HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-78 - Opposing Reduction Outer Continental Shelf Moritorium Oil Leasing ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 85-78
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING REDUCTION OF THE
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF MORATORIUM AND INCLUSION
OF TRACTS OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST IN THE OUTER
CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives is considering
certain provisions in the Department of Interior Appropriations Bill for
fiscal year 1986 which would modify and reduce the existing moratorium on
outer continental shelf leasing activities in portions of the Southern
California outer continental shelf planning area off the coast of California
and include the tracts in the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Program; and
WHEREAS, the United States Senate will be engaging in deliberations
over the final version of the fiscal year 1986 Department of Interior
Appropriations Bill; and
WHEREAS, although the City of Costa Mesa supports efforts to develop
oil and gas resources, onshore and offshore, it does not support develop-
ment and leasing activities in environmentally sensitive areas; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa wishes to ca municate its opposition
to the reduction of the existing moratorium on outer continental lease
offering activities and inclusion of the tracts off the California coast
in the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does
hereby adopt this Resolution in opposition to the reduction of the existing
outer continental shelf moratorium on lease offering activities and the
inclusion of the tracts off California in the Outer Continental Shelf Oil
and Gas Leasing Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall be forwarded to
the members of the United States Congress involved in the decision-making
process on this issue for appropriate action on the Department of Interior
Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 1986.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of August, 1985.
ATTEST:
C Clerk of the City of Costa Ir
Maybr of the Ci y o a Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Resolution No. 85-78 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the
said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 19th day of
August, 1985.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 20th day of August, 1985.
C Clerk and ex -officio Clerk ofrsa
City Council of the City of Costa