HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-34 - Upper Newport Bay Resource Protection & Enhancement ProjectResolution 2001 -34
A RESOLUTION OF THE NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL
IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY CONSERVANCY INTERNATIONAL'S
UPPER NEWPORT BAY RESOURCE PROTECTION
AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, Upper Newport Bay is one of Southern California's most treasured
environmental resources; and
WHEREAS, Upper Newport Bay's wetland resources are home to more than six listed or
endangered species worthy of the City of Newport Beach's active protection; and
WHEREAS, Upper Newport Bay, as an urban estuary that receives stormwater and other
drainage from more than 150 square miles of urbanization, agriculture, and open space; and
WHEREAS, the wetlands of Upper Newport Bay also face challenges from problems closer
to the Bay, including runoff from area residences and businesses, erosion from slopes, intrusion
of non - native habitat, and illegal trespassing in sensitive habitat areas of the Bay; and
WHEREAS, Community Conservancy International has proposed a habitat restoration
project that would access funding from the State Coastal Conservancy to address each of the
issues affecting Upper Newport Bay's wetlands; and
WHEREAS, Community Conservancy International has communicated with several area
stakeholders in proposing their project, including the County of Orange, the California
Department of Fish and Game, and the Upper Newport Bay Naturalists and Friends, now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that the City hereby states
its formal and enthusiastic support of CCI's grant proposal for Upper Newport Bay and that it
encourages the State Coastal Conservancy to favorably review and fund CCI's project at its
earliest convenience.
ADOPTED this 22nd day of May, 2001.
ATTEST:
LAVONNE HARKLESS
City Clerk
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GAROLD B. ADAMS
Mayor of Newport Beach
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH 1
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. 2001 -34 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
22nd day of May, 2001, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Heffernan, O'Neil, Ridgeway, Glover, Bromberg, Proctor, Mayor Adams
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 23rd day of May, 2001.
(Seal)
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California