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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 18, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />APPOINT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE <br />SANTA ANA RIVER FLOOD PROTECTION <br />AGENCY <br />CITY M C AGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2 "d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Appoint William Galvez, Acting Director of Public Works as the City's representative to the Santa <br />Ana River Flood Protection Agency. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City's former Public Works Agency Director served as the City's representative. The Agency <br />meets every other month and representatives do not receive compensation. <br />The Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency (SARFPA) supports the Santa Ana River <br />Mainstem Project and was formed on November 25, 1974. As a joint powers agency, SARFPA's <br />primary function is to support congressional authorization and appropriations for the Santa Ana <br />River Mainstem Project and related projects such as the Westminster Watershed Study. The <br />agency provides its members with information on the status of the Santa Ana River and related <br />projects and regional flood control improvements. <br />The Santa Ana River Mainstem Project involves the construction of flood control improvements <br />for the communities within Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Its main features <br />include the construction of the Seven Oaks Dam in San Bernardino County and the Lower Santa <br />Ana River Channel Improvements in Orange County. <br />SARFPA collectively and through individual members communicates the importance of the Santa <br />Ana River flood control improvements to its Orange County Congressional delegation. SARFPA <br />also sends its Executive Director to Washington D.C. in support of Orange County Supervisors <br />and County staff in seeking appropriations for the Santa Ana River Mainstem Project. <br />SARFPA also communicates with the Orange County State Delegation and the State <br />Department of Water Resources to reimburse the OCFCD's for the State's share of the project <br />costs. SARFPA also supports the efforts of the OCFCD to have the 100 -year Santa Ana River <br />13A -1 <br />