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Director Ken Miller brought the groups attention to a bill in the State legislature which, if passed into law, would reinb:;rse 70°% 0! 1 share expense for eligible flood control projects. More information is needed to show- hu,.v the I),!! helps, which Director 'Miller will supply on rec uest The bill is AI397, by Nlorr•ise\ c !'U.;:r�e Cuunty and Prusc:tta of Santa Clara County. Ken hopes City Councils will piiss Resolt:tW!.s and he believes we should individually learn. about the bill and let our legislators know ol'our support. The balance of the meeting consisted of the 97/98 budget proposals and I 'm reporting on discussions of concerns for Colton centered around the following: 1.) Reche Canyon Drainage Study and status of actions in this area to relieve drainage problems such as the Fern Avenue - Shadid Lane area 2.) Eucalyptus/Valley Blvd. Storm Drain (CSDP 3-4) use of the Rialto Channel to Santa Ana River and i 3.) CSDP 3-5 from Randall Basin soutnerld'b6v SBC Medical Center Relocation Project under Interstate 10 and ultima:e!y to the Sanm Ama River. The meetings activity related to these follows: 1.) Reche Canyon Drairtitge Study ;tnd related activities in this area, The flood control staffhas been working on the drainage study as agreed upon and budgeted by the FCD in the 96/97 fiscal yen r in the nn,uunt o!'S 20,800 and they went over budget spending $25,000. This year they h ve buc'geted 520,000 and \vill prepare the secondary facility plan which I told the con;mittee and sta:Y%%;e had an!;;i; t;d as part oftlhe scope from the very beginning. Since we need to develop the cost of a drninnr c system to consider acreage fees to help finance the facilities critically needed in this hilly can yon area Walt Allison told me he wanted to meet with us soon on study cl lils to ,;:i!e i3c_ ,: •'at Mead told me after%+ird that they have not received a p y , copy or tl`e l\'.C':a Ca,�,:�P � �`I•�� 1) .i•, rl o get • , CountyDe Department told them. the �z-ot,ld have t a copy from the City of Colton. Last 1 memos and talked with Public Forks Department and Planning Depanment :1-t a copy be made available to them. The specific plan is foundation for plannin;< the seca):: ars,' ttcrlities (drainage) infrastructure Plan. Hopefully there is a copy which can be mare available soon so FCD work won't be stalled As Part of the Reche Canyon Drainage Study discussion by the Committee, I asked what the Transportation Depainmen; had done !o r t gate the drainage problem along and near Fern Avenue. Director NIiiler said be wc,''d rev:.'•, of work on this problem. Our plan for temporary channel and pipe tom Shad;d Lan; n!o!,g Reche Canyon Road to the Matich tract had been set aside by the County last year indicating that the Rond Department could do some interim improvements which would be more ltrlptul Ken ',\,II follow th ough and let us know what was planned and what has been done. After the meeting Ken Miller talked about a meeting he had several months ago with Colton star I believe the Public Works Depariment person involved was James King (I didn't get many details from Ken). He said there were requests !'or drainage work, traffic work, traffic -signals and other improvements and even -the t;_e c!`the County bidding to get the " volume advantage", etc. He said he thot:gitc James King or somebody on the Colton Stafi`would send -follow-up itemized