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3/88 - DUE TO POOR CONDITION THE ORIGINAL WAS DESTROYED H. G. OSBORNE ORANGE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT · ANTA ANAo CALIF'DRNIA r,cr NO. CO§F23.21 NOV - 9 1971 Mr. Carl Thornton, City Manager City of Santa Aha 217 North Main Street Santa Aha, California 92701 Mr. Dudley M. Lapham, City Manager City of Garden Grove 11391 Acacia Street .Garden Grove, California 92640 Gentlemen: Last year the City of Santa Ana's first priority funding request to the City Engineers Flood Control Advisory Committee received a favorable recom- mendation and an allocation of $80,000 for the construction of West Washington Storm Drain was included in the flood control districtls adopted budget for fiscal 1971-72. Subsequently, we have been working with your staff to implement the request. However, there appear to be certain economies and increased bene- fits to the general public if a more comprehensive project is pursued jointly as described ~elow. In the districtls review of the hydrology of the area of East Garden Grove and West Santa Ana it was discovered that the two cities in their separate master plans had proposed separate storm drains based on city limits rather than topo- graphic drainage areas. Comparing cost estimates, we have found that a Joint solution would save approximately $100,000 in lieu of separate storm drains. In a meeting with district and the respective cities~ staffs a more compre- hensive project application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been proposed. Total project cost would approximate $700,000. After consideration of drainage areas tributary and areas benefitting from the project it has been determined that equity would be achieved if each city participates · equally in the combined drainage system, and the district contributes an amount equalling the sum of the two cities. .THis new project was considered at the last (October 21st) City Engineers Flood Control Advisory Cormmittee meeting recognizing that the processing of a HUD application would in any event extend the project into fiscal 1972,73. The follow- ing recommendations resulted: