HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-96-5804 (OIL/OFFSHORE DRILLING/MORATORIUM/SUPPORT)1
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RESOLUTION NO. 96-5804
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING RENEWAL OF THE OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING
MORATORIUM AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE LONG TERM
PROTECTION FROM OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING.
WHEREAS, the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Department of Interior
Appropriations will consider lifting the current nationwide ban on offshore oil drilling along
environmentally sensitive areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); and,
WHEREAS, federal legislation has been introduced (HR2241 and HR2242), which
I provides long term protection from future offshore oil drilling in sensitive California waters; and,
WHEREAS, technology does not exist to fully prevent, clean up, or contain oil spills for I
the types of ocean and wind conditions that are present throughout the year in the affected
offshore waters adjacent to the Hermosa Beach coast; and,
WHEREAS, coastal dependent tourism is a mainstay of the local economy in the
communities of the southern California coast, as well as other coastal areas in California and
elsewhere that would be impacted by a lifting of the drilling moratorium; and,
WHEREAS, critical commercial fishery tracts would be impacted by the oil drilling
activities that would be permitted by this action, and that severe fishing conflicts could be expected
to occur; and, ,
WHEREAS, estuaries and river mouths which serve as critical nursery and food source
habitats for commercial fish species would be in direct proximity to oil drilling activities permitted
by a lifting of the OCS drilling moratorium, and would therefore be subject to significant adverse
impacts in the event of a spill; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Hermosa Beach has traditionally taken a lead role in opposition to
offshore drilling proposals that could impact the Hermosa Beach coastline.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Hermosa Beach urges that
the U. S. House of Representatives support IM241 and HR2242; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Hermosa Beach urges that
the U.S. House of Representatives' (Subcommittee on Department of Interior Appropriations)
include renewal of the moratoria on Outer Continental Shelf oil drilling activities in environmentally
sensitive coastal areas in this year's House Interior Appropriations Bill.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 9th day of April, 1996
P - NT, of the City Council and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Clerk City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
I, Naoma Valdes, Deputy City Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Hermosa Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 96-5804 was duly and regularly passed, approved and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular Meeting of
said Council at the regular place thereof on April 9, 1996.
The vote was as follows:
AYES:
Benz, Bowler, Edgerton, Reviczky, Mayor Oakes
NOES:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ABSENT:
None
DATED: April 10, 1996
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Deputy City Clerk