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RESOLUTION NO. 895
1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO
REQUESTING SENATOR COLOGNE TO SPONSOR HIS ORIGINAL BILL WHERE
BY THE PRESENT STRUCTURE OF THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER
II CONSERVATION DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION MAY BE CHANGED TO A, CHAIN
�1 OF AUTHORITY WHEREUPON THE DISTRICT CHIEF ENGINEER WILL BE
I UNDER DIRECT CONTROL OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
E ) WHEREAS every ;time an appreciable amount of rain occurs in the general
5il area of San Jacinto, surface waters immediately begin flowing in and through
historical channels; and
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WHEREAS large amounts of surface water caused by rains flow northerly on
7 San Jacinto Street from Commonwealth Avenue, westerly on various east-west streets
from the northeastern areas and
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WHEREAS all these waters reach flood Proportions when they converge some �
1 six hundred (500) feet south of the San Jacinto - Seventh Streets intersection
i.and flow westerly in a concentrated storm water channel thirty (30) feet Wide and
10 twelve hundred (1200) feet long creating havoc to residents on both sides of the
channel , and
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WHEREAS the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation' District
12 Zane 4 Commissioners have held pre;-budget public hearings for many years to hear
and heed the flood control problems within Zone=4, and
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WHEREAS the City Council of the City of San Jacinto has sent official
14 representatives for three consecutive public hearings (1959,' 1970, 1971 ) pleading
for assistance in the handling of the flood water problem in and through the above,
15 i� mentioned' flood water channel ; and
1 6 i WHEREAS in every instance the Chief Engineer of the Riverside Flood Con-
trol and Water Conservation District has -resnonded with total disconcern to the
17 Pleadings of the City's request for assistance on said channel . and
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18 WHEREAS the City Council of the City of San Jacinto is convinced the
,� present arrangement whereby the Zone Commissioners are appointed by the County i
191; Board of Supervisors who therefore pledge their loyalty to the Board only; and
20 WHEREAS the Chief Engineer of the Flood Control and Water Conservation
District is employed by the District Commissioners and therefore he pledges
22 'iloyalty to them,only, and
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22 'WHEREAS when City representatives plead for flood control assistance at
pre-budget public hearings the please continue to fall on deaf ears ,
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NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of San
24 ( Jacinto that it urges Senator Cologne to sponsor his bill in the State Senate
revising the present structure of the Flood Control and Water Conservation Dis_
25 trict in a manner that the Zone Commissioners will be 'disbanded and the Chief
Engineer of the District shall be directly under the supervision of the County
25 Board of Supervisors.
27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the :City Clerk is instructed to forward copies of
this Resolution to Senator Cologne`; Assemblyman' Biddle and to all five members of
28 the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.
29 MOVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of March 1971 at a regular meetin
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of the City Council of the City of San Jacinto.
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ATTEST:
31 'i LUCY MA ALLEN, CITY CLERK Mayor Pro 'Tem, City f 5an Jacinto
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CERTIFICATE
1 The foregoing is certified to be a true copy of a Resolution duly adopted
by the said City Council of the City of San Jacinto on the date therein set forth.
LUCY PAY ALLEIN CITY CLERK
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