CC Resolution No. 3865 RESOLUTION N0. 3865
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
REQUESTING THE ARPiY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO DISCUSS WITH CIT1'
' CONCERNS REGARnING THE 100-YEAR FLOOD FOR STEVENS CREEK
WFiEREAS, the City of Cupertino is presently involved in establishing the
100-year flood for Stevens Creek within the City; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Clara Valley Water District has calculated the flow of
6700 cubic feet per second for said reach; and ~
~+~iEREAS, the said pro~ected flow has raised a great deal of concern
. expressed by the property o~,mers along the reach as to its assumptions, factors,
and method of calculation which will have a direct financial impact upon prop-
erty owners in the Cupertino area; and
WHEREAS, the Corps of Engineers has been retained by H.U.D, to perform the
100-year flood for Che City of Sunnyvale; and
WHEREAS, the flow arrived at by the Corps will most likely be the,flow that
will prevail when the final study is performed for Cupertino sometime in the
future; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City and its citizens to express
these concerns to the Corps prior to any final adoption;
NO?J, THEREFORE, BF IT RESOLVED that the City Cour.cil is con.cerned about
~ claims that the method of determining the extent of the 100-year flood.flow is
subst~ntially in error and hereby requests the Corps of Engineers in its study
give serious consideration to other methods of calculating stream~flows.~ To
this end the City of Cupertino offers to provide to the Corps prafessional opinion
as to drainage basin characteristics, data available, factors and assumption that
should be considered. ~
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this 3rd day of .March , 1975, by the following vote:
Vote Members of the City Council
AYES: Frolich, Jackson, Meyers, Nellis, Sparks .
NOES: None '
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: ~ APPROVED:
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City Clerk Mayor, City o Cupertino
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