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City Manager
FROM: Bartlett L. Kennedy, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Proposed 1864 County Flood Control District Storm Dra3.n
Bond Issue.
Transmitted herewith for your information is a copy of
the "Report on the Control of Surface Storrn tidater by Storrn Drains
and Drainage Channels - 1864 Program" as prepared by M. E. Salsbury,
Chief Engineer, Los Angeles County Flood Control :District.
Your attention is directed to Project 1101, page 10, and
to Projec's 7401, page 13F3, `(402, page 13g, and 7403, page 142.
Projects `(401, `(402, and '(403 comprise drains submitted
by this office at the request of the District for inclusion in this
proposed Bond Issue. 38 drains, in all sections of the City, vaere
submitted. These were combined into three large projects by the
District.
Your particular attention is directed to Project 1101,
page 10. This is a "Regional Project", prepared by Los Angeles,
extending from the ocean at California Avenue east to 26th Street,
thence south to Wilshire Boulevard and east to and beyond our
easterly City limits. It involves a reinforced concrete double-box
structure, up to 26 feet in width and 1.3 feet high, at depths up
to 50 feet below pavement surface.
While this project would provide relief for the presently.
overloaded Kenter Canyon storm drain, which would definitely be to
the benefit of Santa Monica, its construction would result in great
inconvenience to the residents and merchants of Santa Monica, and
the location of an outlet structure of the size required to serve
this drain on the beach af, California Avenue would not be an asset
to the City.
As you know, this proposed Bond Issue will be on the
ballot at the November 3, 1864 general election.
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ARTLETT L. KENNEDY,
City Engineer
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WARREN M. OORN
CHAIRMAN
FRANK G. BON ELLI
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C'OI7NTY OF LOS ANGE LE S
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September 17, 1964
T-ionorable Rex Minter
Mayor of Santa Monica
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Santa Monica, California
FRANK G.BON ELLI
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The Board of Supervisors, with the concurrence of an overwhelmingly
favorable vote of the Los Angeles County Division of the,League of
California Cities, has proposed that construction of 267 critical and
urgently needed storm drains to. protect residents in all parts of Los
Angeles County, be financed by a bond issue to be placed on the
November 3rd ballot. -- -------- _.__. __.
The measure, designated as Proposition 11 C," will provide 275 million
dollars in construction costs, spread over an eight year period, for
essential regional and vital connecting drains that carry off storm
waters from the 76 cities and 32 unincorporated communities within
the County, These proposed projects are a necessary and important
link in a well designed and cooperatively engineered system, providing
protection of life and property, as well as improving sanitation, con-
serving water and stabilizing soil conditions,
In your capacity as chief executive officer of your city, the use of your
nan-ie added to an outstanding list of other civic and governmental
leaders of prominence would lend prestige to the Citizens° Committee
,for Health and Safety supporting County Proposition C.
A resolution adopted by your Council, similar to the one attached,
would also add impetus and serve to emphasize that these projects are
Honorable Rex Minter
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September 17, 1964
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a joint and cooperative action between the City Engineering Department
and the Flood Control District.
The advantages of mutual savings and common benefit are numerous and
will be told in depth as the campaign progresses. However, the singularly
important facet in launching this campaign is your consent to being an
endorsee of Proposition C,
We look forward to an early and favorable reply.
Sincerely,
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Frank G. Bonelli
Supervisor, First District
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County Proposition C will appear on the
General Election ballot November 3, 1964, seeking voters' approval of a $275'
million bond tissue for flood control purposes, and
WHEREAS, Passage of Proposition C will authorize construction of
some 267 critical or urgently needed storm drains within.73 cities and 32
unincorporated communities of Los Angeles County, and
WHEREAS, These drains will protect t&e health and safety off' all
residents by relieving flooding or ponding conditions, as well as improving
sanitation, conserving valuable water and stabilizing ground cover, thus
protecting and augmenting property values throughout the County, and
WHEREAS, ?'he City of
has been and will remain a
principal party to the proposed construction program, having already sub-
mined its requirements for drains needed within the city boundaries, and will
take part in planning vital drains programmed for construction, and
WHEREAS, The City of
has consistently sponsored and
supported ssmilar flood control programs, believing them to be in the best
interest of this city, as well as of the nearly seven million residents of the
County of Los Angeles,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the governing body of the
City of does hereby endorse, without qualification, Los Angeles
County Proposition C, and does recommend that voters of this city also express
their approval by voting 1°yes°' on Proposition C on November 3, 1964;
AND BE %T FURTHER RESOLVED, That in an effort to obtain broad
public knowledge of this endorsement, that copies off this resolution be dis-
tributed to all newspapers circulating generally within the Ciky of
as well as to the Los Angeles County Division, League of Calafornia Cities, and
to the Board of .Supervisors off Los Angeles County,~r acting as the governing
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body off the Los Angeles County ]Flood Control District.
CITif OF SANTA MONICA 64-C-146
DATE; October 21, 1964
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Ferry Scott, City Manager
SUBJECT: Proposed Los Angeles County Flood Control Bond Issue--
Proposition "C"
For your information we have compiled the following, rather
interesting statistics on the ratio of benefit to cast locally,
which we may expect if the subject issue is approved by the
voters.
A, The City of Santa l~ionica comprises 1.8372% off the total
assessed valuation of the Los Angeles County Flood Control
District, and will be liable for that or a similar proportion
of the total debt service on the proposed bond issue. If we
assume a 30-year serial issue sold at 3 1/2%, the total debt
service would amount to $422, 584, 250, of which our local
taxpayers would pay $7, 763, 718 if the current ratio remains
reasonably constant. This amounts to an average annual cost
of $25$,790.
B. Of the total proposed construction of 275 million, $52, 053, 600
is earmarked for regional projects which benefit the entire
dastrict and for which Santa Monsca might reasonably be ex-
pected to pay its share. This proportional share including
interest would amount to $1, 469, 562.
C. The balance of the proposed total construction, amounting to
$222, 946, 400, is for local benefit projects. Based on our
assessed valuation ratio, our share of these non-regional
projects, including interest, would be $6, 294, 156.
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D. Our actual share of local benefit projects, including interest,
is $4, 365, 372.
E. Our cost to benefit ratio works out about like this:
Total obligation imposed on Santa
iVionica if bond issue passes $7, ?63, 718
Santa il~onica's benefit
from regional projects $l, 469, 562
Local Santa Monica pro- $4, 365, 372
jects included in program
Total Santa iVIonica benefits $5, 834, 934
Total obligation for benefits not received $i, 928, 784
Biscussions with the administrative staff indicate that the same type
of cost benefit ratio occurred on the two earlier flood control bond
issues. Flood control, however, is an area-wide problem, and it is
presumed that each agency and its citizens benefit from the correction
of the periodic floods. It may not be inappropriate at some future
time to discuss with the Flood Control District a more well defined
policy with respect to classes of projects which are to be constructed
at the expense of the entire district.
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