Resolution Number 96-4-2-7412
RESOLUTION NO. 96-4-2-7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING RENEWAL OF THE OFFSHORE
OIL DRILLING MORATORIUM AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE
LONG-TERM PROTECTION FROM OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING
WHEREAS, the United States 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, and,
WHEREAS, federal legislation has been introduced (HR 2241 and HR 2242) which
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 the type of ocean and wind conditions that are present throughout the year in the affected offshore
waters adjacent to the California beaches; and,
WHEREAS, coastal -dependent tourism is a mainstay of the local economy in the
' communities along the southern California coast, as well as other coastal areas in California; and,
WHEREAS, critical commercial fishery tracts would be impacted by the oil drilling
activities that would be permitted by this action, and 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 Outer Continental Shelf drilling moratorium, and would therefore be
subject to significant adverse impacts in the event of a spill; and,
WHEREAS, the City of San Juan Capistrano has traditionally taken a lead role in
opposition to offshore drilling proposals that could impact the City's coastline.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San
Juan Capistrano does hereby urge the United States House of Representatives to support HR 2241
and HR 2242.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the 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
WYATJ HART, MAYOR
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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.
96-4-2-7 adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California,
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of April 1996, by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Jones, Nash, Campbell and Mayor Hart
NOES: Council Member Swerdlin
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
(SEAL)
CHERYL JO O CITY CLERK
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