HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 96-12 RESOLUTION 96-12
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH SUPPORTING RENEWAL OF THE OFFSHORE
OIL DRILLING MORATORIUM AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO
PROVIDE LONG TERM PROTECTION FROM OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING.
WHEREAS, the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Department of
Interior Appropriations will consider lifting the current nationwide ban on offshore
drilling along environmentally sensitive areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS);
and
Federal legislation has been introduced (HR 2241 and HR 2242), which
provides long term protection from future offshore oil drilling in sensitive California
waters; and
Technology does not exist to fully prevent, clean-up, or contain oil spills for the
types of ocean and wind conditions that are present throughout the year in the affected
offshore waters adjacent to the Huntington Beach coast;
Coastal department tourism is a mainstay of the local economy in the
communities of the Southern California coast, as well as other coastal areas in
California and elsewhere that would be impacted by a lifting of the drilling moratorium;
and
Critical commercial fishery tracts would be impacted by the oil drilling activities
that would be permitted by this action, and that severe fishing conflicts could be
expected to occur, and
Estuaries and river mouths which serve as critical nursery and food source
habitats for commercial fish species would be in direct proximity to oil drilling activities
permitted by a lifting of the OCS drilling moratorium, and would therefore be subject to
significant adverse impacts in the event of a spill; and
The City of Huntington Beach has traditionally taken a lead role in opposition to
offshore drilling proposals that could impact the City's coastline.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach urges the U.S. House of Representatives to support HR 2241 and
HR 2242; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach urges the U. S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Department of
Interior Appropriations include renewal of the moratoria on Outer Continental Shelf oil
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drilling activities in environmentally sensitive coastal areas in this year's House interior
appropriations bill.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at
a regular meeting held thereof on the 26th day of February , 1996.
ATTEST: Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Res. No. 96-12
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of
the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said
City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed
and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 26th of February, 1996 by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Harman, Leipzig, Bauer, Sullivan, Dettloff,
Green, Garofalo
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, California
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