HomeMy WebLinkAbout69-18 - Declaring position on Harbor District & Approving Program of OC League of Cities to Initiate Dissolution ProceedingsRESOLUTION N0. 69-18
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA DECLARING ITS POSITION ON THE ORANGE COUNTY HARBOR
DISTRICT AND APPROVING THE PROGRAM OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
LEAGUE OF CITIES TO INITIATE DISSOLUTION PROCEEDINGS.
WHEREAS, the taxpayers within the Orange County Harbor District should
have an opportunity to determine their future with regard to harbor facilities
and services; and
WHEREAS, the original purpose of said harbor district, to wit: to develop
and maintain Newport Harbor, has been so greatly changed, altered and added
to by legislative amendments that the present purposes, powers and philosophy
of the harbor district are entirely different from the original purposes, powers
and pbilosopfy of said district; and
WHEREAS, there appears to be some overlapping ofjurisdiction between the
Harbor District and certain cities relating to Law enforcement and fire fighting;
and
WHEREAS, there appears to be some expenditures by the Harbor District of
funds for local benefit rather than regional recreational benefit; and
WHEREAS, there exists a separate taxing jurisdiction in the agency of
the Harbor District, which levies taxes to be used exclusively for harbor
purposes; and
WHEREAS, there exists two parallel administrative agencies, the District
and the County, for the administration of the regional harbors, beaches and
parks program in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, representatives of twenty-four of the cities in Orange County
in April, 1968, at the League of Cities Board meeting, voted that "action be
taken to cause the dissolution of the Orange County Harbor District as it now
exists," and that the functions of said Harbor District be undertaken by a
separate department of the County Government in conjunction with parks, beaches,
harbors and regional recreation generally", and
WHEREAS, it would be of benefit to the residents and taxpayers in both
the cities of Orange County and the County generally to undertake these
changes;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby
resolve as follows:
1. That it is in the best interests of the citizens of this City and
Orange County (a) that the Orange County Harbor District be dissolved, and
(b) that the duties and functions of said district be transferred to a County
Department of Parks, Beaches and Harbors under the County Administrative Officer
of Orange County and the Board of Supervisors of Orange County.
2. That the City's representative to the Executive Committee of the Orange
County League of Cities is hereby authorized to vote in favor of the plan
proposed by the League of Cities Harbor District Dissolution Committee.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of February, 1969•
Mayof of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 69-18 vas duly and regularly passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular
meeting held on the 17th day of February, 1969.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Ccs to Mesa, this 18th day of Februs ry, 1969•
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City or Costa Mese
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