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RESOLUTION NO. 52-46 RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA AMA REQUESTING THE ORANGE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO DO CERTAIN WORK TO PREVENT OR MINIMIZE FLOOD DAMAGE ~i~EAS, the Orange County Flood Control District was heretofore created for the primary purpose of constructing works to prevent or minimize flood damage and to control flood waters; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby requests the Board of Directors of the Orange County Flood Control District to construct and improve flood con- trol works in and about the City of Santa Ana, to control flood damage from surface waters as follows: 1.~ Flood control works to collect and transport surface waters originating south of Fairhaven Avenue and somewhat west of Tustin Avenue which flow westerly and southerly to Santa Clara Ave- nue, Grand Avenue, Seventeenth Street~ght Street, .Nabm~-y Street, and First Street and which run south from First Street on Lyon and McClay Streets and from Grand Avenue and First Street south and west to Chestnut and Orange Avenues and thence south to Delhi Road and a portion of which water collects north of Delhi Road and east of the Southern Pacific tracks at Delhi Road. Most of the water herein re- ferred to comes from County territory and causes flood conditions in City areas. 2. Improve and enlarge the Delhi Drainage Ditch south of Santa Ana which ditch joins the flood control ditch near Sunflower and Bristol or otherwise construct flood control works for the pro- tection of farm lands southwest of Santa Ana where flood conditions exist with considerable regularity. A large part of the water caus- ing this flooding does originate inside the City of Santa Ana. 3. Construct a levy or dyke along the southeasterly bank of the Santa Ana River from Seventeenth Street northerly to Santiago