HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-25 - Santa Ana River Habitat & Recreational PlanningRESOLUTION NO. 2006 - 25
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN AND ACCEPTING A GRANT FOR
SANTA ANA RIVER HABITAT AND RECREATIONAL PLANNING
WHEREAS, residents of the City of Newport Beach value the habitat and
recreational value of the Lower Santa Ana River; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has long supported the planning and
formation of the Orange Coast River Park, which would abut and include the Santa Ana
River: and
WHEREAS, The Wildlands Conservancy has worked to coordinate and
encourage planning along the Santa Ana River to create a consistent plan across the
three - county region; and
WHEREAS, these planning efforts may be supplemented by a $5,000 grant from
The Wildlands Conservancy or one of its partner funders if River - adjacent communities
form committees to conduct this planning and if such planning is consistent with habitat -
protective and passive recreational uses; and
WHEREAS, community representatives to the Orange Coast River Park
Planning Committee and the City's Coastal /Bay Water Quality Committee are
supportive of the City's participation in the Wildlands Conservancy's efforts; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby:
1. Authorizes the Mayor to execute any document that accepts a planning grant from
the Wildlands Conservancy for Santa Ana River planning; and
2. Authorizes the City Manager or his designee to research the formation of a planning
advisory committee to comply with the terms of the Wildlands Conservancy's grant;
and
3. Expresses the City's support of planning activities along the Santa Ana River that
protect habitat, encourage passive recreational uses, and that are consistent with the
goals of the Orange Coast River Park and the City's General Plan.
ADOPTED this 28`h Day of March, 2006.
ATTEST:
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MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
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. 2006 -25 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 2801
day of March 2006, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Curry, Selich, Rosansky, Ridgeway, Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Webb
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 29th day of March 2006.
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Newport Beach, California