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ti r THStaem 6/29/67 • RESOLUTION NO, 6604 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH URGING THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2137 WHICH WOULD APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR BEACH EROSION CONTROL IN THE 1967 -68 STATE BUDGET WHEREAS, the City Council has demonstrated its serious concern over the damaging effects of erosion to the beaches of Orange County by authorizing City financial participation in Phase I of the Federal Beach Erosion Control Project in the area extending from Anaheim Bay to Newport Harbor in Orange County; and WHEREAS, in 1965 it was necessary for the City to carry out an emergency beach protection project involving the transfer of 120,000 cubic yards of sand to the West Newport area at a cost of more than $67,000 in order to protect public and private beach front property from destruction; and WHEREAS, in 1966 it was again necessary for the City to carry out an emergency beach protection project which entailed the transfer of 60,000 cubic yards of sand to the West Newport area at a cost of $51,000; and WHEREAS, it is anticipated on the basis of engineering studies that the beaches in the West Newport area will again be subjected to severe erosion in the Fall of 1967 to a degree that threatens the destruction of residences and public improvements adjacent to the beaches; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that the emergency measures necessary to protect against severe damage to the West Newport area will cost local governments $100,000; and WHEREAS, the U. S. Corps of Engineers is prepared to move ahead in the near future with Phase II of the Federal Beach Erosion Control Project which was 'authorized by House Document No. 662, 87th Congress, 1962, and which consists of the placement of 600,000 cubic yards of fill'material on the West Newport beaches and the construction of an experimental groin which will