HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 87-014RE50LUTION N0. 87-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TNE
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING
FEDERAL APPROPRIATION FOR A FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM
MHEREAS, Section 1136 of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1986 tPublic Law 99-662) contains a$300,000 authorization
for a flood warning system for the Whitewater River; and
NHEREAS, the Coachella Valley has a long history of
disastrous flooding from the Whitewater River and its
tributaries; and
WHEREAS, such a warning system would be extremely beneficial
to the people of the Coachella Valley by providing some advance
notification of probable flooding.
NON. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Palm Desert, California, that it does hereby request
that Congress make every effort to appropriate the authorized
$300,000 for the flood warning system in the Fiscal Year 1988
Energy and Water Appropriations Budget.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the
City of Palm Desert, California, at its regular meeting held
on the 26th day of February, 1987, by the following vote, to wit:
A YE S: BENSON, CRITES, SNYDER, WILSON, KELLY
N 0 E 5: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
A B S T A I N: NONE
ATTEST:
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