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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 *-OVT3 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