HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 15,905RESOLUTION NO. 15,905
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NATIONAL CITY SUPPORTING THE CALIFORNIA WATER COMMISSION'S
RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT THE ALLOCATION OF $5.3 MILLION TO
THE FEDERAL FY 1990 BUDGET FOR THE SWEETWATER FLOOD CONTROL
PROJECT AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 15,895
The City Council of the City of National City does
hereby resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the Sweetwater River Flood Control Project is
part of a combined highway and flood control program to relieve
flooding in the lower Sweetwater River Valley, to widen
Interstate Route 5, and to construct State Route 54 between
Interstate Routes 5 and 805, and
WHEREAS, the plan for the channel improvement project
was originally approved August 13, 1968 by Act of Congress,
Public Law 483, 90th Congress, 2d Session, and
WHEREAS, the project will protect heavily urbanized
areas from flooding and result in the acquisition and
conservation of 188 acres of marshland, and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that there is a need for $5.3
million dollars in 1990, and $1.8 million in 1991 to complete the
flood control portion of the project, and
WHEREAS, the California State Water Commission, at its
March 3, 1989 meeting, unanimously took action to recommend to
the Federal Government that funding in the amount of $5.3 million
in included in the federal budget for FY 89/90 for the Sweetwater
Flood Control Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
f^^^ the City of National City does hereby support the California
Water Commission's recommendation for continued funding for the
Sweetwater Flood Control Project in FY 1990.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 15,895 is
hereby rescinded.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 14th day of March, 1989.
ATTEST:
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L RI ANNE PEOPLES,fQCITY CLERK
VED AS TO FO'M:
G ORGE WATERS, MAYOR
-CITY ATTORNEY
By: LINDA KAYE HARTER, Asst. City Attorney