HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 8857 N.C.S. 05/05/1980PLK:ad '5-6-80
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~. RESO,LUTI.OP~ URGING` AN: A'CTION NE.CESS'RRY~ TO PROMOTE .
' IMMEDIATE .DRE~DGZ~fG OF' THE•'P'ETflLUMA RIVER BY THE
~ U. S. ARMY CO~RPS OF ENGI°NEERS.
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~ ~JHEREAS, the,re lias been-a delay ~i~n funding the contract for maintenance
dredging of the Petaluma Riu,er nauigat7i~on. channel due to a~ s;uspension of all
contr,act advertisings,~ bi~d openi~ngs, a.nd aw;a;_r.ds in the Nationwide Civil Works
Program,. and ' .
a WHERE°AS, dredging. is ~necess:ary: to correct ser-ious health and. safety
probl~ems in and rel<ated to 'the PetaTuma Ri~ver•`a ~incl uding seri'ous shoal in.g consti.t-
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tuting. a' hazard to navigat:ion, commerce. (see the attached Exfiibit A), and boat-
i ng safety~; and
~ WHEREAS, s,aid dredging, is necessary to correct seri,o`us ~otential environ-
mental.damage as a result of reductaon of the river floodway by sbaling and silta-
tion, wh`ich may resul,t~:`in fl°oodin;g.i.n;~are,as ~not heretofore subj'ect to such dan.ger,
.~-NQW., THEREFORE, B'f IT RES40LVED tiiat the Fetaluma City Council hereby urges
the. ll. S. Army~ Corps of En'g>i~neers ;:~Congres'sman aDon H. Gl ausen., Senators A1 an
Chants'on' and;, S~`I: 'Hayakawa ands a~l`J iot~ier.''Fe;deral' offi,cial,s.; invol ved to take al l
act~ic~n .n:ecessary to "insure immedi~,ate compl;et~i~on of the project planned by the
lJ. S, Rrmy Co:rps of~ Engineers~ to. dredge the Petaluma River.
. Under the power.:and authority conferred upon this: Council by the..Charter of said Citp. ~
, . I hereby certify the forenoing 'Re~olution vv`as ~introduced and adopted by the
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. Council ,of"~the City-'o'f Petalunia at, a;('Regular:) (i`Acijourned) (Special) .meetino • ~9 ~ c~ as to
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AYES:: ~o~un~cilmen Bal~s{i~aw,..Cavanagh.; Harb~e"r,s.o;n:; Perry,Vice-Mayor Bond
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Domestic Ope~ations~ ~
• The Horiora~ble Fred.Mattei ~ ~
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Ma~y,or qf Petaluma . '
Petaluma City Couric'il : ~
City of Petaluma
C-ity Hal:l '
Peta~luma, California ~94952 - , _
Attention: Mr. Ro.bert.Meyer
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iGentlemen:
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~We~ wis~h~ to expre~ss our.'_' deep concern over the p"resent status o.f
~fundi'ng ~for .dredgirig o;f the Pet'al.uma River.
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,Santa Fe-Pomeroy, I:nc~.. manufactur,es as muc~h as 1.00, 0:.00 tons of. pre- .
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~cast concrete pr.oduc,ts per year in Petal-uma~. Historically, .up to
~5Q'_o of~ ~these products: `Yia~e. ;b.een. sYiipged from. Pe"t'aluma by barge to
;mari~ne coristruct=iori pro;jects. A n.avigable P'etaluma River is essen-
itial to co:ntinuirig~ ou"r .operatio'ri's i-n Pet'aluma. ~
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~=,We, are alread•y ~exper;ienciri.g dif.ficu_lties in the chaniiel .at the
~~,mo,uth of':;the river';;~ ,and; m~"ust sched.ule our .s,h'ipment.s for favorable
'tides,~.'~ Fa-ilure to °;proc;eed wi,th~. the proposed' dred'ging may have:
se~rio.us impact on o:ur operations in: the near fut~ure.
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•Santa F'e-Pomeroy, Inc. is~ a ma~~or employer in Petaluma, and contri-
'bu'tes sigri'ific:antl,y to the Ci:ty's economy. ° Our co.ncern is not
; so;lely f~r our owri -iritere;s-t,s , but f'or tho's.e of the c.ommurnity as
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~W.e are sur,e• that y.ou s;hare .thi:s :concern,, ,and tr-us=t t'hat you w.i-11
~~e"xert :every e-ffort~; to ~assure contin~ued maintenanc,e dr:edgirig of the
i ri~ver-, in the near future, and for the 1!ong te'rm.
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