HomeMy WebLinkAbout8649 - Santa Ana River Main Stem & Santiago CreekRESOLUTION NO. 8649
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING ALTERNATIVE 6 OF
THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPORT ENTITLED "REVIEW
REPORT ON THE SANTA ANA RIVER MAIN STEM AND
• SANTIAGO CREEK"
• WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers has completed a draft
review report dated August, 1975, entitled "Review Report on
the Santa Ana River Main Stem and Santiago Creek "; and
WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers recommends in said
report the approval of a flood protection plan known as
"Alternative 6" which includes: construction of a new dam
and reservoir at Mentone in San Bernardino County; modification
of Prado Dam, including rebuilding the emergency spillway and
outlet works, raising the dam 30 feet and providing a controlled
discharge of 30,000 cubic feet per second contemporaneous with
peak discharges from downstream tributaries; improvement of the
Santa Ana River Channel through urban Orange County for standard
project flood protection; and improvement of the lower portions
of Santiago Creek for standard project flood protection; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach's General Plan
calls for the development of a harbor and small boat marina
easterly of the Santa Ana River and northerly of the Newport
Shores area; and
WHEREAS, the City has asked the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers to make a feasibility study of a harbor adjacent to
the Santa Ana River.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that among the
• alternatives included by the Corps of Engineers in the August,
1975 review report, Alternative 6 is the preference of this
• City Council by reason of its providing a level of protection
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commensurate with the present and projected level of Orange
County's development and minimizing the relocation of homes in
Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties; provided, however,
that said Alternative does not preclude the future development of
a harbor and small boat marina currently under study by the
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and the cities of Costa Mesa and
Newport Beach.
ADOPTED this
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CITY CLERIC OF THE CITY OF FORT BEACH
8th day of December , 1975.
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