HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 8882RESOLUTION NO. 8882
RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF NATIONAL CITY SUPPORTING
THE SWEETWATER RIVER FLOOD CONTROL PROGRAM
The City Council of the City of National City,
California does hereby resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, Act of Congress, Public Law 228, 77th
Congress, approved August 18, 1941, authorized the Chief of
Engineers to make surveys for flood control in the drainage
areas of all streams in San Diego County, California, flowing
into the Pacific Ocean, and
WHEREAS, a flood -control project for Sweetwater
River, S n Diego County, California, is being considered in a
survey report under preparation by the District Engineer, U.
S. Army Engineer District, Los Angeles, at Los Angeles, Calif-
ornia, for flood control along said streams, and
WHEREAS, protection against flood damage would be
provided to property along the 3.2-mile reach of Sweetwater
River downstream from Bonita Mesa Road to San Diego Bay, all
in the cities of National City and Chula Vista, and the County
of San Diego, California, by levee and channel improvements
under consideration for construction by the United States, and
WHEREAS, Section 3 of Public Law 738, 74th Congress,
provides that no money appropriated shall be expended on the
construction of any project until States, Political Subdivisions
thereof, or any other responsible Local Agencies have given as-
surances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they
will assume certain enumerated obligations, and
WHEREAS, Article 4, Chapter 7, Part 2, Division 2,
Title 3 of California Government Code commencing with Section
25680 and California Government Code Section 6500 et seq.
authorizes the County of San Diego to cooperate with the United
States in the construction of flood -control projects;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of National City, California, that it go on record supporting
the Sweetwater River flood control program under consideration
by the U. S. Army Engineers, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of San Diego, California, are hereby requested to
give the assurances required by the U. S. Army Engineers to pro-
vide the local cooperation necessary for the construction of
the project, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that it declares it a policy
and intent of this Council to enter into negotiations prior to
actual construction to determine a mutually equitable apportion-
ment of costs to each local agency including the County, to
reimburse the County of San Diego for betterments in highways,
roads, streets, brides, utilities and irrigation and drainage
facilities for which the State or Federal agencies declare the
costs beyond their responsibility.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be entered
in the minutes of the City Council, City of National City, Calif-
ornia, and that the Clerk be, and is hereby directed to forward.
certified copies of this Resolution to the Board of Supervisors,
County of San Diego.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of April, 1965.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK(�