Resolution Number 96-10-15-1287
RESOLUTION NO. 96-10-15-1
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REJECT THE PROPOSED MERGER OF THE
HARBORS, BEACHES AND PARKS DISTRICT INTO THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, after the bankruptcy of
1995-96, directed the various County departments and the County Administrative Officer to make
recommendations in an attempt to reorganize and streamline County operations; and,
WHEREAS, the County Administrative Officer has made a series of
recommendations to the Board of Supervisors which she feels are fair and equitable, while still
attempting the meet the service levels and the goals established by the Board; and,
WHEREAS, among those recommendations is a suggestion that the Harbors,
Beaches and Parks Division be restructured to become part of the Department of Public Works; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of San Juan Capistrano opposes this specific
recommendation, believing that Harbors, Beaches and Parks should remain a separate District of the
County with its own separate portion of property taxes as funding source rather than the General
Fund; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of San Juan Capistrano believes that the purposes and
integrity of Harbors, Beaches and Parks will be overshadowed by the maintenance responsibilities of
Public Works if it were absorbed into Public Works, thereby resulting in decreased importance and
lowering of service levels to the residents of Orange County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of San Juan
Capistrano does hereby petition the Board of Supervisors to reject the proposed merger of Harbors,
Beaches and Parks into the Public Works Department, and restate their commitment to the people
of Orange County to provide quality recreational opportunities by establishing Harbors, Beaches and
Parks as a stand-alone department.
ATTEST:
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this I5th day of October, 1996.
WYAT�1RART, MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, CHERYL JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No.
96-10-15-1 adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 15th day of October, 1996, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Jones, Nash, Swerdlin, Campbell
and Mayor Hart
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
(SEAL)
CHER JOHN Y CLERK
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