HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-7 - Supporting Propositions 12 & 13RESOLUTION 2000-1
• A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSITIONS 12 AND 13
ON THE MARCH 7, 2000 PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach places a high value on the coastal resources associated
with the city, including Upper Newport Bay and the water quality in the Lower Bay; and
WHEREAS, these coastal and water resources demand and deserve extensive enhancement and
protection programs that ensure their long -term survival; and
WHEREAS, these protection programs involve significant expenses on the part of coastal
municipalities like Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature has attempted to address the State's interest in protecting
and enhancing coastal resources and water quality by placing Propositions 12 (the "Safe
Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Act of 2000 ") and 13 (the Safe
Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Act ") on the March
7, 2000 Primary Election Ballot; and
WHEREAS, both Propositions 12 and 13 include provisions that will significantly assist
Newport Beach in protecting Newport Bay and local water quality; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 12 includes an appropriation of up to $13 million for the Upper
Newport Bay Ecological Reserve Maintenance and Protection Fund, a fund that may be used for
• dredging the Upper Bay to preserve and maintain its optimal ecosystem despite aggressive
sedimentation from upstream development; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach supports the passage of
Propositions 12 and 13 on the March 7, 2000 Primary Election Ballot to protect Upper Newport
Bay, Bay water quality, and coastal and water resources across the State of California for future
generations.
ADOPTED this 25th day of January, 2000.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK m
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• STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 2000 -7 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 25th day
of January, 2000, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Thomson, Glover, Debay, Ridgeway, O'Neil, Mayor Noyes
Noes: None
Absent: Adams
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
• official seal of said City this 26th day of January, 2000.
(Seal)
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City Clerk
Newport Beach, California