Res 1318-61 RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, REQUESTING PARTICIPATING
STATE FUNDS FOR THE ~4MEDIATE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA FLOOD CONTROL
DISTRICT CANAL C-15, PA~4 BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
?~EREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, have determined through engineering studies, the
immediate necessity of providing storm drainage facilities in the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, in order to alleviate extensive and
recurring property and personal damage and to allow development of the
City's growth potential; and
~EREAS, the City of Delray Beach, Florida, lies within
the boundaries of the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control
District and will directly and immediately receive flood control and
water conservation benefits by construction of Central and Southern
Florida Flood Control District Canal C-15 and appurtenant structures°
and '
WHEREAS the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is prepared to
acquire necessary rights-of-way and to construct necessary
secondary storm drainage facilities to contribute storm drainage
into Canal C-15 for the provision of proper and adequate flood con-
trol and water conservation purposes; and,
WHEREAS, the acquisition of nocessary rights-of-way and
construction of Canal C-!5 and appurtenant structures has been inves-
tigated and reported on by the Corps of Engineers, U. So Army, and
has been determined feasible by said agency and will provide an
estimated benefit to cost ratio of lO.~ to 1.O, said report entitled
"Central and Southern Florida Project for Flood Control and Other
Purposes, Part V, Coastal Areas South of St. Lucie Canal, Supplement
24, General Design Memorandum, Canals 15 and 16, and Control
Structures ~0, 41 and 42", dated December 31, 195~; and
WHEREAS the City of Delray Beach, Florida, has title to a
substantial portion of proposed Canal C-15 rights-of-way and is pre-
pared to dedicate said right-of-way to the Central and Southern
Florida Flood Control District in consideration for acquisition of
the remaining rights-of-way and for construction of Canal C-15; and
WHEREAS, portions of a canal have been constructed by
private interests along the alignment and within the proposed right-
of-way of Canal C-15; and
~EREAS, the construction and completion of Canal C-15 is
deemod essential to the protection of the public health and welfare
cf the citizens of the City of Delray Beach, Florida~ and environs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT it does hereby petition and
request that participating State of Florida funds for construction
of Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District Canal C-15,
be immediately provided by the State to supplement participating funds
~to be provided by the Government of the United States through the
Cor~ of Engineers, United States Army, for construction of Central
Southern Florida Flood Control District proposed Canal C-15.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this
resolution be mailed this date by registered United States mail to
Senator Spessard Holland, Senator George Smathers, Congressman Paul J.
, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville
District, Governor Farris Bryant, and Governing Board of the Central
and Southern Florida Flood Control District.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at regular session on the 13th day of
March, A. D., 1961.
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