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RESOLUTION N0. 2582 RESOLUTION REQUESTING STATE OF CALI~,0~-~IA TO REPLACE ,JA1LA ANA RIVER BRIDGE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COU~JCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA AlVA AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, on tho 3rd day of I.~arch, 1938, flood waters of the Santa Ana ~iver demolished and destroyed the bridge across said river carrying State Highway No. 101, which hig%~.way is a major artery for traffic in the State of California, and which bridge is located within the City of Santa Ana, and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Aha, a mtmicipal corporation of the Fifth Class, has been finsncially unable to construct a bridge which will be suitable and adequate to care for flood waters of said Santa Aha River, and / I WHEREAS, the maintenance of said State Highway is under the jurisdiction' of the Department of Public Works of the State of California, and WHEREAS, said bridge is necessary for the carrying of automobile traffic up and dovaa the State of California; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council, of the City of Santa Ana does hereby give its consent to, and requests that the State of California or the Department of Public Works thereof, be and they are hereby requested to proceed with the construction of a new bridge of a~dequate desi~ma to care for flood waters of Santa Ana River and if necessary or appropriate, to make application to the Public Works Administration for a grant or loan of sufficient moneys to finance the said construction, all as may be deteEnined to be proper by the ssid State of California, or Department of Public Works; And the City of Santa Aha does hereby request and authorize the transference and re-allocation of the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) From the construction account in Project 13 as set forth and defined in the memorandum of agreement for expenditur? of one-quarter (1/4) cent fund on State highways, between the City of Santa Ana, and the Department of Public Works of the State of California, for the biennium of 1937-1939, dated the 21st day of June, 193V, from said Project 13 to the accomplislmment of the construction of said bridge; And the City of Santa Aua does hereby further request that the Depart- merit of Public Works of the State of California, furnish such additional funds as may be necessary to accomplish the same from such sources as may be available. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Aha, at its special called meeting held this 4th day of August, 1938. Fred C. Rowland Mayor ATTEST: E. L. Vegely City Clerk (SEAL).