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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7752 - Orange County Airport Land UsesRESOLUTION NO. 7752 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH REAFFIRMING ITS CONTINUED WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES IN THE PLANNING OF LAND USES ON PROPERTIES NEAR OR ADJACENT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach is in receipt of a resolution of the City Council of the City of Irvine proposing cooperative regional planning among cities; and WHEREAS, the Newport Beach City Council has long acknowledged the importance of joint planning efforts with neighboring cities, with this objective leading to the City's sponsorship of the Inter City Relations Committee as an active expression of its concern; and WHEREAS, it has always been the intent and policy of the Newport Beach City Council to work cooperatively with other cities in the very important area of airport land use planning, as evidenced by this City's active participation in and support of the Airport Land Use Commission for Orange County; and WHEREAS, in keeping with this policy, the Newport Beach City Council supported the formation of the City of Irvine, and has always been anxious to cooperate in every way possible to the end that land development in the area near the Orange County Airport will be mutually beneficial to the environmental, ecological and economic interests of both cities; and WHEREAS, just prior to the incorporation of the City of Irvine, the Orange County Planning Commission and Board of Super- visors approved a planned community zone change to allow commercial development on the 55 -acre McDonnell Douglas property located directly across from the Orange County Airport; and aWHEREAS, this rezoning was hurriedly considered over the objections of the City of Newport Beach and many prominent -1- leaders in the City of Irvine incorporation movement, who felt such a request should more properly be heard only by the new City of Irvine; and WHEREAS, in light of the premature McDonnell Douglas rezoning, the City Council believes that restoration of this parcel to its original master planned land use designation would be a most encouraging beginning to a meaningful and mutual planning of compatible land uses in the vicinity of the Orange County Airport; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach wishes to officially and without reservation reaffirm its continued intent to cooperate with the City of Irvine in planning the areas near or adjacent to the Orange County Airport on a mutually satisfactory basis; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as a gesture of good faith the City Council of the City of Newport Beach urges the Irvine City Council to promptly consider reexamining the zoning on the McDonnell Douglas property, so that comprehensive planning studies may begin in earnest. ADOPTED this 26th day of June, 1972 ATTEST: City Clerk CERTh-1 _!FAS THE IPIA9 CTY CERK O�OFPMT CITY CH JUN 2 2 Mayor -2- PFB:DON :mh 6/26/72