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COUNTY OF BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CALIFORNIA WATER COMMISSION'S
REQUEST FOR A SECTION 11.35 RECONAISSANCE INVESTIGATION FOR A
FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT IN THE CHEROKEE CANAL WATERSHED
WHEREAS, the Butte County Board of Supervisors passed Resolution 98-173
on December i, 1998, requesting non-federal sponsorship by the Reclamation Board far a
flood control project in the Cherokee Canal Watershed; and
WHEREAS, the California Water Commission voted to support an U.S. E~rmy
Corps of Engineers Reconnaissance Study of the Cherokee Canal Watershed on March 5,
1999; and
WHEREAS, property owners along the Cherokee Canal, the Western Canal
District, the Butte County Rice Growers Association, the California Cooperative Rice
Research Foundation, Inc. and the Richvale Irrigation District have indicated their
support for the flood control project including, technical expertise, property use and
access, in-kind support, as well as financial support; and
WHEREAS, the residents of the valley and agricultural interests have suffered
extensive damages to infrastructure, residences, other structures and crops over the past
twenty-five years; and
WHEREAS, potential solutions to this problem are available through U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers programs and there is enough justification to support a Federal
interest in the solution to this problem.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors, that a
flood control project is necessary in this area to protect the health, safety and welfare of
the residents of Butte County and in order to expedite a mitigation of the flooding
problem;
1. Support the California Water Commissions request for funding of an U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers Reconnaissance Investigation to develop a federal
interest in finding a solution to this problem.
2. Request the California Water Commission to request this as a priority project.
3. State the County of Butte's willingness to support this project with technical
expertise, in-kind services, and financial participation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors, State of
California this 9`'' day of March 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Beeler, Davis, Houx, Josiassen and Chair Dolan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINING: None
ATTEST: ~ '
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JAN DOLAN, Chair
Butte`,County Board of Supervisors
JOHN S. BLACKLOCK, Chief Administrative Officer
And Clerk of the Board