the levees saved only by the. emergency placement . of -rock work by means. -of heavy equipment. . Much remedial work on the river since the 1969 floods has been or is under' construction. A continuation of the rock protection work between Katella Avenue The Honorable Board of Supervisors Page 3 and the MWD outlet (nine miles) which will greatly .reduce the future erosion and deposition in the lower part of the channel is now in the completion stages. Sur- plus sediment has been removed from the lower five miles of the river and deposited on the beaches. Additional height of rock riprap in the reach between the San Diego Freeway and the Coast Highway has been installed. The asphaltic concrete lining from the San Diego Freeway to 17th Street has been patched and restored to its condition previous -to the flood. The Corps of Engineers studies are continuing and a repdrt on the Santa Ana River is expected in 1973.. The report will contain the Corps of Engineers recom- mendations and should serve as a basis for planning interim protective works for the Santa Ana. River from 17th Street to the Coast Highway. Within this area, the portion between 17th and the San Diego Freeway is considered to be the most vul- nerable portion of the river at this time. Budget studies for; the 1973-1974 fiscal year have started and top priority has been assigned to. remedial work in this reach. Replacement of the west side asphaltic concrete lining.with.rock riprap from 17th Street to the freeway at.this writing appears to be the most effective expenditure of local funds and may be possible during the summer and fall of 1973. When the Corps -of Engineers publishes its report; on the Santa Ana River (due r in 1973) better information will be available on which? to base• additional improve- ments. In the meanwhile the above work appears to be the limit of local capability at this particular time. RECQVAHMTDATION: 1. Receive and file. s 2. Forward copy to County Sanitation° Districts., • - Respectfully submitted, H. G. Osborne, Chief Engineer HGO, October 6, 1972 M E M O R A N D U M TO: Chairman Finnell and Director Just Gentlemen: We have been advised by the County Supervisors' office that the Districts' Resolution No. 72-127, requesting the improvement of portions of the Santa Ana River to prevent potential inundation of the Districts' treat- ment facilities in the event of heavy winter rains, will be considered by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, October loth. The Deputy Clerk has advised that this matter is scheduled to be considered early in the meeting which begins at 9:30a.m. Fred A. Harper General Manager FAH:j cc: Ray E. Lewis, Deputy Chief Engineer ✓? r+" MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ORANGE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA October 10, 1972 IN RE: AMEND MINUTE ORDER FILLING REGULAR POSITION VACANCIES On motion of Supervisor Baker, duly seconded and unanimously carried, the Minute Order of August 2, 1972 regarding County policy in filling regular position vacancies is amended to provide that "whenever possible the Personnel Department will give priority to PEP employees over non -County employees in making referrals to County Departments for the filling of vacancies". IN RE: TRABUCO CREEK .PROGRESS REPORT NO. 2 On motion of Supervisor Caspers, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Trabuco Creek Progress Report No. 2 is received and ordered filed, the County's grant coordinator is authorized to investigate the possibility of -a planning.grant, and the date of January 16, 1973 is set for submittal of the next progress report, as recommended by the Chief Engineer of the Orange County Flood Control District in his letter dated October 10, 1972 IN RE: REPORT SANTA ANA RIVER COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS' RESOLUTION ON FLOOD HAZARD On motion of Supervisor Caspers, duly seconded and unanimously carried, the report from the Chief -Engineer of the Orange County Flood Control District dated October 3, 1972, on the County Sanitation District Resolution No. 72-127 dated September 13, 1972, regarding the flood hazard from the Santa Ana River Channel is received and ordered filed. IN RE: SELECT PARK CONSULTANT PROPOSED ARCHITECTURAL -ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT UNIVERSITY REGIONAL PARK i-... 4,4 JGNES, PETERS ON ASSOCIATES.,-INC. On motion of Supervisor Caspers, duly seconded and unanimously carried, the firm of Jones, Peterson Associates, Inc, is selected as park consultant- --t'a ,prepare tbe,,,,construction contract documents for Phase II of University Regional''Park, and the Director of Harbors, Beaches and Parks is authorized to negotiate a contract with said firm for consideration of the Board of Supervisors. 91 r 1 of a-2.2 asOMV OCT 1 � 1972 County Sanitation gistricts of Orange County A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BUENA PARK REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, TO IMPROVE PORTIONS OF THE S NTI'1 ANA RIVER TO MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL INMiDATION OF THE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS TREATMENT PLANTS NOS. 1 AND 2 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 O -WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of the seven County Sanitation Districts have expressed their concern by authorizing iumediate protective measures to be taken within the joint treatment facilities; however, these measures cannot provide complete protection frorq 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 ti.x months. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That the City Council of the City of Buena Park 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. -1- G SECTION 2: That the Board of 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, by the following called vote: • AYES: 5 COUNCILt1EN: Bousman, Davis, Fonte, Meyer and Hines NOES: 0 COUNCIUIEN: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None MAYOR ATTEST: I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Buena Park, held on tie 2nd day of October , 1972. CITY CLERK fHE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT I$ A FULL, TR"- ANG RIGINA ONFILEIN iH13 O`FF%IOE GO,REOT COFT OF THE O O FoitmA CITY THE CITY OF BUENA P�jK CITY LE0.K OF y -2- Y n gzu v OCT r) 1972 County Sanitation District, of Orange County I CITY OF ORANIGE P.O. BOX 41 C 7 300 EAST HAPMAN AVENUE ow TELEPHONE ca3z— 532-0341 ORANGE. CALIFORNIA 92666 CITY CLERK CIVIC County Sanitation Districts of Orange County P.O. Box 8127 Fountain Valley,. California 92708 CENTER October 2, 1972 Attention: J. Wayne Sylvester, Secretary of the Boards of Directors. Gentlemen: item t9o._. ljq FILED In the Office of the Secretary County Sanitation District No ]it Q OCT 11 1972 Enclosed please find a copy of Resolution No. 3717, adopted by the City Council, Orange, California, at their Regular Meeting held September 26, 1972. Resolution No. 3717 is entitled: CMJ:mj, Enclosure RESOLUTION No. 3717 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE URGING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE TO IMPROVE PORTIONS OF THE SANTA ANA RIVER TO MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL INUNDATION OF TREATMENT PLANTS NUMBERS 1 AND 2 OF THE SEVERAL SANITATION DISTRICTS. Very truly yours, CHARLOTTE M. JOHNSTON City Clerk _ e by Marilyn Jensen, Deputy INCORPORATED APRIL 8. f066 1 REIMV OCT 0 31972 . a i Sa..' -z'm Distri= V ol ora-',- ^opn"j l e RESOLUTION NO. 3717 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE URGING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE TO IMPROVE PORTIONS OF THE SANTA ANA RIVER TO MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL INUNDATION OF TREATMENT PLANTS NUMBERS 1 AND 2 OF THE SEVERAL SANITATION DISTRICTS. 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 Sani- tation 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 authoriz- ing 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 1gHEREAS, recent floods in other portions of California and the eastern United States have exemplified the im- pbrta.nce of wastewater treatment facilities to a. community; s ... :a.nd <, • - WHEREAS , it ha.s been estimated that if the joint works the County Sanitation Districts become inundated and made t inoperable, the metropolitan area of Orange County will.be, .- without t-reatment facilities for a. period in excess of six months. r: _. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED a.s. follows: 1- '"'That the City Council of the City of Orange - hereby: .r ., ,strongly urges 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 o_f:s the Santa Ana. River levees and to provide maximum capacity ,r • a r`` - of ;the -Sa.nta Ana River to protect the joint works facilities • { :: o.f 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'.r• : ' facilities. shall be expedited. .,ADOPTED this 26th day of September, 1972. �. JESS F. PEREZ Mayor of the City of Orange r ATTEST: a ."CHARLOTTE M JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK By KATHLEEN A. HYLAND Deputy City Clerk of t ie ' } °City of Orange 3 2. ' s A I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Orange at a ----- regular meeting thereof held on the 26th day of September 197 2 , by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: HOYT, JACKM&N, SMITH, TEMPLE, PEREZ NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONT, ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE CILkRLOTTE M. JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK KATHLEEN A. HYLAND By DEPUTY City Clerk -of the City of Orange Au IMM9VIELD) OCT 0 31972 y�aan�olSaj:ihtion Distri" of ®moon coupr l iWefida Item IN® 14(4) M CITH 0f SqM M CALIFORNIA October 5, 1972 Board of aapervisors Orange County Flood Control District 400 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana. CA 92701 Cleric of th,4 Council Santa Ana, CA 92701 FILED In the Office of the Secretary County Sanitation District No - OCT 1 ., 1972 FLOOD PROTECTION FOR LOWER SANTA ANA RIVER VALLEY At its regular meeting hand on October Z. 1972, the City Co=cil Nvent an record with unanimous support of Resolution k, 72-127 of the Boards of Director» of the County Sanitation Districts request- ing the Board of Supervisors to improve portions of the Santa Ara River to mitigate the potential inundation of th4 Districts' treatment plantis amnlbcri, i aua L. ?; copy of that resolution is e,aciosed. The Santa Ana City Council joins with the Boards of Directors in urging that irrrunediats action be taken W insur4 tLe staLility of the tulta Arta, Ziver to proeeCt the joint work& iacilicy of 6w 5anitution Districts. Cordially, Florence 1. Melons�� Clerk of the Council Enclosure crs Edward E. Just, Chairman Special Flood Freveation Committee 0. C. Flood Control District, H. C. Osborne C 0 P Y CITY WALL • 303 WEST COMMOOO* ALTH AVENUE • FULLERTON. CALIFORNI, ikonda Item No I a (,a) October 6, 1972 CITY OF FULLERTON BLED In the Office of the Secretary Count,yyllSanitation District No " Board of Supervisors OBI ' 972 Orange County Flood Control District 400 Civic Center Drive west <� Santa Ana, California 92701 By y. Subject: Flood Protection for Lower Santa Ana River Valley CGentlemen: 0 At its meeting of October 3, 1972, the Fullerton City Council unanimously endorsed the resolution of the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 11, of Orange County, California, requesting P 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. YVery truly yours, w' Y"Ci ts Assistant City Administrator WCW:mr cc -r ,~ Edward E. Just, Chairman County Sanitation Districts of Orange County P. 0. Box 8127 Fountain Valley, California 92708 n OF BUENA PARK C A L I F O R N I A 9 0 6 2 0 6670 BEACH BOULEVARD. TEL. (AREA CODE 714) 521.9900 ,..� agenaa Itern no. a. _" A �r `� cq.P OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK MARGUERITE G. COURSON October 9, 1972 FI LED In the Office of the Secretary County Sanitation District No \\� O C i 1 i 1972 Orange County Sanitation Districts B�M1 P.O. BOX 8127 �..,. Fountain Valley, California 92708 Attention: J. Wayne Sylvester Gentlemen: Enclosed is a certified copy of Resolution No. 4767 adopted October 2, 1972 by.the Buena Park City Council entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BUENA PARK 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 COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS TREAT- MENT PLANTS NOS. 1 AND 2.11 Very truly yours, CITY OF BUENA PARK Carol L. Bernhardt Deputy City Clerk CLB Enclosure kl OCT 101972 County Sanitation Distrid5 of ®rang: CountY 10/11/72 ALL DISTRICTS Recess ALL DISTRICTS Reconvene ALL DISTRICTS Directing the staff to conduct meet and confer sessions with representa- tives of Orange County Employees Association which they represent; and, At 8:46 p.m. the Joint Chairman declared a recess. At 8:59 p.m. the Boards reconvened. Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the staff be directed to conduct meet and confer sessions with repre- sentatives of the Orange County Employees Association in connection with personnel matters for employees FURTHER MOVED: That the General Counsel be directed to provide legal counsel as needed and that he be further authorized to obtain special counsel when unusual problems arise. ALL DISTRICTS Joint Chairman Finnell reported on Report of Special Committee the activities of the Special Committee on State Board Ocean Policy on State Board Ocean Policy. The Committee is scheduled to meet with Mr. Norman B. Livermore, Director of the Water Resources Agency under which the State Water Resources Control Board functions. The outcome of that meeting will be reported to the Joint Boards at the next regular meeting. ALL DISTRICTS Receive and file actions from various cities requesting the Board of Supervisors re protection of Districts Treatment Plants from potential flooding the event of flooding be Moved, seconded and duly carried: That copies of actions of the cities of Orange, Santa Ana, Buena Park, and Fullerton requesting the Board of Supervisors to improve portions of the Santa Ana River to mitigate the potential inundation of Districts Treatment'Plants Nos. 1 and 2 in received and ordered filed. ALL DISTRICTS Director Just, Chairman of the Directing the staff to Special Flood Prevention Committee, develop emergency plan reported that he had appeared before for protection of Districts the Orange County Board of Supervisors Facilities from flooding in connection with Districts' Resolu- tion No. 72-127 requesting the Board to improve portions of the Santa Ana River to mitigate the potential inundation of Treatment Plants Nos. 1 and 2 in the event of flooding. The Flood Control District has advised that funds are not available in the current fiscal year. However, they anticipate that an appropriation will be budgeted during the 1973-74 fiscal year to reinforce the west levee of the Santa Ana River from the San Diego Freeway to 17th Street in Santa Ana. Director Just observed that the Chief Engineer of the Flood Control District was of the opinion that the project should possibly be forestalled until a Corps of Engineers report is completed in December, 1973,to ensure eligibility for federal funds for the work. A staff level meeting of representatives from the Districts, the Flood Control District, the Board of Supervisors,.and the cities bordering the Santa Ana River from 17th Street to the ocean has been scheduled for later in the month to discuss the matter and it is expected that further recommendations will be forthcoming. Following a lengthy discussion concerning possible courses of action that might be followed to protect the Districts' treatment facilities from flood damage, it wag moved, seconded and duly carried: -5- n 10/11/72 W e That the staff be directed to work with representatives of the Flood Control District to develop a cooperative emergency plan to be implemented in the event of imminent flood danger to the Sanitation Districts' treatment facilities; and that said plan take into consideration the danger to the area immediately west of the Districts' treatment facilities. LL DISTRICTS uthorizing G anager to is rder to plan peecif_ica�tion ob ece Following a report by the Deputy Chief eneral Engineer on the estimated cost and sue change scheduling for construction of a wall to s and protect Reclamation Plant No. 1 from s for major flood damage in the event of a break in the Santa Ana River levee north of the plant, it was moved, seconded and duly carried: That the General Manager be authorized to issue a change order to the plans and specifications for Influent Metering and Diversion Structure at Treatment Plant No. 1, Job No. I-8-3, for construction of flood prevention wall along northerly property line of Reclamation Plant No. 1 in an amount not to exceed $85,000.00. DISTRICTS ive file Moved, seconded and duly carried: sal by John Cercllo That the proposal submitted by John eers for oreparation Carollo Engineers, dated September 22, eration and Maintenance 1972, for engineering services in 1 for P1-1 connection with preparation of Operation and Maintenance Manual for 46 MGD Activated Sludge Plant at Reclamation Plant No. 1, Job No. P1-16, be received, ordered filed, and accepted; and, That the General Manager be authorized to direct the engineer to proceed with said work on a per diem fee basis for a maximum fee not to exceed $26,500 in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the proposal as follows: Principal Engineer $.30.25 per hour Senior Engineer Associate Engineer Assistant Engineer Draftsman Clerical ALL DISTRICTS A in Addendum No. 1 27.75 per hour 22.75 per hour 18.70 per hour 14.25 per hour 9.00 per hour Moved, seconded and duly carried: pprov g to and specifications That Addendum No. 1 to the plans and plans for Job No. P1-9-1 and specifications for Additional Secondary Job No. J- -1 Treatment at Reclamation Plant No. 1, Job No. P1-9-1, and Increased Water Reuse Facilities at Plant No. 2, Job No. J-4-1, be approved. Copy of Addendum is on file in the office of the Secretary of the District. .ALL DISTRICTS Moved, seconded and duly carried: Certification of the That the certification of the Assistant Assistant General P4anager received and ordered filed General Manager that he has checked all bills appearing on the agenda, found them to be in order, and that he recommends authorization for payment, be received and ordered filed. 10/11/72 IOWA That the staff be directed to work with representatives of the F1ood)Control District to develop a cooperative emergency plan to be implemented in the event of imminent flood danger to the Sanitation Districts' treatment facilities; and that said plan take into consideration the dariger to the area immediately west of the Districts' treatment facilities. ALL DISTRICTS Following a report by the Deputy.Chief Authorizing General Engineer on the estimated cost and Manager to issue change scheduling for construction of a wall to order to plans and protect Reclamation Plant No. 1 from s ecifications for major flood damage in the event of a Job No. I- -3 break in the Santa Ana River levee north of the plant, it was moved, seconded and duly carried: That the General Manager be authorized to issue a change order to the plans and specifications for Influent Metering and Diversion Structure at Treatment Plant No. 1, Job No. I-8-3, for construction of flood prevention wall along northerly property line of Reclamation Plant No. 1 in an amount not to exceed $85,000.00. L DISTRICTS Moved, seconded and Ouly carried: ceive, file and accept oposal by John Carollo That the proposal submitted by John gineers for preparation Carollo Engineers, dated September 22, 0 eration ar_d !Maintenance 1972, for engineering services in n5a1 for Pl-lb connection with preparation of Operation and Maintenance Manual for 46 MGD Activated Sludge Plant at Reclamation Plant No. 1, Job No. P1-16, be received, ordered filed, and accepted; and, That the General Manager be authorized to direct the engineer to proceed with said work on a per diem fee basis for a maximum fee not to exceed $26,500 in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the proposal as follows: Principal Engineer $ 30.25 per hour Senior Engineer Associate Engineer Assistant Engineer Draftsman Clerical ALL DISTRICTS A vin Addendum No 1 27.75 per hour 22.75 per hour 18.70 per hour 14.25 per hour 9.00 per hour Moved, seconded and duly carried: DMr g to plans and specifications That Addendum No. 1 to the plans and for Job No. P1-9-1 and specifications for Additional Secondary Job No. J- -1 Treatment at Reclamation Plant No. 1, Job No. P1-9-1, and Increased Water Reuse Facilities at Plant No. 2, Job No. J-4-1, be approved. Copy of Addendum is on file in the office of the Secretary of the District. ALL DISTRICTS Moved, seconded and duly carried: Certification of the Assistant General Manager That the certification of the Assistant received and ordered filed General Manager that he has checked all bills appearing on the agenda, found them to be in order, and that he recommends authorization for paymerc, be received and ordered filed. Q 10/11/72 ALL DISTRICTS Recess ALL DISTRICTS Reconvene _ ALL DISTRICTS Directing the staff to conduct meet and confer sessions with representa- tives of Orange County Employees Association which they represent; and, At 8:46 p.m. the Joint Chairman declared a recess. At 8:59 p.m. the Boards reconvened. Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the staff be directed to conduct meet and confer sessions with repre- sentatives of the Orange County Employees Association in connection with personnel matters for employees FURTHER MOVED: That the General Counsel be directed to provide legal counsel as needed and that he be further authorized to obtain special counsel when unusual problems arise. ALL DISTRICTS Joint Chairman Finnell reported on Report of Special Committee the activities of the Special Committee on State Board Ocean Policy on State Board Ocean Policy. The Committee is scheduled to meet with Mr. Norman B. Livermore, Director of the Water Resources Agency under which the State Water Resources Control Board functions. The outcome of that meeting will be reported to the Joint Boards at the next regular meeting. ISTRICTS Moved, seconded and duly carried: ve and file actions from various cities requesting the Board of Supervisors re protection of Districts Treatment Plants from potential flooding the event of flooding be That copies of actions of the cities of Orange, Santa Ana, Buena Park_, and Fullerton requesting the Board of Supervisors to improve portions of the Santa Ana River• to mitigate the potential.inundation_of Districts Treatment Plants Nos. 1 and 2 in received and ordered filed. ALL DISTRICTS Director Just, Chairman of the Directing the staff to Special Flood Prevention Committee, develop emergency plan reported that he had appeared before for protection of Districts the Orange County Board of Supervisors Facilities from flooding in connection with Districts' Resolu- tion No. 72-127 requesting the Board to improve portions of the Santa Ana River to mitigate the potential inundation of Treatment Plants Nos. 1 and 2 in the event of flooding. The Flood Control District has advised that funds are not available in the current fiscal year. However, they anticipate that an appropriation will be budgeted during the 1973-74 fiscal year to reinforce the west levee of the Santa Ana River from the San Diego Freeway to 17th Street in Santa Ana. Director Just observed that the Chief Engineer of the Flood Control District was of the opinion that the project should possibly be forestalled until a Corps of Engineers report is completed in December, 1973,to ensure eligibility for federal funds for the work. A staff level meeting of representatives from the Districts, the Flood Control District, the Board of Supervisors, and the cities bordering the Santa Ana River from 17th Street to the ocean has been scheduled for later in the month to discuss the matter and it is expected that further recommendations will be forthcoming. Following a lengthy discussion concerning possible courses of action that might be followed to protect the Districts' treatment facilities from flood damage, it wa, moved, seconded and du=._7 carried: -5- MILLER,NISSON & KoC;LER ATTORNEYS AT LAW CLARK MILLER C.ARTHUR NISSON 2014 NORTH BROADWAY NELSON KOGLER SANTA ANA, CALIFOKNIA 92706 H. LAWSON MEAD October 11, 1972 Mr. Fred A. Harper, General Manager County Sanitation. Districts of Orange County Post Office Box 8127 Fountain Valley, California 92708 Dear Fred: With reference to the brick and earthen wall proposed to be constructed on the northerly side of the property along Ellis Street at Treatment Plant No. 1, it is my opinion that this is a "structure" as said word is used in subsection (c) of Section 65402 of the Government Code. TELEPHONE AREA CODE 714 542-6771 A statement designating the location, purpose and extent of such structure should be submitted to the Planning Commission -of the City of Fountain Valley with a request for report thereon. If there is no report within forty days, the law provides that it is conclusively deemed to be in conformity with the Plan of the City of Fountain Valley. If the City Planning Commission disapproves the location, purpose or extent of the structure, the disapproval may be overruled by the Sanitation Districts. Under the provisions of Section 21151 of the Public Resources Code an Environmental Impact Report on this project must be submitted along with the report of the project to the Planning Commission of the City of Fountain Valley. It is suggested that you request the Board of Directors to appoint a committee to sit with selected members of your staff and me to try to work out a policy to recommend to the Directors concerning the type and nature of projects which are likely to require an Environmental Impact Report as well as a report under the provisions of Section 65402 of the Government Code. Copies of pertinent statutes are attached hereto. Very truly yours, C. Arthur Nisson, CAN:ac General Counsel CCU ORAN�, COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, (STRICT 400 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE WEST SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA MAILING ADDRESS: N. G. OSBORNE TELEPHONE: 034-2300 P. O. BOX 1073 CHIEF ENGINEER AREA CODE 714 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92702 Mr. Ron Wolford City of Santa Ana' Mr. Wayne Osborne City of Fountain Valley Mr. James Wheeler City of Huntington Beach Mr. Norman Spielman City of Costa Mesa OCT 121972 FILE No. E01.00 A Mr. Joseph Devlin City of Newport Beach SUBJECT: Santa Ana River Improvements Gentlemen: V Mr. Ray Lewis County Sanitation Districts of O.C. Executive Assistants Supervisorial Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Each year since the floods of 1969 there has been appropriated a sizable amount of money for continuing improvement of the Santa Ana River to mitigate the critical bank erosion problem between the Metropolitan Water District Outlet and Ratella Avenue. Protective works in that reach are now nearing completion. Sediment eroded from the upper portions and deposited in the lower Santa Ana River during the 1969 floods has been removed and deposited on the beach. Between the San Diego Freeway and 17th Street the river levees are lined with asphaltic concrete which has been patched and restored to its condition previous to the floods of 1969, however, the area is still considered to be the most vulnerable portion of the river at this time, subject to undermining from peak flood flows and having in- sufficient capacity to contain peak floods predicted by the Corps of Engineers. A briefing is planned on the present status of Prado Dam and the lower Santa Ana River followed by a brainstorming session to develop a positive course of action for increasing the level of flood protection downstream from 17th Street, commencing with a planned 1973-74 budget appropriation. Your participation is invited in this meeting scheduled for 3:00 PM, Tuesday October 4. 1972. Because of current re- modeling of the flood control district's offices on the third floor of the Civic Center Engineering Building, the meeting will be held in the Road Department confer- ence room, second floor of the same building. Very truly yours, H. G. Osborne, Chief Engineer CRN:mn rmo 'O, 11/8/72 DISTRICT 11 Moved, seconded and duly carried: Authorizing and directing execution and filing or That the Board of Directors adopt documents for Federal and Resolution No. 72-147-11, authorizing State grant funding and directing execution and filing of documents necessary for Federal Grants under 33 U.S.C., 466 et seq. and State Grants under Clean Water Bond Law of 1970, for 1972-73 Joint Works Improvements and Additions. Certified copy of this resolution is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. ALL DISTRICTS Moved, seconded and duly carried: Receive and file resolutions r'rom the various agencies to That copies of resolutions from the the Board of Supervisors re city of Tustin and the Costa Mesa protection of Districts Sanitary District requesting the Treatment Plants from Board of Supervisors to improve potential flooding portions of the Santa Ana River to mitigate the potential inundation of Districts' Treatment Plants Nos. 1 and 2 in the event of flooding, be received and ordered filed. ALL DISTRICTS Moved, seconded and duly carried: Receive and file quarterly financial report of the That the financial report of the Director Director of Finance of Finance for the quarter ending September 30, 1972, be received, ordered filed and approved. ALL DISTRICTS Moved, seconded and duly carried: ornia Regional Water That the Boards of Directors adopt ty Control Board to Resolution No. 72-149, requesting t preliminary technical permission of the California Regional t to comply with SWRCB Water Quality Control Board, Santa Plan Ana Region, to submit a preliminary technical report as required by the State Water Resources Control Board's Water Quality Control Plan for the Ocean Waters of California, by January 15, 1973, with submission of final report on or before January 1, 1974. Certified copy of this resolution is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. ALL DISTRICTS Mr. Harper reported that the staff Increasing scope of 1972 had discussed with the Executive Master Plan Report to Officer of the California Regional include preliminary Water Quality Control Board, Santa technical report to comply Ana Region, the points to be covered with SWRCB Ocean Plan in the preliminary technical report to be submitted by January 15, 1973, as provided in the recently adopted Water Quality Control Plan for the Ocean Waters of California. Mr. Harper recommended that members of the Districts' staff work in conjunction with John Carollo Engineers to complete the preliminary report within the required time frame. It was then moved, seconded and duly carried: That the scope of the 1972 Master Plan Report and Preliminary Design Study for Future Plant Facilities and Programs, authorized February 9, 1972, be enlarged to include preparation of a preliminary technical report to comply with the State Water Resources Control Board's Water Quality Control Plan for the Ocean Waters of California; and FURTHER MOVED: That the General Manager be authorized to direct John Carollo Engineers to proceed with the preparation of said preliminary technical report in cooperation with the Districts' staff, and in accordance with the terms of their proposal, dated January 18, 1972, on a per diem fee basis in an additional amount not to exceed $20,700. -5- 11/8/72 ALL DISTRICTS Authorizing Joint l,iicc L.V �icdll to appoint Following a brief discussion, it was moved, seconded and duly carried: Special Committee to That the Joint Chairman be authorized review prospective to appoint a Special Committee to engineers for design Interview Prospective Engineers for of joint works projects design of projects listed in Project Report No. 2 for 1972-73 Joint Works Improvements and Additions. Joint Chairman Finnell then appointed Directors Robert Nevil (Chairman), John Store, Frank Sales, Clifton Miller, Henry Duke, Robert Root and Carl Kymla to serve on the Special Committee. ALL DISTRICTS Moved, seconded and duly carried: Certification of the General Manager That the certification of the General received and ordered filed Manager that he has checked all bills appearing on the agenda, found them to be in order, and that he recommends authorization for payment, be received and ordered filed. ALL DISTRICTS Approval of Joint Operating and Capital Outlay Revolving Moved, seconded and duly carried by roll call vote: Fund warrant books That Fund Fund warrant books be approved of District No. 1, and that the and directed to pay: Joint Operating Fund the Districts' Joint Operating and Capital Outlay Revolving for signature of the Chairman County Auditor be authorized Capital Outlay Revolving Fund $ 75,611.17 527,284.13 $6023895.30 in accordance with the warrants listed on page "A-1" through "A-3" attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. DISTRICT 7 Approval of suspense fund warrants Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the - Districts Nos. 1 and 7 Suspense Fund Warrant book be approved for signature of the Chairman of District No. 7, that the County Auditor be authorized and directed to pay $3,115.31, in accordance with the warrants listed on page attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. DISTRICT 5 Approval of suspense fund warrants and tt C It Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the Districts Nos. 5 and 6, Suspense Fund Warrant book be approved for signature of the Chairman of District No. 5, and that the County Auditor be authorized and directed to pay $750.00, in accordance with the warrants listed on page "B", attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. DISTRICTS 3 & 11 Approval of suspense fund warrants of the Chairman of District be authorized and directed with the warrants listed on a part of these minutes. Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the District's Suspense Fund warrant book be approved for signature No. 3, and that the County Auditor to pay $430,289.29, in accordance page "B", attached hereto and made #1 '11/21/72 AOontion of Resolution assuring the State 'dater i e."i. ourceu of a staged improved treatment program Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the Board of Directors adopt Resolution No. 72-141, assuring the State Water Resources Control Board of a staged improved treatment program, enforcement of source control of pollutants, and establishing a timetable therefor. Certified copy of this resolution is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. Receive and file Annual Moved, seconded and duly carried: Financial Report That the Annual Audit Report submitted by Hanson, Peterson, Cowles and Sylvester, Certified Public Accountants, for the year ending June 30, 1972, previously mailed to Directors by auditors, be received and ordered filed. Receive, file and deny claim of Southern Moved, seconded and duly carried: California Edison Co. That the claim, dated October 2, 1972, re Job No. 1-6 in the amount of $1,250.71 submitted by Southern California Edison Company in connection with construction of Interplant Influent Interceptor, Job No. I-8, be received, ordered filed, and denied. Authorizing and directing Moved, seconded and duly carried: execution and filing of documents for Federal and That the Board of.Directors adopt State grant funding Resolution No. 72-148-1, authorizing and directing execution and filing of documents necessary for Federal Grants under 33 U.S.C., 466 et seq. and State Grants under Clear. Water Bond Law of 1970, for 1972-73 Joint Works Improvements and Additions. Certified copy of this resolution is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. Receive and file resolutions Moved, seconded and duly carried: from the various agencies to the Board of Supervisors re That copies of resolutions from the protection of Districts city of Tustin and the Costa Mesa Treatment Plants from Sanitary District requesting the potential flooding Board of Supervisors to improve mitigate the potential Plants Nos. 1 and 2 in ordered filed. Receive and file quarterly financial report of the Director of Finance September 30, 1972, be portions of the Santa -Ana River to inundation of'Districts' Treatment the event of flooding, be received and Moved, seconded and duly carried: That the financial report of the Director of Finance for the•quarter ending received, ordered filed, and approved. Requesting permission of Moved, seconded and duly carried: California Regional Water Quality Control board to That the Board of Directors adopt submit preliminary technical Resolution No. 72-149, requesting report to comply with SWRCB permission of the California Regional Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region, to submit d preliminary technical report as required -by the State Water Resources Control Board's Water Quality Control Plan for the Ocean Waters of California, by January 15, 1973, with submission of final report on or before January 1, 1974. Certified copy of this resolution is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. -2- SANITATION DISTRICTS 4GE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA P. O. BOX 8127, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92708 113844 ELLIS AVENUE (EUCLID OFF -RAMP, SAN DIEGO FREEWAY) December 22, 1972 TO: MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RE: PROPOSED REVISION OF THE STATE CLEAN WATER CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE FUNDING FOR PROPOSED WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES IN CRITICAL AIR AREAS At the'last Joint meeting, the Boards authorized participation in a joint response of water and waste- water agencies in Orange County, at a State Water Resources Control Board scheduled hearing January 4, 1973. The enclosed material is the result of management discussions of the major Orange County agencies. The approach has been to minimize changes in the material submitted by the State, but at the same time, add additional provisions which would permit agencies to receive full funding if specific conditions are met. With regard to our particular Districts, we will be most affected by the conditions in Paragraph (C) on Page 4 (see change) which refers to reserve capacity in excess of the five-year limit. AREA CODE 714 540-2910 962-2411 We recommend that the eligible project capacity be calculated on an incremental cost basis rather an on the proposed pro ra a basis as in icated in the following example: Eligible Project Added Capacity Total Project State & Federal Share Agency cost Pro Rata Basis $6 million 2 M. $3.5 million $4.5 million Incremental Basis $6 million 2 $8 $5.25 million $2.75 million It is the staff's recommendation that we be authorized to support this Orange County joint agencies' position. Fred A. Harper General Manager AB:ct 12/14/72 Revised: 12/19/72 PROPOSED REVISION OF SECTION 2144 OF CLEAN WATER GRANT PROGRAM REGULATIONS "§2144. Project Capa. , city. Wastewater treatment pro- ArwTT 1+ jects shall be designed to accommodate normal anticipated growth based-open-seunel-planning;-h-isterie--end-e�r�er�t-gepttletier�-t�en.d9 , ee�d-demegrapY�ie-p�e�eetiens ;-ar�d--sound-ez�gineer�rng-and-eeer�emie prineiples : consistent with applicable Land use and population policies. Except as herein-2rovided in the -last paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, Tthe eligible project cost; kewever; shall generally• be limited as fellews--(where 2rovided in Raragraphs (a) and (b) of this section. For the purposes of this section "x" means that capacity needed to serve existing development within the proposed service area: (a) Treatment plants - the cost of that plant or addition which would not increase "x" beyond the capacity indicated in the following table: Total Eligible Existing "x" ■ T Ca2acity Limit 1 mgd or less 4.0 "x" 2 mgd 3.5 "x" 3 mgd 3.0 t'x" 4 mgd 2.5 "x" 5 mgd or gre ate r 2.0 "x" or beyond the capacity projected 20 years hence, which- ever is more restrictive, except that appropriately de- signed headwork facilities to accommodate reasonable forecast expansion shall'be considered an eligible pro- ject cost component. -1- (b) Interceptors and outfalls - the cost of that facility which would not increase "x" beyond the capacity indicated in the. following table: Total Eligible Existing "x" Capacity Limit 5 mgd or less 3.0 "x" 6 mgd or greater 2.0 "x" or beyond the capacity prt)j e cte d 20 years hence, whichever is. more restrictive. Costs of facility capacity in excess of the capa- city limitations in 2aragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of this section -f a}-arid•--(b}-algae although ineligible would be calculated on an incremental cost basis, In considering existing infiltration capacity, grants will not be provided to accommodate excessive infiltration that can be corrected by more feasible means. Capacity for future infiltration shall be limited to flows that can be expected with tight and properly installed conduit systems. During those fiscal years that Group III projects a are not eligible for grant participation, capacity included in Class B interceptors which serves regional purposes and which meets the criteria applied to Class A interceptors shall be eligible for grant assistance on a prorata basis . - 2 - Grants, may be provided for wastewater treatment projects which serve expansion of existing communities in accordance with the provisions of this section. Grants will not be made available for projects to serve new independent and undeveloped areas or for projects to serve areas which were designed primarily as a sep- arate unit independently of an established community, unless the division finds that correction of an exist- ing pollution problem -is of overriding importance. In the latter case, grant participation shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this section except that costs of facility capacity in excess of the capacity limitations in (a) and (b) above although ineligible will be calculated on a prorata basis, and not on the basis of incremental cost. Waste treatment facilities for areas described above, generally should not be funded by the grant. program but should be provided at the expense of developers. This provision is not intended to control development patterns but is necessary due to the limited funds available to correct pollution problems. (c) In the event that a proposed wastewater treat- ment project will serve proposed development that will occur within the boundaries of a Critical Air Area desig- nated as such _�y the State Air Resources Board, eligible -3- project costs shall be determined as provided in this paragraph Cc) or paragraph (d) of this section. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, eligible project costs shall not exceed the costs associated with constructing a wastewater treatment project which serves existing development needs plus sufficient reserve capacity to meet needs projected five years hence, beyond the anticipated award of the principal construction con- tract. In the event the agency decides to construct the project with a reserve capacity in excess of this 5-year limit the eligible project capacity shall be calculated an incremental cost basis. on/a-;:*=orrzta-bcis;is.- The 5-year forecast may be based State on current/Department of Finance population data, or such other information as may be available, including but not limited to population projections established by one or more counties, cities, or those of an existing regional planning agency. (d) As to wastewater projects to serve areas des- cribed in paragraph (c) of this section, the Board, in its discretion, may determine eligible project costs and reserve capacity on the basis of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, provided it determines that the facts described in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), or in the alternative, subparagraph (4), exist: IMI im The wastewater project is a presently needed element of the applicable Basin plan and is not capable of being designed and constructed on a modular basis, thereby permitting subsequent staged construction of additional capacity. (2) There is a self-limiting element of the project or other facilities which limits the use of the capacity of the proposed wastewater project to a capacity sufficient to serve projected develop- ment in the Critical Air Area for a period of five years beyond the date of anticipated award of the principal construction contract. The five-year fore- cast shall be determined in the same manner as provided in paragraph (c) of this section. The Board determines that the project re- port and environmental impact study for the project adequately state the following: (i) Existing and future air quality considerations; (ii) The applicant acknowledges that where subsequent expansion of the self-limiting element of the project or other facilities is required, such may be delayed dependent upon the extent to which air quality objectives now being formulated are being accomplished. -5- r (.(4) Therproje,ct is being constructed solely to improve water quality or to accomplish recreational facilities to serve additional development in a Critical Air Area. " -6- A� MILLER,NISSON & KOGLER ATTORNEYS AT LAW CLARK MILLER C.ARTHUR NISSON 2014 NORTH BROADWAY - NEL5ON KOGLEP SANTA ANA, CALiioR.NIA 92706 H. LAWSON MEAD January 15, 1973 Mr. Fred A. Harper, General Manager County Sanitation Districts of Orange County Post Office Box 8127 Fountain Valley, California 92708 TELEPHONE AREA CODE 714 S42-6771 Re: Legal.Opinion on potential liability of Districts for construction of brick wall, northerly side of Treatment Plant No. 1 property along Ellis Street Dear Fred: When I previously wrote you on October 11, 1972 con- cerning this project I looked into the -potential liability of the Districts for the construction of this wall and determined that the Districts would -not be liable in the event of a flood which might be diverted by the wall once it was constructed. In California surface waters are described as rainfall having no regularly defined channel. The general rule is that an owner can not divert surface waters from their natural flow onto the property of others, whose property would not normally receive the overflow of these surface waters. A state or munici- pality is immune from liability in the exercige of its police power providing it acts in the absence of negligence. The type of waters that are expected to be diverted by this wall, if any, are not the normal surface run-off waters. Flood waters are specially defined by the statutes and cases in California as those waters which overflow the banks of a stream. The.conditions which create flood waters are unusual and the somewhat harsh "common enemy" rule applies to them. They are deemed the enemy of each owner and one owner may protect his land by levies even though the waters are thereby forced upon, anther's land. Jones vs. Calif. Development Co., (1916) 173 Cal. 565. Mogle vs Moore, (1940) 16 Cal. 2d 1; 29 Cal Law Review 262; 10 So. Cal Law Review 89; 23 ALR 2d 750. In that the wall is designed to protect the Plant against flood waters as'defined in California, it appears to me • VA& .:14 Mr: Fred A. Harper -2- January 15, 1973 that the District is not subjecting itself to liability to others by reason of the construction of the brick wall. Respectfully submitted, C. Arthur Nisson, General Counsel CAN:ac /0094`1 /Imk� January 123 1973 Director George B. Scott 166?5 Spruce Circle Fountain Valley, California Dear George: Re: Interim Flood Hazard Analysis Report and Environmental Impact Statement on Flood Retention Mall The enclosed report does not address itself to the properties lying westerly of the Districts' frontage on Ellis Avenue. This must be approached in two ways: (1) From an engineer- ing standpoint and (2) From a legal standpoint. I have asked our engineering staff to consider this and prepare a written statement. In addition, I have asked Mr. Nisson to give us a legal opinion concerning the legal right and liability for the construction of this retention wall, Mr. Nisson has advised verbally that the wall is not diverting a water course and therefore the District has the right to protect its property from possible inundation. The San Diego Freeway, because of the manner in which it was con- structed, would force any rising flood waters to drain through the Euclid underpass. The maximum storm anticipated by the Corps of Engineers would inundate the Fountain Valley area to a depth of 22 feet. The Districts' :gall immediately in front of our offices would keep the rising flood waters from entering the Districts' property. The 9-foot wall adjacent to the Santa Ana River levee is to protect against a possible wave action of storm waters passing through the Euclid underpass. Rising flood waters in our area will naturally drain to the west seeking the lowest point. Any property damage occurring because of a flood westerly of us would be the result of rising flood waters unless the flood waters breached the San Diego Freeway, Fred A. Harper General Manager cc: C. Artbax Nisson REL, ,�. COMMITTEES - 1972 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Robert Finnell, Chairman Jesse Davis, Vice Chairman Lorin Griset Don E. Smith Norman E. Culver Don McInnis Ellis N. Porter Clifton C. Miller Norma B. Gibbs Supv. Ronald Caspers BUILDING COMMITTEE Robert Finnell Charles Stevens Alicita Lewis Clifton Miller Norman Culver COMMITTEE ON STATE BOARD RE -HEARING Robert Finnell Edward Just Lorin Griset Norman Culver Jesse Davis Supervisor DISTRICT 3 CONNECTION CHARGE COMMITTEE Norman Culver, Chairman Wade Herrin Mark Stephenson Jack Green Robert Battin SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY ANNEXATION & CONNECTION FEE POLICIES - DIST Don Smith, Chairman Henry Wedaa Mark Stephenson Edward Just Wade Herrin SPECIAL COP+tMITTEE RE: ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AGREEMENT Don McInnis, Chairman Don Smith Henry Wedaa SPECIAL COMMITTEE RE: COMPENSATION OF DEPARTMENT HEADS Donald Winn, Chairman David Baker Norman Culver John Store Cor Vanderwaal SPECIAL FLOOD PREVENTION COMMITTEE Edward Just, Chairman Ronald Caspers Alvin Coen Jesse Davis Ellis Porter COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS of ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA P.O. BOX 8127 10844 ELLIS AVENUE FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92708 (71 a) 540-2910 (714) 962-2411 M E M O R A N D U M January 19, 1973 To: Fred A. Harper, General Manager From: Ray E. Lewis, Deputy Chief Engineer Subject: Supplemental Report - Environmental Impact Statement for Flood Hazard Wall at Reclamation Plant No. 1 Several inquiries have been directed to this office, particularly from the Planning Commission of the City of Fountain Valley, regarding the inadequacies of the Environmental Impact Statement prepared for the construction of the flood hazard wall at Plant No. 1. For your information there are certain salient points which I think should be reinforced in order that all parties concerned can fully appreciate the impact of the flood hazards confronting the Sanitation Districts and the concerted effort directed to protecting the facilities which now serve over 1.3. million people in the metropolitan Orange County area through the total Joint Works facilities. By direction of the Joint Chairman of the Sanitation Districts' Board, an Ad Hoc Committee concerning itself•with the flood hazard confronting the Join{; Works facilities was formed consisting of the following Board memo^rs: Chairman of this Ad Hoc Committee -- Edward Just, Councilman City of Fountain Valley Supervisor Ronald Caspers, County of Orange Alvin .Coen, Mayor, City of Huntington Beach Jess Davis, Councilman, City of Buena Park Ellis Porter, Costa Mesa Sanitary District At the direction of this Ad Hoc Committee, the engineering staff of the Sanitation Districts, along with the engineering staffs of the Cities of Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa and Buena Park met to discuss immediate emergency actions that could be taken by the Sanitation Districts to avert a potential flood disaster. Fred A. Harper, General Manager January 19, 1973 Page Two At a meeting held in October, 1972, Mr. Wayne Osborne, Director of Public Works, City of Fountain Valley; Mr. .James Wheeler, Director of Public Works, City of Huntington Beach; - Mr. William Hartge, City Engineer, City of Huntington Beach; Mr. Forrest Yaberg, Director of Public Works, City of Buena Park; and myself, along with Bruce Witcher and Doug Preble of the engineering staff of the Districts met to discuss this matter and it was the consensus of all that a flood hazard wall be constructed as soon as possible. Thi* was also the opinion of the engineering staff at the Orange County Flood Control District. In the design of the flood prevention wall, concern was directed to a collapse of the west levee of the Santa Ana River from the San:Diego Freeway to a point 1600 feet northerly thereof. It was felt that in the event a collapse of the west bank of the Santa Ana River did occur in this reach that approximately 50, percent of the flood waters discharged would be directed through the San Diego Freeway - Euclid Avenue overpass. The remaining •50 percent would be directed southwesterly in the normal drainage flow in * this flood plain area. The City of Fountain Valley's jaater tank reservoir located at the northwesterly corner of the intersection of Ellis Avenue and Euclid Avenue would confine the abovementioned wave to an area of approximately 500 feet of the Districts' property. *A 9-foot section of wall, with an earthen berm reinforcement was recommended to avert flood damage which would physically disrupt the facilities at this Plant. Assuming that the above assumptions are correct, the wall would absorb the impact from the wave and direct the waters westerly along the south side of Ellis Avenue. The degree -of the wave action and quantity of water being diverted by this retention wall is only conjecture and only a hydraulic model study would reveal the final impact. The balance of the flood retention wall which was constructed to a height of 6-feet is similar in design to the wall presently in front of the Districts' Administration Building. This 6-foot high wall was considered for the control of rising waters only in the event that the west bank of the Santa Ana River bank did col- lapse upstream of the aforementioned 1600-foot reach north of the San Diego Freeway or an overtopping of the Santa Ana River in the event that a storm exceeded -the capacity of the River. Attached herewith is a photograph of the Joint facilities and the adjacent areas in the Cities of Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach which would be affected by a collapse or breeching of the Santa Ana River northerly of the San Diego Freeway. It is my opinion that in the event of rising waters which would be directed through the San Diego Freeway - Euclid Avenue overp ass, Plant No. 1 would be subjected to rising waters similar to other lands in this flood plain area and that the brick wall would act in the same manner for flood retention or diversion which would be experienced 1 Fred A. Harper, C. eral Manager - January 19, 1973 Page Three by other brick or block walls constructed in the area. It is probable that the waters diverted westerly from the flood impact portion of the wall would overspill the existing block wall northerly of the Administration Building and subject the support facilities to the rising waters associated with the flood wave being deflected westerly. Your attention is directed to the letter dated December 29, 19713 signed by Mr. Edward Koehm, Chief of the Engineering Division of the Corps of Engineers, which stated that the area, adj acent to Plant No. 1 would be subjected to a 2.5-foot average depth of inundation in the event of a standard project flood. The flood, retention wall would hopefully contain this rising water effect and protect against disastrous inundation and insure resumption of normal activities as soon as possible. In my opinion, I feel that the Board and the Committee acted prudently to protect the facilities that now serve over 500,000 people in the metropolitan Orange County area. Evidence of the flooding which was experienced in the Pittsburgh area in June and July of 1972 and the sanitary problems connected therewith certainly deserves consideration and maximum effort should be directed to the protection of these facilities. I regret that the Environmental Impact Statement as prepared was not as inclusive as should have been to answer the questions that have been raised by the Planning Commission of the City of Fountain Valley. Some of the questions raised were, in my -opinion, apparent from the supporting data included in the report with the Environmental Impact Statement. I hope that this supplemental report does answer some of the questions posed and if additional information is required by you or the City of Fountain Valley, this information will be supplied. REL: h jm cc: Edward Just Ronald Caspers Alvin Coen Jess Davis Ellis Porter TO: FROM: M L ;l U R A ii D U M ;•,PKIL 2, 1 73 'IR. EDWARD JUST, CtfAIRMAN FLOOD CONTROL COHMITTEE ORANGE COutiTY LLAGUL OF CITIES itAY L. LL4;15, LHILF LNGINLER SUi.':JECT: FLOOR PRUTLCTION CLJt.TINGENCY PLAN FOR JOINT TREATMi_NT WORKS A MEETING NA5 f:EELU AT TitL DISTRICTS' OFFICLi Dii TUi`SGAY, MARCH 27, WITH T:IE FOLLOWING IN ATTLN'DANCL: JAMES ANDERSOh, EXF..CUTIVL OFFICER ;,As,,TA AtiA REG l bii, LTATs ':,AT:_= j"L l Tv C`.?!4TQOL '.;CAR!' ItARLA!! SC.iROTHO R.S., ENVIR.OkhFNTA.L H ALT'i ENG INFER 1i'K' SPECIALIST ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DLP,%RTMENT GARY YA!4AHOT0, LHGINECRI:iG SPLCIALIST C:iANTTAFY) uURFAU OF SANITARY L"NGI:CLK114 `TATC GC=PARTMENT OF PUF,LIC HLALTti GEORGE bLAN, ACTING COOR014ATOii LMERGLNCY SLF.VICLS, COUNTY OF OKANG+L TED A. DUNK, DIRECTOk OF OPERATIONS AhG- LAL-ORATGRILS ORANGE COUi{TY SANITATMi UISTPICTS RAY L. Li!WIS, CHILF LNGINLEK ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION blSTkICT!i THIS MECT114G 4.AS HLLU TO DEVELOP A CONTINGENCY PLAN AND IMPLEMEN— TATION PROCL'UURL'S 1N THL LVLt:T GP A FLOOD DISASTER WHICH WOULD AFFECT TAE JOINT TR;rITMLt.T Fi�CILITILS OF Tt< SAi3ITATION DISTRICTS. IT 4AS THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THOSE PRESL+;T THAT THE FOLLOWING SHOULD ttE 1HPLEMENTED AND INCORPORATED IN A CONTINGENCY PLAN AS SOON A5 POSSIBLE, 1. TAE SANITATION DISTRICTSI uOARDS OF DIRECTORS SSIOULU REQULST Tlli ;OARD OF SUPERVISORS A14D THE FLOOD CONTROL UISTRICT TO EXPEND FUNDS WHICH i1EMORANDUII TO: ilk. EDWARD JUST APRIL 20 1�i73 PAGE TWO ARE AVAILABLE TO INGURL TYii= STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SANTA ANA RIVER ADJACLNT TO T:iE TREATMENT PLANTS OF THE DISTRICTS. 2. THE, DISTRICT SHOULD# PRIOR TO THE NEXT RAINY SEASON.. COMPLETE A FLOOD 4ALLp A'1D/OR GERM rRO— TECTION AROUNU TilE PL'RIriLTER OF THE PLANTS TO MITIGATE FLOOD INUNDATION FROM RIS114G WATERS IN T>IE L VvrNT OF .>RECC`IING OF Tiii: SANTA ANA RIVER NORT:iERLY OF THE SAN DIEGO FREEWAY. 3. C:kTAIN PRIM:: FACILITIES JITHIN THc INTERIOR OF TH'. PLANTS SHOULD 4E PROTECTEU IN ADDITION TO THE. PdkIMETER FLOOD !;ARR1ER. THESE PRIME FACILITIES WOULD INCLUDE STAtl[)SY OR CA!:RGENCY G2NLRATIGN UNIT!;# PRIAC INFLUENT Ali:) EFFLJJE,VT PUMMiG 5TATION5v AFiO OTHck I*ACILITI`:S RE'rUIR:O TO f'ROVIDL' HYURAJLIC CAPAtilLITILS TO HANDLE THE SEWAGE FLOWS, 4. T L 01STRICTS' PERSO .'IEL SHALL 'iTALLIS:i A RADIO CONTROL FIELD U141T AT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT;' KAINTENANCL :)FFICL 'DURING: TH(: TVI4_ OF IMPEADIN.. FLUJIU UlfiA'STCR. THIS ':TILL ALL04 DIRL'CT CUM14U64I— CATIOwS LT:;_tiw T11E PLAIT r.:RSOJN`_`L ANO THc FLOOD CONTROL UISTRICTI EKaiRGENCY STAFF. 7, IH THE :'_VL-'NT OF FLOOU INUNDATION IN THi: L04+ 4 FL900 PLAIt4 ARLA (FOUNTAIN /ALL-.Y—'itJHTINGTON 3LACH AREAS).. THE SANITATION DISTRICTS WILL C1)14TI'1!)C TO HANDLE FLOt45 UNTIL SUCH TIME: AS IT 15 APPARENT THAT CONTINUED PUMPING WILL 114PAIR RESTORATION OF OPERATIONS AFTER CESSATION OF THE FLOODING. IT WAS FELT T++AT THE FLOOD WATERS WOULD isL GENERALLY CONTAHIwA%,'❑ Au0 Tt!L DISTRICT'= CO!JLi) '•IANDLIi OtiLY A VCRY SMALL PORTION OF THE LNT'IRE FLOOD WATERS. NORMAL O?LRATIONS COULD f3F: RESUMED MORE RAPIDLY IF THE It4rLUi:NT GATL!; WERE CLOSED UNTIL THE FLOOD WATER HAD RLCEULD AND SILTATION tiAS REMOVED FROM ALL TkONK SEWERS A140 LOCAL SEIiLRS PRIOR TO R1:— SUMPTION OF TERATION. 6. COUNTY HEALTH UtPARTM6NTS WILL DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE GLNERAL riEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE FLOODED AR1:AS AND c'JACUATION PLANS AS NECESSARY. 7, CONTINUED EFFORT MUST OE 14AUL TO EXPEDITE: THE COMPLETION OF ADDITIONAL FLOOD HANDLING FACILITIES CONTEMPLATED BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO PROTECT THIS BASIN. MEMORANDUM TO: .Z. EDNARD JUST APRIL 2, 1373 PAGE THREE IT I5 HY OPINIONS THAT THE HEcETING 4--AS VERY PRODUCTIVE MAINLY 6E-CAU5i: IT FOCUSED THE PRO',sLLM TO ALL AGENCIES WHICH WOULD BE DIRECTLY IN— VOLVED IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTEk OF T!IIS HAO!!ITUDL, COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ANU GZU RAL AGW F �0,'T WiTi, A CONTINGENCY PLAN ARE NECLSSARY TO LEST SERVE THE PEOPLE OF ORANCF COU14TY IN THE EVENT OF A FLOOD. REL:HJ;,t RESOLUTION NO. 75-389 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VILLA PARK 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 VILLA PARK, 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 waste- water 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 City Council of the City of Villa Park 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. • M Resolution No. ?5 S Page 2 f 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, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the, City Council of the City of Villa Park at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of March, 1975. Ole & r 7� MAYOR OF THE CITY 0' VILL P RK ATTEST: ,STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF VILLA PARK ) I, THOMAS H. SCOTT, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk for the 'City of Villa Park; that on March 20, 1975, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Villa Park was held at which time the foregoing Resolution was regularly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council by the following vote. AYES: Councilmen: Tipton, Wells, Winn, Reichert, Dunne NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None /aaao� a6aer0 40 ,-,,AmQ uo�;e��u¢S Aiwa �[al0 I Ladd 09AI.10.10 I, Carolyn Veregge, hereby certify that I am the Deputy City Clerk of the City of Villa Park, and that the attached is a true and correct copy of the original document on file in this office. DEPUTY CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF.".Vfftr PkRK Dated:April 7, 1975 f K r SANTA ANA RIVER FLOOD PROTECTION AGENCY 400 Civic Center Drive West Post Office Box 1078 Santa Ana, California 92701 V !—� I. `d May 1, 1975 County Sanitation Districts of Orange County 10844 Ellis Avenue Post Office Box 8127 Fountain Valley, California 92708 Attention: Mr. Fred Harper Dear Fred: Just a brief note to confirm a telephone conservation Wayne and I had last week. Our agency would like to use one of your meeting rooms for a commission meeting on June 11, 1975, at 6:45 p.m. The time and place were chosen to coincide with your regular monthly meeting of the Joint Boards, as many of your directors also serve on this agency's commission. We are also hopeful that your Executive Committee will not meet on that evening. Our meeting will be over before your scheduled start at 7:30 p.m. Thanks. Sincerely yours, z7e� Edward E. Just, Director ?00%� /0"'( RESOLUTION NO. 83-29 A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS. 1, 21 3, 5, 6, 7 AND 11, OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO INCLUDE FUNDING IN THE UPCOMING WATER RESOURCES AUTHORIZATION BILL FOR SANTA ANA RIVER MAINSTEM, INCLUDING SANTIAGO CREEK, FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT The Boards 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 planning studies have defined the flood protection needs for the Santa Ana River Mainstem and Santiago Creek Projects; and, WHEREAS, the Joint Treatment Works of the County Sanitation Districts serve the metropolitan Orange County area and a population of 1.8 million people and represent a public investment in excess of $200 million; and, WHEREAS, these joint works facilities have been designed and are being operated in the best interest of the public and it is essential that maximum protection be provided for these facilities to protect the health and welfare of the metropolitan area of Orange County and the 1.8 million citizens being served; and, WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of the seven County Sanitation Districts have expressed their concern by authorizing 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 60 t 1 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 severe storm conditions in Southern California have exemplified the inadequacy of existing flood control facilities to handle major storm waters; 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: That the Boards of Directors of the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, California, hereby request that the United States Congress include funding in the upcoming Water Resources Authorization Bill for the Santa Ana River Mainstem, including Santiago Creek, flood protection project to provide maximum capacity of the Santa Ana River and Santiago Creek to protect the joint works facilities of the Sanitation Districts. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting held this 9th day of March, 1983. Gs 41 STATE OF CALIFORNIA) ) SS. COUNTY OF ORANGE ) I, WILLIAM H. BUTLER, Secretary of the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, S, 6, 7 and 11 of Orange County, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 83-29 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Boards on the 9th day of March, 1983, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Marvin P. Adler Mayor Fountain Valley Ruth Bailey Councilwoman Huntington Beach Barbara Brown Councilwoman Fountain Valley Sam Cooper Councilman Brea Norman E. Culver Board Member Garden Grove Sanitary District Richard B. Edgar Mayor Tustin Bruce Finlayson Board Member Midway City Sanitary District Henry R. Frese Mayor La Palma Don R. Griffin Councilman Buena Park Robert Hanson Board Member Costa Mesa Sanitary District Evelyn Hart Mayor Newport Beach Jacqueline Heather Councilwoman Newport Beach Donald A. Holt, Jr. Mayor Placentia Elvin Hutchison Board Member Costa Mesa Sanitary District Carol H. Kawanami Councilwoman villa Park Frank J. Laszlo Councilman Seal Beach Robert P. Mandic, Jr. Mayor Huntington Beach Philip Maurer Councilman Newport Beach Carrey J. Nelson Councilman Brea Bob Perry Board Member Garden Grove Sanitary District Ruthelyn Plummer Councilwoman Newport Beach Charles J. Rell Mayor Stanton Thomas F. Riley Board Member County Board of Supervisors Earl C. Roget Mayor La Habra _ Donald J. Saltarelli Councilman Tustin Don E. Smith Councilman Orange Roger R. Stanton Board Member County Board of Supervisors Charles E. Sylvia Councilman Los Alamitos Bill Vardoulis Councilman Irvine James Wahner Board Member Costa Mesa Sanitary District Henry W. Wedaa Councilman Yorba Linda Dorothy Wedel Councilwoman La Habra Harriett M. Wieder Board Member County Board of Supervisors Duane Winters Councilman Fullerton NOES: None ABSENT: Robert W. Luxembourger Councilman Santa Ana Gerald Mullen Councilman Cypress Ron Pattinson Councilman Huntington Beach Don Roth Mayor Anaheim IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of County Sanitation District No. 1 on behalf of itself and Districts Nos. 2, 3, S, 6, 7 and 11 of Orange County, California, this 9th day of March, 1983. W,Qlliam.'11. Butler,,, Secretary suaids of Directors, %-.4nty '3•aaitation Districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, --3,� 6, 7 and" iI of Orange County, -. 1000� 3/9/83 ALL DISTRICTS Chairman Holt called the Director's Report of the Joint Chairman attention to a letter issued to the Districts' staff by management, thanking the employees for their excellent performance in operating the facilities during the March 1st storm under emergency conditions without any serious breakdowns. The Joint Chairman reported that the system had received between 150 and 200 million gallons of rainwater during the storm in addition to the 220 million gallons of wastewater which is treated on a normal day. The four inches of rain that fell during that 24-hour period placed a severe strain on the Districts facilities, forcing them to operate at their ultimate capacity. The additional water resulted from street flooding due to saturated ground conditions throughout the county caused by rain falling four of the five days prior to this major storm. The staff's emergency planning committee is evaluating the contingency plans carried out during the storm, and will be making recommendations to management to improve these plans based upon the recent experience. Chairman Holt called an Executive Committee meeting for 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, and invited Directors Don Griffin and Jackie Heather to attend and participate in the discussions. The Joint Chairman also announced a joint meeting of the Special Committee to study Reorganization of the Sanitation Districts and the Fiscal Policy Committee for 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 13, 1983, immediately preceding the regular meeting of the Joint Boards. Adopting resolution requesting Joint chairman Holt reported that the Congress to include funding for Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency Santa Ana River/Santiago Creek (SARFPA), is pressing for major flood protection project improvements to the Santa Ana River flood control system. He recommended that the Boards consider adopting a resolution requesting that the Congress include the Santa Ana River Mainstem and Santiago Creek flood control projects in the forthcoming water resources authorization bill that will be considered during the current Congressional session. It was then moved, seconded and duly carried: That the Boards of Directors hereby adopt Resolution No. 83-29, requesting the United States Congress to include funding in the upcoming Water Resources Authorization Bill for Santa Ana River Mainstem, including Santiago Creek, Flood Protection Project. A certified copy of this resolution is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. Adopting resolution of appreciation The Joint Chairman announced that Wilber for retiring employee Wilber Eads Eads, the Districts' office aide, known best to the Board members for her skills in preparing and serving the 'light dinners' that have assisted the Directors greatly in easing the burden of deliberating difficult and important issues before the Districts' committees over the past years, would be retiring at the end of the month after 23 years of service. He moved for adoption of Resolution No. 83-28, for signature by all Directors, thanking Ms. Eads for her loyal and dedicated service. Said Resolution was adopted by unanimous acclamation. ^S-C