Resolution Number 94-10-4-4232
' RESOLUTION NO. 94-10-4-4
OPPOSING INITIATIVE_- EL TORO MARINE CORPS AIR STATION
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE "INITIATIVE TO AMEND
THE ORANGE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN TO DESIGNATE MARINE CORPS
AIR STATION, EL TORO, FOR CIVIL AVIATION AND RELATED USES."
WHEREAS, the United States Government is considering closure of the Marine Corps Air
Station, El Toro, pursuant to the Base Closure Act of 1990; and,
WHEREAS, the County of Orange has established the El Toro Reuse Planning Authority to
carefully study and develop alternative civilian uses, taking into consideration the long-term economic, social,
and environmental impacts to the surrounding communities and the County as a whole; and,
WHEREAS, the EI Toro Reuse Planning Authority, as a public agency, is required by law to
conduct its business in public. including studies and the develament of alternatives, and to follow State and
Federal Environmental Laws and to provide full and complete public disclosure; and,
WHEREAS, the Orange County/El Toro Economic Stimulus Initiative, identified as Measure
"A" on the November ballot, circumvents the normal public planning and disclosure process by mandating a
commercial airport zoning at the El Toro site without first providing full disclosure of the impacts by due public
' process and without any consideration whatsoever of any other alternatives; and,
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City that any reuse plan for El Toro will have highly
significant economic, social, and environmental impacts on the surrounding communities and County of Orange
as a whole; and,
WHEREAS, the public is entitled to full disclosure of any such impacts through the appropriate
planning process before any reuse decisions are made; and,
WHEREAS, historically, the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano has been
committed to the public planning process and believes that the interests of the citizens of San Juan Capistrano,
our neighboring cities, and citizens throughout the County of Orange are best served by a process that requires
full study and disclosure before any reuse decisions are made.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AND DETERMINE, to oppose Measure "A",
the "Initiative to Amend the Orange County General Plan to Designate Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, for
Civil Aviation and Related Uses" appearing on the November 8, 1994, general election ballot.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JUAN CAPISTRANO DOES HEREBY ask all registered voters in the City of San Juan Capistrano, our
neighboring cities, and throughout the County of Orange to cast a "NO" vote on Measure "A", the "Initiative to
Amend the Orange County General Plan to Designate the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, for Civil Aviation
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and Related Uses" when they vote on November 8, 1994
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to law, no public funds of the City of San Juan
Capistrano shall be expended to promote or oppose passage of the initiative.
PASSED, APPROVED,
October _ 1994.
ATTEST:
CITY CLEW
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
AND ADOPTED this 4th
OLLENE PBELL, YOR
day of
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. 94-10-4-4
adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 4th day of October 1994, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Jones, Hausdorfer, Nash and Mayor Campbell
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Council Member Vasquez
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/6L CHERYLJOHNSON,JO SON, tftY CLERK
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