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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
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RESOLUTION NO.
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THE FLORIDA CABINET
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TO RECONSIDER A PREVIOUSLY ENTERED ORDER PRO-
HIBITING BACKPUMPING OF SURPLUS WATERS INTO
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THE PUBLICLY -OWNED CONSERVATION AREAS ADJACENT
TO WESTERN BROWARD COUNTY AND REQUESTING THE
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COUNTY COMMISSION, ALL U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
FROM DADE, BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES,
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U.S. SENATORS AND THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO IMMEDIATELY JOIN WITH
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THE CITIES OF WEST BROWARD COUNTY AND DO ALL
WITHIN THEIR POWER TO SEE THAT BACKPUMPING
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DURING EMERGENCIES INTO THE CONSERVATION AREAS
IS ALLOWED TO OCCUR.
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11 WHEREAS, in April 1979, Broward County, Florida, suffered
12 severe flooding as a result of an abnormal rainfall, which could not be
13 resolved with the current drainage facilities available in Broward County; and
14 WHEREAS, the April, 1979, rainfall was a warning that positive,
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concrete
and immediate
action
to improve drainage
must
be taken immediately to
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prevent a
catastrophy
in terms
of loss of life in
the
future, and
17 WHEREAS, the present drainage facilities, specifically, the
18 C-13 and C-14 canals, west of State Road 7, were originally designed solely
19 to accomodate agricultural land uses; and
20 WHEREAS, the Hillsborough Canal, which also purports to drain
21 portions of western Broward County, has never received any project benefits
22 so as to efficiently accomodate any particular drainage use; and
23 WHEREAS, in 1979 one-half of the population of Broward County
24 resides west of State Road 7 and the projected growth of Broward County will,
25 1 in the future, be predominantly west of State Road 7; and
26 WHEREAS, future growth will also create needs for new sources
27 of drinking water; and
28 WHEREAS, the dangers to lives and property as to future flooding
29 will only be complicated by future growth; and
30 WHEREAS, a recognized cost effective solution to the potential
31 flooding problem in western Broward County exists wherein, a dual purpose can
32 be accomplished whereby surplus waters could be pumped into the conservation
33 areas such waters also providing necessary future water supplies, and
34 WHEREAS the Florida Cabinet has heretofore prohibited the back-
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1 pumping of said surplus waters into said conservation areas; and
2 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tamarac endorses the
3 concept of backpumping surplus waters into the conservation areas adjacent
4 and adjoining western Broward County in times of flooding emergency and believes
5 that the Florida Cabinet should reconsider its position prohibiting the said
b backpumping.
7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
8 CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
9 SECTION 1: That the Florida Cabinet is hereby urged to
10 recognize a very real threat to human life due to insufficient drainage and
11 to reconsider its previously entered order prohibiting the backpumping of
12 surplus water into the conservation areas adjacent and adjoining western
13 Broward County and allow and direct the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to imme-
1 4 diately initiate a study to determine the feasibility of the backpumping of
15 surplus water into the conservation area in times of flooding emergency, which
]6 backpumping would, if permitted, provide additional flood protection and a
17 needed water source for the citizens of Broward County through the most
18 efficient and economical procedure available.
19 SECTION 2: The County Commission, all U.S. Representatives
20 from Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, U.S. Senators and the South
2 1 Florida Water Management District are urged to immediately join with the cities
22 of West Broward County and do all within their power to see that backpumping
23 during emergencies into the conservation areas is allowed to occur.
24 PASSED,APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of ,1979.
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29 CITY CLERK
30 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I have
approved the form and correctness of
31 this RESOLUTION MAYOR:
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DISTRICT
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RECORD Of COUNCIL VOT'
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