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SOLUTION NO. 69./107
:`iZAS starting on or about uanuanr 13, 1969 the State, of
C tliforria. subjected. to heavy -periods of rainfall causing serious
flooding and. other stor, damage in :.any locations of the Sitate, and,
•:" :� the ;public and Private loss from said flood.inand
other storm. damage has been of the magnitude to warrant Oeclaratio.r4
of Disaster by the Governer of the Mate of California and. the
President of the united States; and.
s5E 1; uALS many local political jurisdictions will be able to
effect emergency repairs to essential public property only through
f -n.ancial assistance rendered under Public Law 1-`375 and, Sections
5 '1 ,0 throughof the Government Code of the Mate oma' California
and have made formal requests for such assistance to the Office of
the Governor of the ;Mate of California; and.
W'H'aH111TJZE-AS high and prolonged. flood stages have been experienced.
on the Sacramento and. $anVToa.cuin Anvers which enter, gain, and become
contiguous with the political boundaries of a major portion of
c ontra costa County; and.
WHEREAE', such flood-stage river flows coupled with abnormally
high tides, heavy rains, and wind.-driven waves have caused. extensive
deterioration and, da-mage to the publicly awned levees and flood pre-
vention facilities within that portion of Contra Costa County known
co,nionly as the S an Joaquin Delta area; and.
WHEAS'142 said levees and flood_ protection facilities are Pub-
licly owned,, controlled, and. maintained by autonomous political Juris-
dictions consisting of 'eleven (ll) Reclamation Districts and one (1)
Municipal Improvement District; and.
`4HEHEAS the damage and deterioration to said. levees and
flood prevention facilities is beyond. the capability of many of t'nese
political Jurisdictions to .replace , repair, and return said levees
and flood protection facilities to a safe and, stabilized condition
without financial assistance from. the Federal ane.,/or Mate Governments;
and.
'WHBH:l A.�S emergency expenditure: from January 17, 1969 to date
h Gve i poverished some of the political Jurisdictions leaving insuffi-
cient funds to accomplish any additional temporary emergency repairs
to essential public facilities;
`i=o 3E IT -BY 'W;ILS BOA1D RESOLVEM that the
"'.'rovernor of the State of 0alifornia is requested and urged, to include
these Reclamation and. 'iMuni.cina,l Ire-provem.ent Districts located in the
San Joaquin Delta area of the County of Contra. Costa -;i.thi:r his
Declaration of a State of Disaster and that he request that the
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President of the United, States include these political jurisdictions
within his Declaration of a $tate of Disaster, in order that said
jurisdictions may benefit .from emergency funds made available under
Public Law 81-87 and./or Sections 54150 tbro-agh 54164 of the Govern-
ment Code of the State of California; and.
BE IT Ft RIEIF, RESOLVED that the Director of the Contra Costa
County Disaster Office is authorizes and. directed, to undertake all
necessary efforts, representations, and, administrative functions to
gain inclusion of said. Reclamation and .Municipal Improvement Dis-
tricts within the Declarations by the Governor of the State of
California and the president of the United. States, and to secure
such State and,/or Federal funds on behalf of and to the benefit of
these autonomous political Jurisdictions to allow for necessary
repairs and. essential restoration to return the publicly avined.
levees and flood, protection facilities to a safe and, stable condition.
PASSED 100 ADO TM,t this 4th day of February, 1969 by the
following vete of the Board :
t S'z Supervisors dames P. Benny, Alfred. M. Dias,
Thomas John Coll, Edmund. A. Linsche id,
James E. Moriarty.
NOES: 'None.
AB'SENT: '174 one.
4L d I ry No. 6911o,7