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RESOLUTION NO. 8253
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH CONCERNING THE NEED FOR
STATE TAX RELIEF TO IMPLEMENT THE CONSERVATION
AND OPEN SPACE ELEMENTS OF GENERAL PLANS
. WHEREAS, Sections 65302(d) and (e), 65560, 65561,
65562, and 65563 of the State Government Code require all city
and county general plans to include conservation and open
elements; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature finds and declares in
said Government Code Sections that the preservation of open
space land is necessary, that premature and unnecessary con-
version of open space to urban uses should be discouraged, and
that orderly growth and development of the State and the
preservation and conservation of its resources is necessary;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach finds that existing property tax assessment policies
operate contrary to these declared intents; that, instead, they
encourage and /or force the premature conversion of open space
to urban uses and hinder the orderly growth and development
of the State to the detriment of the general health, safety and
welfare of the populace; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds, moreover, that
assessment and taxation policies are the key factors in
realistic implementation of conservation and open space plans
and in the promotion of an orderly pattern of growth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED bye the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach that the State Legislature is
hereby encouraged to enact laws to effect property tax
assessment policies which will support and promote the conserva-
•tion and open space as declared in the Government Code
Sections 65302(d) and (e), 65560, 65561, 65562, and 65563;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution
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be sent to Representatives in the State Assembly and Senate,
to the Governor of California, other Orange County cities,
agricultural, and open space and conservation organizations,
seeking their support for this tax assessment reform that will
accrue to the benefit of the populace of the State of
• California.
ADOPTED this 13th day of May, 1974.
ATTEST: l \/l
City Clerk
CERTIFIE AS THE ORIGINAL
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CITY CLERK. OF THE CITY F EW T BG I{
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