HomeMy WebLinkAbout96-82 - El Toro Airport Reuse Plan & DEIR 563 - El Toro AirportRESOLUTION NO. 96- 82
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF DRAFT COMMUNITY REUSE PLAN AND DEIR
563, EL TORO AIRPORT
WHEREAS, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro (El Toro) is a regional asset
• located in the geographic center of Orange County; and
WHEREAS, El Toro's redevelopment is the most important economic
decision for the region for the next century; and
WHEREAS, El Toro has been a military airport since 1942 with four active
runways; and
WHEREAS, Federal law requires El Toro to close by July 1999; and
WHEREAS, Orange County voters established a process in November 1994
with the passage of Measure A to plan for a commercial airport at El Toro; and
WHEREAS, The Measure A planning process was ratified by the Orange
County voters in March 1996 with the defeat of Measure S; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Defense has designated the Measure A
planning process as the only officially recognized "Local Redevelopment Authority"
(LRA); and
WHEREAS, State law designates the Measure A planning process for the
purposes of state grants and economic conversion; and
WHEREAS, Cities surrounding El Toro have been offered a substantive role
in the reuse process at least two times; and
WHEREAS, Those cities have declined to participate and have boycotted the
planning process; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Defense and Federal Aviation
Administration have appropriated over $2 million for the development of a
"Community Reuse Plan" for El Toro's redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, The extensive planning for El Toro's closure and redevelopment
• has continued uninterrupted for nearly two years; and
WHEREAS, According to the Department of Defense the public participation
and community outreach for El Toro's reuse is the most extensive in the United
State; and
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WHEREAS, Numerous community meetings, workshops, briefings, and
newsletters have been distributed throughout the community in the last two years;
and
WHEREAS, The Draft El Toro Community Reuse Plan (Reuse Plan) and Draft
Environmental Impact Report #563 (DEIR) have been drafted and circulated for
public comment; and
•
WHEREAS, The Reuse Plan and DEIR discuss a broad scope of
redevelopment alternatives for El Toro in General Plan detail; and
WHEREAS, Alternative A of the DEIR is the proposed project after extensive
comparative analysis; and
WHEREAS, Alternative A fully utilizes the runways and aviation footprint
of El Toro by contemplating a commercial and cargo airport at El Toro; and
WHEREAS, Alternative A accommodates approximately 38 million annual
air passengers in 2020; and
WHEREAS, Alternative A is by far the most beneficial reuse of El Toro
allowing the businesses and travelers access to national and international markets;
and
WHEREAS, Alternative A projects that 162,000 new jobs will be created; and
WHEREAS, Alternative A projects $9.9 billion in total economic output
from an El Toro project; and
WHEREAS, Alternative A captures Orange County and the region's 1.6
million tons of air cargo demand at El Toro; and
WHEREAS, Alternative A reduces the noise impacts in the surrounding
communities in comparison to the military mission; and
WHEREAS, Alternative A can be funded at no cost to local taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, The Orange County Board of Supervisors in their capacity as the
federally designated Local Redevelopment Authority will consider the El Toro
Community Reuse Plan and EIR on or about December 15, 1996; and
•THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, The City of Newport Beach supports the
Draft Community Reuse Plan and Alternative A of the Draft Environmental Impact
Report; and
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FURTHERMORE, The City Council authorizes the Mayor or designee to
transmit this Resolution to Supervisor Roger Stanton, Chairman, Orange County
Board of Supervisors; and
FURTHERMORE, The City Council authorizes and encourages the Mayor or
designee to address the Board of Supervisors in public session on or about December
15 for the purpose of communicating this City's position; and
• FURTHERMORE, Copies of this executed Resolution shall be transmitted to
Citizens for Jobs & the Economy, 950 South Coast Dr. Ste. 200, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
ADOPTED this 23rd day of September 1996.
ATTEST:
CTTY CLERK
MAYOR