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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12469 1 RESOLUTION NO. a~9 2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO ASSUME FINANCIAL BURDEN AND 3 RESPONSIBILITY OF MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF THE TWIN CREEK-SANTA ANA RIVER FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT UPON THE SAN BERNARDINO PUBLIC 4 GOLF COURSE SITUATED AT 1494 SOUTH WATERMAN AVENUE, SAN BERNARDINO CALIFORNIA. 5 6 WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Public Golf Course is a privately owned and tax paying eighteen hole regulation golf 7 8 9 course available for use by the public; and WHEREAS, said golf course is the only regulation eighteen 10 hole golfing facility available for use by the general public 11 without regard to race, color, creed, sex, national origin, and 12 golfing ability, and said golf course is a vital center of 13 recreation available to all of the people of the City of San 14 Bernardino; and 15 WHEREAS, said public golf course currently provides 60,000 16 rounds of golfing pleasure each year and said golf course serves 17 the entire San Bernardino Valley; and 18 WHEREAS, the United States Corps of Engineers has contracte 19 for the immediate construction of the Twin Creek-Santa Ana River 20 Flood Control project; and 21 WHEREAS, said project has been designed and construction 22 thereon commenced without evaluation by the United States Corps 23 of Engineers or any other body as to the impact of said project 24 upon said golf course as required by laws of the State of 25 California and the United States government, to wit: The 26 California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environ- 27 mental Protection Act; and 28 WHEREAS, said flood control project will in fact cause 7, 1 severe adverse impact and great damage to said golf course and 2 particularly the impact will cause great damage upon that portion 3 of the said golf course that is situated upon real property owned 4 in fee by the City of San Bernardino; and 5 WHEREAS, no statement or report of the impact of said 6 project upon the golf course was ever offered to the City of San 7 ! Bernardino for evaluation purposes pursuant to the provisions of 8 the National Environmental Protection Act and the California 9 Environmental Quality Act, 10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON 11 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS: 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1. That the United States Corps of Engineers should evaluate the adverse impact of the Twin Creek-Santa Ana River i!Flood Control Project upon the San Bernardino Public Golf Course 'and ascertain the damages to said property. 2. That the united States Corps of Engineers should fully assume the responsibility and the financial burden of minimizing the adverse impact and damages upon and to the San Bernardino Public Golf Course by their construction of the Twin Creek-Santa Ana River Flood Control Project. 3. That the United States Corps of Engineers should under- 22 take the responsibility of reconstructing the San Bernardino 23 Public Golf Course in such a manner that will restore the course 24 to a regulation eighteen hole golf facility available to the publi 25 in order that said flood control project be compatible with said 26 golf course. Said reconstruction should be accomplished in the 27 shortest possible time. 28 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly -2- II Ii 'I II 'I II !I adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San I I 1 2 3 Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the ;Hi {,- day of , 1976, by the following 4 vote, to wit: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: Councilmen '-~,I . Cd- -;y/V"?<N:'.?,d' --"77 . Y~~-'7u:.~ 'r' ,t ' J C,L-C-?-;n:r~~-I!: ??UL-?;:- , / /' )S/.,L".c~ ,o--<f-,~:Ai.;;I'-"V"-/ / -,...c;."._ . ~' / :,' ,~:' ,/, '" d~;'l::: ~- '" " is :,7/ - 71:. day The foregoing resolution is hereby " )z.-LL:; , 1976. " / 5L ;-- ~~. ,/>~~ ,/.. of //", c-.~~'.,.=::>." ayor of 15 Approved as to form: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1L442 FILED H)I l' ,;, '1:"70" ,- JL iJ;;J LUCILLE GOFORTH, City Clerk /:7 /Z pJr,) /. .-J, _ ,I BY-i.:(:~:..L; ..-(..~L7fd,~0EPUTr: V -3-