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RESOLUTION NO. 3248
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OOUNCIL, CITY OF AZWA , COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE CONG F T TED RTES TO BUDGET THE NECESSARY
FUNDS FOR THE IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION OF WALNUT CREEK SYSTEM OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR
CONTROL AND CONSERVATION OF FLOOD WATERS IN THE SAID COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
SECTION 1,
WHEREAS, the Cities of the East San Gabriel Valley and civic groups have studied
the Comprehensive Plan of the Control and Conservation of Flood Waters in the County
of Los Angeles, State of California; and
WHEREAS, the Whittier Narrows Reservoir Basin will be completed this year; and
WHEREAS, the East San Gabriel Valley is developing as a metropolitan community
at a phenomenal rate; and
WHEREAS, the present Washes are inadequate to discharge the run-off from capital
storms and have overflowed their banks in past storms in this area; and
WHEREAS any overflow of these washes Would now endanger property and lives; and
WHEREAS, a Comprehensive Plan for Control and Conservation of Flood Waters for
the County of Los Angeles has been approved and authorized by the Congress of the
United States in 1941; and
WHEREAS, the Walnut Creek System is a portion of said Comprehensive Plan and
vital to the safety and welfare of the East San Gabriel Valley:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Congress of the United States be and
is hereby respectfully requested to appropriate the necessary funds for the
construction of the Walnut Creek System of said Comprehensive Plan at the next
regular session of said Congress.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing, Resolution was adopted by the City Council
at its regular meeting held on the ith day of July , 1955 by the following
vote:
AYES: Coune"mont Fawcett, Ortuno, Johnson, cheimer
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Romero
DATE:
`July 18 1955
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Mayor of the City of'Azusa
Azusa, California