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RESOLUTION NO. 1304.
RE50LUTIOll OF TEE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA PROTESTING
THE PAVING OF CERTAIN LAND IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE DIVERSION OF STORl,j WATERS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. WHEREAS, the United States Department of Agricul~ure
is the owner and user of approximately ten (10) acres of land adjacent to
north Santa Anita Avenue in the City of Arcadia, and
~~REAS, on July 10th, 1944, the United States Department of
Agriculture gave formal notice to this Council of its intention to pave
approximately 4.5 acres of s~~d acreage in accordance with a plan submitted
to this Council with said formal notice, and
VffirnREAS, this Council is informed that approximately 3.5 acres
of said area is now paved or occupied by buildings, and
~rnEREAS. in said formal notice the United States Department of
Agriculture stated that it tentatively planned to carryall storm water
from said property into Santa Anita Avenue which, if done, will result in
the storm waters from approximately 8 acres of land being carried into said
street, and
VVHEREAS. this Council is of the opinion that by the paving of
said land together with that already ('~cover.ed~... the storm waters from the
same will not be allowed to run off to the loose aluvial ground to the south,
as it has heretofore done, and
\~REAS, said area proposed to be paved and already paved is
occupied by the United States Department of Agriculture for Federal Govern-
ment purposes only, ~his City Council does not deem it to be the function
or duty of the City of Arcadia, at its own cost, to provide facilities f~
the carrying of the excessive amount of storm waters resulting from an
improvement made by the United States Department of Agriculture for its sole
benefi t.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this City Council does here-
by protest the paving of any additional land at said location or the
diversion of any storm waters by the United States Department of Agriculture
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for the reason that Santa Anita Avenue is designed to care for the normal
amount of storm waters from streets and private driveways but is not de-
signed to care for storm waters from extensive areas of pavement as pro-
posed by the United States Department of Agriculture.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and he is hereby
instructed to file a certified copy of this Resolution with the Regional
Forester of the United states Deparbnent of Agriculture at 760 Market St.
San Francisco, California.
SECTION 2~ The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the
18th day of July, 1944, by the affirmative vote of at least three
Councilmen, to-wit:
AYES: CounCiLmen, Adcock, Billig, Leeper, Nugent and Ormsby
NOES: None
ABSENT: Non6
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Signed and approved this 18th day of
Jullr
, 1944.
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