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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0910 1 2 RESOLUTIOU NO. 910 3 A :~S01Us.'IOrr 01<' ~'HE CD.'Y COUnCIL Ol!' "-'HE CITY OF ARCiillIA llE'i'.l!<ili.;IifIHG, 'i'H;"~' 1'Fill .t'U.31IC Ilrs.'.t:hLSS.' ;"~ID H.t:C_'SSPl'Y DEI.:tUru THE .c;X.2Ei.,lJH'URE OJ< .t'U.3.uIC ;;O;Th.Y TO .5A.i!'EGU,.,RD LL1'E, ;:.t:A1TH AND .PROi'EES.'Y III THE Cn'Y OF ARCADIA. 4 5 6 7 8 9 ~'HE CITY OOUIIOIL 01!' S.'HE OIn OF ARCl-IllIA DOES RESOLVE AS FOL10 ..IS : l/hereall, there has been continuous rain in the mountains forming the water shed and drainage area of the City of Arcadia sinee on or about .!!'ebruary 27. 1938, up to and lO 11 12 13 14 including !.larch 3, 1938, and linereaEl, the City of Arcadia is situated near the ;,:ountains. and ,lbereaEI. the I'later falling in the mountains above the City of ~rc~dia runs through the City of Arcadia, and 15 ~/hereas, the principal water carriers for storm waters l6 through the City of .H.rcadia, are the Big Santa Anita liash. l7 the Little E,anta Ani ta Ilash and the streets of the City. and 18 ~uesday. !,:arch about 0' ',.nereas, on 2, 1938, one clock 19 P. lJ. thereof, the storm waters passing through ths City 20 2l 22 1 l~onte Avenue and certRin streets ,'lere carryjng just about was.of such quanitity and volwne that the Santa Anita ,lash, 23 their capacity, and 24 25 26 27 28 .,ihereas, on r.:arch 2, 1938, the water ran over the top of the Jig Santa Anita lJam, causing an unusual amount of "later to run into Big Santa Anita .,;ash. and ,lbereas, as a result of the storm, the extraordinary 29 rains and ths amount of water running down from the mountains and the Big Santa Anita Dam, the water left the 30 channel, cut new ditches, washed out a bridge on Colorado 3l .aoulevard and at Valnettl Avenue, overflowed certain 32 parts of the Oi ty, made ri ver.s- of certain strsets, many 1 1 streets have been torn up, pavement uashed out in different 2 3 sections of the City, dirt shoulders have been \~shed out on many streets leaving ditches and gutters beside the streets, thereby preventing the use of streets,making other streets impassible and dangerous and a menace to the travelling public. 4 5 6 Rocks, boulil.ers, mud, sand and silt cover many streets. ',ie are 7 unable to get into many places at this time in order to 8 9 ascertain the damage to uater mains. r.:any persons are destitute and homelesEI. ~he storm made it necessary to evacuate persons 10 11 ving wi thi.n a half mils of the Santa Anita Uash, overflowed II the South Bastern part of the City of Arcadia, washed auay many 12 small buildings, flooded many homes, broke the water mains at l3 Duarte Road and 8th. Avenue, TIashed out about six hundred l4 ( 600) feet of water mains on Duarte Road, waShed out the water 15 mains at Valnett Avenue crossing the wash. and l6 17 \Ihereas. as a rssult of the storm, the washouts. many 18 homes in the South bastern part of the City are uithout water and many homes have been flooded and there is great danger of 19 sickness, e:pidemic, disease and fire as a result of the present 20 2l 22 condition: 23 24 25 HOlT, THEREJ;' ORE , the City Council of the City of Arcadia. hereby determines, that the public intereat and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public money to safeguard life, health and property in the City of Arcadia, and to that end to provi.de the South Eastern portion of the City of Arcadia 26 and the people therein with water for domestic, fire and other 27 purposes: 28 mud, silt to repair streets. bridges. remove rocks, boulders, to aLd / do anything else that may be necessary for 29 immediate relief, and to expend public money for any other 30 purpose uhich may be necessary or proper to relieve conditions 3l as a result of the storm. 32 1 2 :3 4 5 6 lO 11 12 l3 14 l5 l6 17 l8 19 20 2l 22 ~he City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regularly adjourned meeting of the City Council of the CIty of Arcadia, held on the 4th. day of J.!a.rch, 1938, by the 7 affirmativo vote of at least four councilmen,to-vit: AYES; Councilmen. Griffitts, Hoffman, Hudson and McLean 8 9 nOES: None ABSEN~~ : None ~0 and signed and approved this 4th. day of J.!a.rch, 1938, ~~ Jayor . AT'rEST : ~A~~ ~ City Clerk _ 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32