HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-19 - State Coastal Conservancy AgreementRESOLUTION NO. 2007-19
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF GRANT
AGREEMENT #06 -101 BETWEEN THE STATE COASTAL
CONSERVANCY AND THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
FOR THE TEACHING LAB WING OF THE BACK BAY SCIENCE CENTER
AT UPPER NEWPORT BAY ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
WHEREAS, the State Coastal Conservancy has been working with the City of
Newport Beach and eight other funding partners to develop the Back Bay Science
Center at Shellmaker Island; and
WHEREAS, the Back Bay Science Center shall have a Teaching Lab Wing
intended to expand the educational and research knowledge about Upper Newport Bay
and estuaries in general for students in grades 7 -12, community college, and local
universities; and
WHEREAS, the State Coastal Conservancy is desirous of participating with the
City and other funding partners to plan, develop, and complete the Teaching Lab Wing;
and
WHEREAS, the State Coastal Conservancy has received funds from various
bond sources, including Propositions 13, 40, 50, and 84, some of which allow and
encourage the development and construction of educational facilities like the Back Bay
Science Center; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that the Council
hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute a Grant Agreement #06 -101
between the State Coastal Conservancy and the City to construct the Teaching Lab
Wing of the Back Bay Science Center at Shellmaker Island within the Upper Newport
Bay Ecological Reserve.
ADOPTED this 13"' day of March, 2007.
ATTEST:
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. 2007 -19 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
13th day of March 2007, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Henn, Curry, Selich, Webb, Daigle, Gardner, Mayor Rosansky
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 14th day of March 2007.
(Seal)
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City Clerk
Newport Beach, California