HomeMy WebLinkAbout83-24 - All River Plan - Santa Ana River Flood ProjectRESOLUTION NO. 83 -24
. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH URGING CONGRESSIONAL
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ALL RIVER PLAN - SANTA
ANA RIVER FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
has been conducting Santa Ana River Basin flood control studies
for the past 18 years and has determined that the flood threat to
Orange County, posed by the Santa Ana River, is the worst west of
the Mississippi River due to deficiencies in the Corps of
Engineers' Prado Dam and Reservoir, located on the river at
Corona; and
WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers has developed an All
River Plan for removing the flood threat from the Santa Ana
River, consisting of modifying Prado Dam, channel work in Orange
County and a new dam at Mentone; said plan has been endorsed by
the Boards of Supervisors of Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange
Counties and approved at all Federal levels up to the Secretary
of the Army and, the next logical step, is authorization by
Congress; and
WHEREAS, special water interests in San Bernardino
County have belatedly raised questions about the Mentone Dam unit
of the All River Plan and have proposed alternative dams and, the
Corps of Engineers has studied and reported, inconclusively, on
the feasibility of said dams as a substitute for Mentone Dam,
indicating the need for further study; and
WHEREAS, it is entirely feasible to undertake the
design and construction of Prado Dam modifications, the Oak
• Street Drain and channel improvement work in Orange County,
concurrently with a final determination of the Mentone vs.
Alternatives question.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach favors the authorization, without
further delay, of the All River Plan, including Mentone Dam, or
an alternative to Mentone Dam, with adjustments in the final
design such that the real property acquisition line in Prado
Reservoir remains the same as in the current All River Plan at
elevation 566 feet.
ADOPTED this 28th day of February , 1983.
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