HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 80-007RESOLUTION N0. 80-7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
DECLARING THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT FOR U. S.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PLAN 2 FOR PALM DESERT, AND FOR
PLAN 1 FOR INDIAN WELLS.
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert has periodically suffered severe flood damage; and
WHEREAS, floodwater flow information for the floods of September, 1976, and July,
1979, provided opportunities for sophisticated technical analysis by the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers and by the Coachella Valley Water District; and
WHEREAS, from the conclusions of technical
of Palm Desert, the City Council and Staff are
approximating $30 Million to correct "in-City"
nature; and
studies undertaken by the City
developing a plan to generate funds
drainage problems of a local
WHEREAS, the correction of such local drainage problems should logically be
a part of a regional flood control plan which is not the prime responsibility of the
City of Palm Desert; and
WHEREAS, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Coachella Valley Water
District are now at a point where statements of preferences and support by local
agencies are essential to their continuing efforts to bring about the needed
regional flood control improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert hereby expresses a statement of support for and endorsement of:
1. An improvement project known as "Bechtel Plan 1-A Modified" of the
Coachella Valley Water District; and
2. An improvement project known as Plan 2 for Palm Desert, from an
Information Brochure of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated
January, 1980; and
3. An improvement project known as Plan 1 for Indian Wells, from an
Information Brochure of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated
January, 1980.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Palm Desert
pledges its support to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, to the Coachella Valley
Water District, to the City of Indian Wells, and to the citizens of the entire
region by urging the Corps of Engineers and the Coachella Valley Water District to
proceed with utmost haste in bringing about the flood control improvements herein
defined, and further, that while such efforts are being undertaken, the City will
similarly work to raise the �30 Million needed to bring about the local drainage
improvements at the earliest possible date.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, at their adjourned meeting held �^ the 29th day of January, 1980, by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: McPherson, Newbrander, Wilson & Mullins
NOES: None
ABSENT: Brush
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. GILLI�AN; CITY CL
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFp
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E ARD D. LINS, MAYOR