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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2014In the City Council City of Lodi Lodi, California RESOLUTION NO. 2014 RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NEED FOR AND URGING THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOGAN DANT WHEREAS, recent intense storms along the western water- shed of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the State of California have produced the most serious flood conditions along the water courses draining §aid watershed; and WHEREAS, the Calaveras River is a river draining said watershed; and WHEREAS, the recent intense storms caused the Calaveras River, and the Mormon Slough and the Diverting Canal, which carry the bulk of the water of said river, to overflow and in- flict extensive loss of and damage to public and private property including widespread damage to and destruction of county high- ways and city streets and the flooding of certain areas of the City of Stockton and San Joaquin County; and WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army has made examination of the proposal of control of flood waters in the watershed of the Calaveras Diver and made a report recommending the construction of.a New Hogan Dam, which report has been favorably recommended by the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior and by the Water Resources Board of the State of California; and WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States authorized by Public Law 534, 78th Congress, Second Session, 1944, the construction of said New Hogan Dam on the Calaveras River for the purpose of flood control and conservation; and WHEREAS, by Chapter 1514 of the Statutes of 1945, the Legislature of the State of California adopted and authorized the plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes on the Calaveras River and Littlejohn Creek and tributaries substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document 545, 78th Congress, Second Session; and WHEREAS, it is readily apparent to the City Council of the City of Lodi that a dam of the type contemplated by the said Corps of Engineers to be constructed in the watershed of the Calaveras River is urgently and immediately required in order to prevent further loss of public and private property and to secure the safety of the inhabitants in the area subject to overflow from the waters of the Calaveras River, Mormon Slough and the Diverting Canal; and WHEREAS, the construction of such a dam is an obligation of the Federal government recognized in said report of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army and confirmed in various acts of Congress; and WHEREAS, the State of California Water Resources Board did, on August 31, 1956, recommend an a propriation of the sum of Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 (500,000.00) Dollars, for new Hogan Dam WHEREAS said sum of Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 ($500,000.001 Dollars was not included in the President's budget for the fiscal year 1957-58, and WHEREAS, Congressman John J. .McFall of the llth Congres- sional District of California has introduced a bill (HR 574.$) before the Congress of the United States requesting that an a propriation in the sum of Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 (500,000.00) Dollars be included in the budget for the fiscal. year 1957-58; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi respectfully requests favorable action toward granting this Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 ($500,000.00) Dollars appropria- tion for the completion of plans and the initial stages of con- struction of a New Hogan Dam. CERTIFIED to be a full, true and correct copy of Resolution No. 2014 as passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of .Lodi in regular meeting held April 3, 1957. Dated: April 4, 1957 -2- HENRY A. CLAVES, JR. City Clerk a� ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CITY MALL CITY OF STOCKTON STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA Mr. Henry A. Glaves, City Hall Building Lodi, California Dear Sir: March 21, 1957 Jr . , City Clerk As per our telephone conversation, I am enclosing several paragraphs, which I feel you might like to include in your resolution to Congress, :requesting money for the new Hogan Dam. Please forward to gyne a copy of your complete resolution as soon as practicable because I in turn intend to duplicate it and include it in our proposed brochure. Very truly yours, ITY EN INFER MD: jc WHEREAS, the State of California Water Resources Board did, on Amust .�' 1956 recommend an appro- priation of the sum of FIVE HUNMM THOUSAND AND N0/100 ( $500, 000.00) D011 ARS, for new Hogan Dam WAS, said sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND N0/100 ($500,000.00) DOLLARS was not included in the President's budget for the fiscal year 1957-58, and WHEREAS, Congressman John J. McFall of the 11th Congressional District of California has introduced a bill (HR 48) before the Congress of the United States requesting that an appropriation in the sum of FIVE HUNDFY-D niOUSAND AND NO/100 ($500,000.00) DOLS be included in the budget for the fiscal year 1957-58; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED That this (City Council) respectfully requests favorable action toward granting this FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND N0/100 ($_-)00,000.00) DOLLARS appropria- tion for the completion of plans and the initial stages of construction of a New Hogan Dam.