HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-12 - Opposing Measure W (OC Central Park & Nature Preserve Initiative)RESOLUTION NO. Da-! aP -
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING MEASURE
W, THE ORANGE COUNTY .CENTRAL PARK AND
NATURE PRESERVE INITIATIVE.
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa is a member of the Orange County Regional
Airport Authority (OCRAA); and
WHEREAS, OCRAA has adopted a position of opposition to the Central Parke -
and Nature Reserve Initiative as the initiative precludes development of airport facilities
at the former EI Toro Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS); and
WHEREAS, OCRAA has requested all member agencies to adopt resolutions of
opposition to the initiative; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa has previously taken positions in support of
the development of an airport at MCAS under specified conditions; and
WHEREAS, the City has also taken a position in support of a Regional Airport
Plan for Southern California to carefully evaluate all opportunities for the expansion of
existing commercial, joint military and commercial use facilities and military facilities
available as the result of base closure, excluding John Wayne Airport; and
WHEREAS, the Central Park and Nature Reserve Initiative not only precludes
MCAS from any consideration as a site for future aviation facilities but also shifts the
increasing burden of meeting future air transportation demand on those communities,
such as Costa Mesa, presently impacted by existing airport operations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa hereby opposes the Central Park and Nature Preserve Initiative.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22"d day of January 2002.
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
Deputy City Cl k of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Resolution No.O a—�o7_ was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 22nd day of January, 2002.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 23rd day of January, 2002.
DeputICncil
Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the Ciof the City of Costa Mesa