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EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. J. / n
AN ORDINANCE Appropriating the sum of $76,939.00
for Flood Control Maintenance on Valley Creek be-
tween Third Street and a point 1480 feet South of
Third Street in the City of Port Angeles and de-
claring an emergency.
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles 3s experiencing
failure of cribbing along Valley Creek for a distance beginning
at the South line of Third Street and continuing Southerly 1,480
feet, and,
WHEREAS, the City has heretofor made application to the
State of Washington for assistance in expenses to be incurred in the
installation of an 8t concrete culvert pipe to prevent erosion
and flooding of adjacent property but not limited to private prop-
erty, industrial plants and other City streets, and,
WHEREAS, the State of Washington by and through the
Director of Conservation and Development, in their Agreement No.
758, under date of July 1, 1957, has agreed to participate in the
expense of said culvert installation, estimated at $76,939.00,in
the amount of forty percent of the cost estimated at 30,775.60
and,
WHEREAS, current budget appropriations are inadequate to
meet this expenditure;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL do ordain as follows:
Section 1: That there is hereby appropriated the sum
of $76,939.00 for Valley Creek Flood Control for the installation
of a 84" culvert pipe from the South Line of Third Street a dis-
tance of 1,180 feet.
Section 2: That there is hereby created a Flood Control
Maintenance Fund from which all such expenditures shall be made.
Section 3: That the sum of $76,939.00 be borrowed from
available surplus Light Department Funds and deposited by the Treas-
urer in said Flood Control Maintenance Fund.
Section )4: That the Light Department Fund be re-
imbursed upon receipt of the estimated amount of $30,775.60 from
the Department of Conservation and Development of the State of Washing-
ton and that the balance of the loan due the Light Department shall
IIIbe included and provided for in the annual budget of the City of
Port Angeles for the year 1958 to such extent as shall be necessary
to reimburse that fund,
Section 5: That the situation existing on Valley
Creet could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of making
estimates for the 1957 budget.
Section 6: That an emergency is hereby declared to exist,
which emergency is caused by deterioration and collapsing of the
log cribbing along said Valley Creek endangering the public health
and welfare of the people of Port Angeles.
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INTRODUCED: July 25, 1957
PASSED By Unanimous Vote: a 4v4i / ,1957
APPROVED AND ADOPTED: 7,20,44d I .1957
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPR•VEP AS • F
stant City e,`ifrney
Published: �v ,1957