HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-92 - Orange County FairgroundsRESOLUTION NO. 2009-92
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
OPPOSING THE SALE OF
THE ORANGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
WHEREAS, the first Orange County Fair occurred in 1890 and has since thrived
as a "Celebration of Orange County's Communities, Interests and Heritage" as is
stated in the Orange County Fair and Event Center mission statement; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the State of California's budget deficit of over $26
billion, the largest in the state's history, the Governor and the Legislature
proposed the sale of surplus or underutilized assets for the purpose of helping to
close the budget deficit; and
WHEREAS, on July 28, 2009 the Orange County Board of Supervisors adopted
Resolution # 09 -910, in support of Governor Schwarzenegger's proposal to sell
the Orange County Fairgrounds, only if the sale provided that the Fairgrounds
would be sold to a local government agency or local not - for - profit corporation to
perpetuate its use as a fairgrounds, event center, and equestrian facility; and
WHEREAS, on October 7, 2009, the California Department of General Services
released a Request for Proposals for the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds;
and
WHEREAS, the Request for Proposals does not require the buyer to be a local
government agency or local not - for - profit, nor does it require the buyer to
perpetuate the utilization of the property as a fairgrounds, event center, and
equestrian facility; and
WHEREAS, November 24, 2009, the Orange County Board of Supervisors
adopted Resolution #09 -180, requesting that the Governor immediately cancel
the proposed sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds, and called upon all other
cities in Orange County to join with the County of Orange and the City of Costa
Mesa in formally requesting of the Governor that the proposed sale of the
Orange County Fairgrounds be cancelled immediately.
WHEREAS, the Orange County Fairgrounds is the only asset of its kind the State
is actually proposing to sell and relinquish control over; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Fairgrounds are wholly contained within the
corporate limits of the City of Costa Mesa; the City of Costa Mesa's General Plan
designates the property as "Fairgrounds "; the City of Costa Mesa has zoned the
property "recreational /institutional "; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa City Council has authorized preparation of a
Specific Plan for the Fairgrounds property and subsequently directed staff to
prepare a ballot initiative for the June 2010 ballot for voter approval of a land use
restriction to "Fairgrounds "; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Supervisors believes that it is the best
interests of the public that the Governor immediately cancel the sale of
Fairgrounds property; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby
support and join the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the City of Costa
Mesa in formally requesting of the Governor that the proposed sale of the
Orange County Fairgrounds be cancelled immediately.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach, at a meeting held on the 8t' day of Deomber, 2009:
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Leilani Brown, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } as.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, 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. 2009 -92 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 8th day of
December, 2009, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Henn, Rosansky, Curry, Webb, Gardner, Daigle, Mayor Selich
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 9th day of December, 2009.
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