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ova Re CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
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FQito 3300 W. Newport Blvd,
Area Code 714
673 -2110
DATE Ocfnher 27, 7975
TO: FINANCE DIRECTOR
FROM: City Clerk
SUBJECT: Contract No. 1687
Description of Contract Oil Critique Fund for an independent EIS
on the Outer Continental Shelf
Authorized by Resolution No. 8433 adopted on January 27, 1975
Effective date of Contract October 6. 1975
Contract with City of Los Angeles
Address Room 309. City Hall
Loa Angeles. CA 90012
Amount of Contract 83.181.12
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CITY HALL
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 9002 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
(213) 485-3311
October 7, 1975
Ms. Laura Lagios, CMC
City Clerk
City Hall
3300 Newport Boulevard
Newport Beach, California 92660
Dear Ms. Lagios:
TOM BRADLEY
MAYOR
Enclosed for your files is a fully executed
copy of the agreement describing our joint efforts in
reviewing the Federal Government's proposals for offshore
oil development in Southern California.
As stated in the agreement, your jurisdiction
has agreed to contribute $3,181.12 to the critique fund.
Please make check payable to the "City of
Los Angeles -OCS EIS Critique Fund" and forward to me.
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Enclosure: Agreement No
Mailing Address:
Room 309, City Hall
Los Angeles, California
NORMAN H. EMERSON
Executive Assistant
to Mayor
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CONTRACT
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this
day of7v;jc IL 1975 by and between The City of
Los Angeles, a municipal corporation; and the City of Newport
Beach.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Interior has
proposed to expand the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and
gas leasing program to approximately 10- pillion acres; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Interior has released for
public review a draft environmental impact statement for such
expansion (programmatic EIS) ; and
trrIEREAS, the Department of Interior is prepariTg a
draft environmental impact statement for the specific areas
on the Southern California OCS proposed to be leased in iaid-
1975 (tract specific EIS); and
IVHEREAS, an ad hoc coalition of concerned cities and
counties (Coalition) has been formed in Southern California to
insure the greatest possible public participation in the
Department of Interior's consideration of the proposal to
expand OCS oil and gas leasing; and
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MiEREAS, the Coalition has determined that it is
necessary to obtain thorough, independent critiques of both
the programmatic EIS and the tract specific EIS; and
101E REAS, each member of the Coalition is ready acid
willing to contribute money to the cost of such critigp
and is willing to follow a formula for such contributions
t.hich is based upon the relationship of the money contributed
by the City of Los Angeles and that City's population, assessed
valuation, and miles of shoreline; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Los Angeles
has already caused a separate account to be established for
this purpose in the Office of the Controller of the City of
Los Angeles and for the above purposes has caused to be therein
deposited the sun of 515,000 and authorized the expenditure of
up to said sum as the City's share of such a critique; and
WHEREAS, the Coalition has determined that the fund
established pursuant to this contract and contracts with other
members of the Coalition is to administered by the 'iayor of
the City of Los Angeles, on behalf of the Coalition, with full
and complete authority to expend funds and execute contracts
on behalf of the Coalition in futherance of the ains of the
Coalition as set forth hereinabove.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1. The Coalition :ie::bers shall each make a doposit
to that account designated 6042 Cii Critique Fund in the Office
of the Controller of the City of Los Angeles in a swn
aetermined according to the ormuia sat fo-L-., :,arei:_balu;;
which is based upon a City of Los Angeles contribution, said
City's population, its assessed valuation and its shoreline:
a. The contribution of the Citv of
Los Angeles shall be the s-c:? of
$IS,000.
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b. The contribution of each of the
other members of the Coalition
shall be equal to or greater than
a sum determined on the basis of
$0.002 per capita, plus X0.000 000 6
per dollar of assessed valuation,
plus $112.61 per mile of shoreline
of such other member.
2. The City of Newport Beach hereby agrees to
contribute and pay forthwith to the City of Los Angeles the sun
of $ 3,181.12 Which sun is at least equal to a sum com-
puted pursuant to the formula contained in Section 1. above,
said sum to be deposited into the 6942 Oil Critique Fund in the
Office of the Controller of the City of Los Angeles and be
disbursed therefrom only upon demand by the -iayor or the City
of Los Angeles in furtherance of the purposes of this contract.
3. The Mayor of the City of Los Angeles is authorized
to expend said sun, or any portion thereof, to obtain a critique,
or critiques, to his satisfaction, of the programmatic EIS and /or
tract specific EIS, for purposes of preparing and presenting
testimony at public hearings on said EIS's or either of them,
preparing and presenting written coiuments to the Department of
Interior regarding said EIS's or either of them, and preparing
and presenting testimony ana reports to members of Congress and
Congressional Committees and any other governmental entity
regarding the proposal to expand oil and gas development on
the OCS.
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4. Any funds contributed and not expended for the
purposes set forth in paragraph 3 shall be returned to the
contributing members of the Coalition on a pro rata basis,
each member's refund to be determined on the basis of the
relationship its contribution bears to the total sum con-
tributed by the Coalition.
IN WITNESS 1'i'HEREOF, said parties or their duly
authorized representatives have caused this instrument to be
executed on the day and year first above written.
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BY
ity Clerk
ATTEST
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
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THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
ATTEST: REX E LAYTO ,City Clt tk
BY BY `M ^ t c _&
my MAYOR
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APPROVED AS TO FORil AND LEGALITY
BY
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEY
BY —
GAR' 3IETZER
Mr. Graham 0. Smith, Research Associate
Office of the Mayor
City Hall
Los Angeles, California 90012
Subject: Agreement to share costs of scientific critique of the EIS
for proposed expansion of Outer Continental Shelf Oil and
Gas Leasing Program, C-1687
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Enclosed are original and two copies of subject agreement which have
been signed by the City of Newport Beach.
Please have the Mayor of We Angeles sign and return a fully executed
copy to my office.
Thank you.
Laura Lagios, C4C
City Clerk
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Enclosures
TOM BRADLEY. MAYOR
p. GRAHAM O. SMITH
�( RESEARCH ASSOCIATF
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
4653365 LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90012
• RESOLUTION NO. R 4e3 •
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND .
CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH TO SHARE IN THE COSTS TO RETAIN
A SCIENTIFIC CRITIQUE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIOR'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
FOR THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE OUTER CON -
TINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, there has been presented to the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach an agreement between the City of
Los Angeles and the City of Newport Beach in connection with
the sharing of the costs to retain a scientific critique of the
Department of Interior's Environmental Impact Statement for the
proposed expansion of the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas
Leasing Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the terms and
conditions of said agreement and found them to be fair and
equitable, and in the best interests of the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach that said agreement above described
is approved, and the Mayor and City.Clerk are hereby authorized
and directed to execute the same on behalf of the City of
Newport Beach.
ADOPTED this 27th day of January , 1975.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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