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RESOLUTION NO. 7478 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF BANTA KONICA
IN RESPONSE TO THE "CALL FOR INFORMATION" FOR SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA OUTER CONTINEN'rAL SHELF (OCS) LEASE SALE '95
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the Department of Interior has solicited comments
and nominations from interested parties on their proposed
Southern California Outer continental Shelf (OCS) Lease Sale #95
offshore drilling plan; and
WHEREAS, comments and nominations will be accepted by the
Department of Interior until August 21, 1987; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica relies to a significant
degree on a coastal-dependent economic base which requires a
clean and healthy marine environment; and
WHEREAS, coastal-dependent tourism is a mainstay of the city
of Santa Monica's economy and conflicts between OCS impacts and
tourism-related employment are anticipated; and
WHEREAS, adverse impacts on onshore air quality expected to
result from OCS activities in the proposed Lease Sale #95 area
are regional in nature and likely to adversely impact
socioeconomic conditions in coastal and inland communities; and
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WHEREAS, the present lack of adequate oil spill response
capability indicates that OCS leasing in the Lease Sale #95 area
will pose a high degree of risk to coastal environments: and
WHEREAS, ocean discharge of drilling wastes has cumulative
impacts which degrade nearshore water quality and which have
remained unaddressed in the Five-Year OCS Leasing Program: and
WHEREAS, critical commercial fishery tracts are encompassed
by the Lease Sale #95 proposal and significant conflicts are
anticipated between the fishing industry and OCS activities: and
WHEREAS, the nearshore focus of the Lease Sale #95 proposal
is considered to be precedent-setting with regard to other
proposed federal OCS leasing actions elsewhere offshore
California: and
WHEREAS, two years of efforts by the Congress to resolve the
controversy over federal DCS leasing plans offshore California
through negotiations with the Department of Interior have been
met with a lack of good-faith commitment on the part of the
Secretary of Interior,
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Santa Monica does hereby submit to
the Department of Interior negative nominations for all tracts
included in the "Call for Information" for proposed OCS Lease
Sale #95
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SECTION 2. Two identical copies of this B. esolution shall be
transmi tted in a timely fashion to:
(1) Regional Supervisor,
Office of Leasing and Environment, Minerals Management Service,
Pacific OCS Region, 1340 West sixth street, Los Angeles, CA
90017; and ALSO TO:
(2) Chief, Offshore Leasing Management
Division, Minerals Management Service, Mail stop 4230, 18th and C
streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 to arrive prior to August
21, 1987, in an envelope labeled "Comments on the Call for
Information and Nominations for Southern California Sale 95".
An additional copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted
in a timely fashion to:
Ms. Jananne Sharpless, Secretary of
Environmental Affairs, 1102 Q Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, and
to members of the California Congressional Delegation.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this ReSOlution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be
in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS ~
City Attorney
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08/13/87
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11th day of August, 1987.
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I hereby certify that th~egOing Resolution No. 7478(CCS)
was duly adopted by the City Council of the city of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on August 11, 1987 by the following
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council vote:
Ayes: Councilmem.bers: Finkel, Jennings, A. Katz, H.
Ka t z , Reed, Zane, Mayor Conn
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Counci1meltlbers: None
ATTEST:
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City Clerk