HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 5767Reso No 5767
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH REQUESTING THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TO DEFER ACTION
ON SENATE BILL 1517 (TO CREATE BOLSA
BAY HARBOR AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT)
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1517 was introduced on March 6, 1987 to
create Bolsa Bay Harbor and Conservation District and is set for
committee hearings on April 22, 1987, and
Such bill would create an independent special district to
develo p approximately 1,600 acres of land in the Bolsa Chica area,
a county island located entirely within the City of Huntington
Beach in Orange County, California, and within the city's sphere
of influence, and
The district would be governed by a commission elected solely
by the landowner/developer and vested with soverign governmental
powers, and
Serious environmental ', local governmental, economic, and
other impacts requiring further study and examination will arise
from the creation of the independent district.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach resolves and finds as follows:
1. The Bolsa Bay Harbor and Conservation District Act
(SB 1517) would create an independent district surrounded
entirely by the City of Huntington Beach and having broad power
and authority to provide the public services that are ordinarily
provided by municipal and county governments.
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2.The land proposed to be included within the district
includes environmentally sensitive wetlands areas, and the project
involves proposed creation of a harbor entrance and navigable
waterways that would cross through the City of Huntington Beach
and require excavation of substantial portions of the beach.
3.The bill is premature, since the bill provides for a
navigable ocean entrance and related harbor facilities prior to
completion of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers modeling study on
the feasibility of an ocean entrance, which study will occur in
Vicksburg, Mississippi and is projected to require 18 months to
complete.
4.The land area includes extensive oil and energy
producing operations that would be affected.
5.The proposed legislation would impact and utilize the
streets, sewer, water, park, library, beach, public safety
services of police, fire, and lifeguard, and other systems and
facilities of the City of Huntington Beach.
•6. The bill would enable the district to create substantial
bonded indebtedness that would be passed on to future homebuyers.
7.The development proposals contemplate eventual
annexation of the area into the City of Huntington Beach.
8.The city has not been provided with adequate information
to evaluate the economic and environmental consequences of the
legislation. Receipt of this information and sufficient time for
evaluation are critical for determining the viability of vesting
broad governmental powers in an independent special district.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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9. Committee hearings on the legislation are scheduled to
commence on April 22, 1987. The short time period since drafting
and introduction of the bill has not allowed sufficient time for
the City of Hutington Beach to study and evaluate the economic and
environmental consequences of the proposed legislation.
WHEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
requests the legislature to defer hearings and consideration of
the bill until there has been adequate time to study the bill and
its consequences and impacts and to pursue a pre-annexation and
development agreement with the landowner.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the day
of , 1987.
Mayor
REVIEWED ND APPROVED:
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