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EXHIBIT A PHOTO SHEETS

APPLICANT: RIVERSIDE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

PHOTO ONE COMMENTS

AN AERIAL VIEW TAKEN INJANUARY OF 1993.

VIEW IS LOOKING D/S ALONGMURRIETA CREEK TOWARDSELM STREET.

THE FACILITY TO THE RIGHTIS A WATER RECLAMATION

PLANT.

THE CREEK HAS INUNDATEDTHE SURROUNDING AREA BYOVERTOPPING THE BANKS

PHOTO TWO COMMENTS

JANUARY, 1993LOOKING DOWNSTREAM ATTHE RANCHO CALIFORNIABOULEVARD BRIDGE.

AT THE PEAK OF THE FLOODING, WATER FLOWEDOVER THE ROADWAY ANDAPPROACHES TO THE BRIDGE.

MURRIETA CREEK, FLOOD PROTECTION CORRIDOR PROGRAM APPLICATION

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PHOTO THREE COMMENTS

AN AERIAL VIEW THROUGH

THE GRANT PROJECTBEGINS AT THE APARTMENTIN THE UPPER LEFT ANDCONTINUES DOWNSTREAM

NOTE THE SWIMMING POOLFILLED WITH MUD

PHOTO FROM JANUARY, '93

PHOTO FOUR COMMENTS

FLOOD OF JANUARY 1993.

MUDFLOW DAMAGE AT THE U.S. LAND COMPANY IN OLD TOWNE TEMECULA.

6th AND FRONT STREET,EAST OF MURRIETA CREEK,JUST U/S OF FIRST PHASE


OLD TOWNE TEMECULA




PHOTO FIVE COMMENTS

JANUARY, 1993

MARKER SHOWS LEVEL OFMUD INTRUSION

PHOTO SIX COMMENTS

JANUARY, 1993

MORE FLOOD DAMAGE

MURRIETA CREEK CAN BESEEN IN THE BACKGROUND


4th STREET AND FRONT




PHOTO SEVEN COMMENTS

DOWNSTREAM TERMINUS OFTHE PROJECT.

THIS SCENE WAS TAKEN PRIOR TO THE 1993 FLOODS

COMPARE TO THE DAMAGEPHOTO #8 SHOWING THE

SAME VIEW

PHOTO EIGHT COMMENTS

JANUARY, 1993

SAME VIEWPOINT AS #7TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTERTHE FLOODING.

PICTURE #9 SHOWS SAME SCENE AFTER CLEANUPEFFORTS





PHOTO NINE COMMENTS

SAME VIEW AS #7-8.

ONE YEAR AFTER CLEANUP

VEGETATION BEGINS TO RETURN

PHOTO TEN COMMENTS

PANORAMIC VIEW OF LOWER REACHES OF FIRSTPHASE.

TIME FRAME APPROX. 7-92PRIOR TO 1993 FLOODING

COMPARE TO THE FLOOD PICTURE BELOW (#11)


THIS SCENE APPROX.




PHOTO ELEVEN COMMENTS

JANUARY, 1993 FLOODING

SAME VIEW AS PHOTO #10.

PHOTO TWELVE COMMENTS

SAME VIEW AS #11

ONE YEAR AFTER CLEANUP


THIS SCENE APPROX.




PHOTO THIRTEEN COMMENTS

PRIOR TO FLOOD DAMAGES

CONCRETE BATCH PLANTTOWARDS FIRST STREET AND U/S TERMINUS OFPROJECT

PHOTO FOURTEEN COMMENTS

JANUARY, 1993 FLOODING

SAME VIEW AS PHOTO #13.


LOOKING UPSTREAM AT




PHOTO FIFTEEN COMMENTS

SAME VIEW AS #14.

TAKEN APPROXIMATELYONE YEAR AFTER CLEANUP

PHOTO SIXTEEN COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

LOOKING DOWNSTREAMTOWARDS THE GAGE STA.AND THE LOWER TERMINUSOF PROJECT.

NOTE THE SCOURING OF THEINVERT TO BEDROCK.

THE SHOPPING CART IN THE FOREGROUND IS TYPICALOF URBAN STREAMS





PHOTO SEVENTEEN COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

ON THE EAST BATHE FIRST STREET BRIDGE.

THE SEDIMENT DEPOSITIONIS CLEARLY VISIBLE

THIS IS THE U/S TERMINUS OF THE FIRST PHASETHIS REACH WILL BE PROTECTED BY GABIONS ASTHE PROPERTY IS ALREADYDEVELOPED ON BOTH BANKS

PHOTO EIGHTEEN COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

LEFT BANK RECEIVES SEDIMENT.

JUST UPSTREAM FROM PRIOR PICTURE, MURRIETA CREEK HAS SCOURED THE INVERT.

HERE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE





PHOTO NINETEEN COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

TYPICAL TRASH DEPOSITSALONG THE CREEK

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCALSTEWARDS, THE DISTRICTWILL SPONSOR CLEAN UPEFFORTS ALONG THE CREEKAND NEW TRAILSTO BEBUILT ALONG THE BANKS

PHOTO TWENTY COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

TYPICAL TRASH DEPOSITSALONG THE CREEKBOTTLES AND PLASTIC REFUSE VISIBLE IN STREAM

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCALSTEWARDS, THE DISTRICTWILL SPONSOR CLEAN UPEFFORTS ALONG THE CREEKAND NEW TRAILSTO BEBUILT ALONG THE BANKS





PHOTO TWENTY-ONE COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THEPROJECT WILL BE THE ELIMINATION OF NON-NATIVEPLANTS COMPETING WITHLOCAL VEGETATION.

THIS VIEW SHOWS ARUNDOTAKING HOLD AT THE GAGESTATION, D/S TERMINUS OF THE FIRST PHASE

PHOTO TWENTY-TWO COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

MORE ARUNDO TAKING HOLDIN THE DOWNSTREAM REACHOF THE FIRST PHASE





PHOTO TWENTY-THREE COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

THROUGHOUT MCREEK, TAMARISK IS RAMPANT.

CONSTRUCTION AND THE DISTRICT'S ONGOINGPARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOCAL CITIZENS' GROUPSWILL KEEP ARUNDO AND TAMARISK UNDER CONTROL

PHOTO TWENTY-FOUR COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

BELOW THE GAGE STATIONMURRIETA CREEK JOINSTEMECULA CREEK TO FORM THE SANTA MARGARITA RIVER

JUST BELOW THIS SCENE ISTHE 'GORGE', A WILDLIFESANCTUARY.

THE BEGINNING OF THE GORGE IS REGAINING ITSNATURAL STATE NINE YEARS AFTER THE FLOODINGOF 1993. SEE PHOTO #8TAKEN ABOUT 300 YDS U/SOF THIS SCENE





PHOTO TWENTY-FIVE COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

THE FIRST OF SPOCKET PARKS' TO BE BUILT ALONG MURRIETACREEK.

ALL WILL BE CONNECTEDBY BIKE, HIKING OR EQUESTRIAN TRAILS THATPASS UNDER STREETS

PHOTO TWENTY-SIX COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE PARK IN #25. THIS IS ANEQUESTRIAN PARK WITHPARKING FOR HORSE TRAILERS ALONG DIAZ ROAD THE 'POCKET PARKS' ARE BUT A SINGLE CONCEPT FORRECREATION AND PUBLICACCESS. UPSTREAM A SPORTS PARK OF ABOUT120 ACRES IS PLANNED ANDWILL BE CONTAINED IN ASEDIMENTATION BASIN.





PHOTO TWENTY-SEVEN COMMENTS

DECEMBER, 2001

THE PARK IN PHOTOS 25-26WERE CONSTRUCTED INCOOPERATION WITH A LOCAL CITIZENS' GROUP

SUCH PARKS GARNER WIDE SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY

PHOTO TWENTY-EIGHT COMMENTS

EXISTING CONDITIONSALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF MURRIETACREEK





PHOTO TWENTY-NINE COMMENTS

ARCHITECT'S CONCEPTUALVIEW OF MURRIETA CREEK

PHOTO THIRTY COMMENTS

AN EXAMPLE OF A HABITAT CORRIDOR ON ONEOF THE DISTRICT'S FACILITIES

THE LANDSCAPE THE LANDSCAPE





PHOTO THIRTY-ONE COMMENTS

A VIEW LOOKING THROUGH

RIVER GORGE

PHOTO THIRTY-TWO COMMENTS

NUMBER 1 REPRESENTSMURRIETA CREEK. THE PROJECT SITE IS ABOVETHE CONFLUENCE WITH #8,TEMECULA CREEK.

THE WATERSHED OF THE SANTA MARGARITA RIVER


THE SANTA MARGARITA


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