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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 11, Page 722, No Resolution Number722 U A RESOLUTION DECLINIIIG TO ACCEPT TILE RESPONSIBILITY FOP. Ti'E L'.AINTENANCE AND OP3 ATIO_1 0 ' TI is F LOOD';IALL AID REQUESTINI TIRE U. S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO DO T11E "YORK DESCRIBED IN ME REPORT OF T. A. BRADLEY, ME CITY ENGINEER, FOR THE COMPLETION OF SAID FLOODWALL WHEREAS, under date of ;':arch 30 Z_ 31, 1948, T. A. Bradley, the City Engineer, made an inspection of the Paducah Flcodwall in company ti'o•ith representatives from the office of the U. S. District Engineer at Louisville, Kentucky, and the said T. A. Bradley sub- mitted to the City of Paducah on April 23, 1948 a report in which he set out and described in detail all of the work which should be done for completion of said floodwall, a copy of which report is filed with and as a part of this resolution; and jl WHEREAS, under date of July 12, 1949, a second inspection of said floodwall was made by the said T. _". E.radley while in the ILII company of Col. J. L. Person, the :i. S. District Engineer of Louis- ville, Kentucky, and the said T. A. P.radley has submitted to the City of 1-nducah his report of inspection on said date, which report is also filed herewith and as a part of this resolution; and 71HEREAS, as will be shown by the reports of the said T. A. Bradley, considerable additional work must be done before said flood - wall has been satisfactorily completed; and WHEREAS, the cost of the additional work described in the report of the City Engineer will amount to more than ;500,000.00, and all of said work must be done if said floodwall is to be completed in such manner as to prevent great loss and damage to the owners of property on account of inadequate drainage; and ,HEREAS, the revenues of the City of Paducah are not sufficient for payment of any part of such construction costs and it should n�t be called upon to bear any part of the cost of completing said floodwall; and WHEREAS, under date of July 13, 1949, the said Col. J. L. Person transmitted to the Hon. Gene Peak, 1.'ayor of the City of Paducah, a notice that the floodwall was turned over to the City of Paducah for operation and maintenance as of July 15, 1949, together with two keys which were to be personally delivered by Mr. J. L. Pellum, Resident Engineer of the Cache River Flood Protection Project; and WHEREAS, the City IManager, to whom said keys were offered refused to accept same and has recommended that the Board of Comm issioners decline to accept the responsibility for the operation aqd maintenance of said floodwall until the work doscribed in the rcpoxt of the City Engineer h -s been done; NOSY THEREFORE, DE IT RESOLVED DY THE BOARD ..^i CO1,r.:I33'iOATM3 OF THE C17Z OF PADL'CAiI, KENTUCI:Y: i', 723 SECTION 1. That the City of Paducah decline to accept the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the floodwall as of July 15, 1: as requested by the said Col. J. L. Person or to accept any respon- sibility or maintenance until all of the additional work described in the report of the City Engineer has been done and the constructic of said floodwall has been fully completed as requested by the City Engineer. SECTION 2. That the said Col. J. L. Person be immediately notified of the action taken by the City of Paducah, that the City of Paducah request the Corps of Engineers to continue the maintenance and operation of said floodwall until all of the additional work de- scribed in the City Engineer's report has been done, that said repox be referred to the appropriate authorities in order that arrangement may be made for doing of the work in such manner as will insure the satisfactory completion of the floodwall, and that a copy of this Resolution also be furnished to Vice President Alben W. Barkley, United States Senators Virgil Chapman and Garrett L. Withers and Representative Noble J. Gregory. SECTION 3. That the attention of the Honorable Alben W. Barkley, Virgil Chapman, Garrett L. 1,ithers and Noble J. Gregory be called to the plight in which the City of Paducah finds itself if forced to take over the maintenance and operation of a floodwall and, in addition, the responsibility of completing the construction of said floodwall, all of which would require an outlay of money far in excess of its power to raise, and that they be requested to immediately get in touch with the U. S. Engineer in Washington and urge that he arprove the expenditure of the funds necessary for the completion of said project. i Mayor Tem l� Gc,Gz.-t/' " L -/,—�f Commiss• oonner^ Passed by the Loard of Commissioners July 19, 1949 Recorded by Sarah '_fhurman, City Clerk, July 19, 1949. 49,