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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7989 - OC Mosquito Abatement Districtd • • RESOLUTION NO. 7989 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CALLING FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT WHEREAS, the Orange County Mosquito Abatement District is composed of a Board of Trustees representing one member from each city in Orange County as well as a County representative for a total membership of twenty - seven trustees; and WHEREAS, the District's principal function is the control of water - related vectors (mosquitoes and midges); and WHEREAS, the Orange County Health Department has complementary functions in vector control; and WHEREAS, the 1972 Orange County Grand Jury report suggested that a twenty -seven man Trustee Board was not neces- sary to set policy for controlling mosquitoes; and WHEREAS, the 1972 Orange County Grand Jury further suggested that consideration be given to dissolving this special district altogether, and the control of mosquitoes added to the functions of the County Health Department, thereby accomplishing a better utilization of equipment and personnel,and avoid a duplication of effort. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby endorses the recommenda- tions of the 1972 Orange County Grand Jury that the Trustee Board of the District be reduced to five members and that dissolution of the District be pursued and mosquito abate- ment responsibility be placed in the Vector Control section of the County Health Department. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County League of California Cities is hereby requested to assist with what- -1- r ever necessary legal and procedural steps that are required to reduce the Trustee Board of the District to five members and to dissolve the Orange County Mosquito Abatement District. BE IT ALSO FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby authorized to send copies of this resolution to the • Orange County Board of Supervisors, the Intergovernmental Coordinating Council, the Local Agency Formation Commission and each city in Orange County. ADOPTED this 29th day of May , 1973. ATTEST: CE D AS THE ORIGI L lA(uV(6�L- - CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF NEWP BEACH MAy 31 1973 DAM • -2- DON dm 5/30/73