HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-30 - Safe & Healthy Communities Initiative• RESOLUTION NO. 99- 30
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
OPPOSING THE
SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, El Toro airport opponents have introduced an proposed initiative
called the Safe and Healthy Communities Initiative; and
WHEREAS, the proposed initiative requires an affirmative vote of two - thirds of
persons voting at a County General election to ratify any action by the County of
Orange to site or expand certain jails, hazardous waste landfill, or civilian airport;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed initiative requires a super- majority approval for the
designated projects, which will effectively prohibit any of these projects to be
located in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the intent of the proposed initiative is to stop the construction of an
airport at El Toro MCAS, even after there have already been two previous
• elections confirming an aviation reuse at El Toro; and
WHEREAS, the intent is to stop an airport at El Toro, the initiative has grave and
far - reaching public policy consequences for all current and future airport- related
projects as well as all jails and hazardous waste landfills; and
WHEREAS, all communities, both in and outside Orange County, must be
prepared and willing to adequately plan for and address the impacts of their own
growth and not shift those impacts to other communities, and
WHEREAS, as one of the most populated counties in the nation, Orange County
must provide for its future transportation needs and ensure that the necessary
infrastructure, including airports, are in place so that people, goods and services
move through and within the county in an efficient and effective manner; and
WHEREAS, the proposed initiative also restricts the siting of certain jails, and
could prevent law enforcement from adequately housing criminals and ultimately
protecting our communities, and which ultimately conflict with State law on the
citing of jails; and
WHEREAS, this proposed initiative may establish a precedent that encourages
• voter - approved public projects, rather than approvals based on representative
democracy through a communities' elected officials.
• NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Newport Beach opposes
the Safe and Healthy Communities Initiative.
ADOPTED this 26th day of April, 1999.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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Mayor Dennis O'Neil
• STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
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. 99 -30, 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 26th
day of April, 1999, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Glover, Thomson, Debay, Ridgeway, Noyes, Mayor O'Neil
Noes: None
Absent: Adams
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
• official seal of said City this 27th day of April, 1999.
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City Clerk of the City of
Newport Beach, California