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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-12-17; City Council; 3250-1; Offshore Oil DrillingC I T Y 0 F C A R Z S B A D.* c A z r P* 0 R Jv x A Date: December 17, 1974 Agenda Bill so, 1,�50-Supplement 1 Submitted By- O?FSIIQRE OIL DRILLING City Attorney -statement of the Natter Thd City Council at your meeting of Decem);er 3, 1974 directed the City Attorney to prepare a resolution opposing offshore drilling as requested by the County Board of Supervisors. It the resolution is adopted, the Mana er will forward a copy to the Depertment of the Interior. 'Pity rxhiblt Resolution N6ZT41 opposing offshore oil drilling. Staff Recommendations 'See City Manager's recommendation. A8 ,ido., 3250-Supplement 1 Date: December 17, 1974 G t Fib tanager's Rocommendat.ion 4 � . % ` If the Council coneurrs' with the form anj_crording of the ' ''resolution, the motion would be to adopt Resolution No. opposing offshore oil dxilling. This resolution was patterned after the Bounty resolution. r, e Cott nciI Action 1E-17-74 Resolution No. 3561 was adopted. - 7 3� i A , ,2, � 4 P r i4 Y x RESOLUTION NO. 3561 {; 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ~ CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIPORNIA, OPPOSING $ AT THIS TIME PLANS TO LEASE FEDERAL LANDS , FOR DRILLING IN THE OUTER CGNTINENTAL ' 4 SHELF OFF THE COAST IOF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 5 'x WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior has 16- announced a proposal to lease areas on the Outer Continental Shelf .n Southern California adjacent to state tidelands fox oil and gas' development; and WHEREAS, the State of California has liiaitec oil drilling 10 from most of the offshore and beach areas adjacent to lands now 11 being considered by the Department of the Interior for develop- 12 13 ment in the federal waters beyond the state's three-mile tide- lands boundary; and p 14 WHEREAS, the 1972 California Coastal Zone Conservation CC m is Act provides for the preparation of long-range plans for the S•o 1 a t `16 g ;a orderly conservation and development of the California coastline, "' S'4a 17 and any move by the Department of the Interior to increase oil z o, development along the coast before the state long-range plans > Q < 19 u are adopted could seriously compromise state, regional and local w 20 planning efforts; and 21 22 WHEREAS, the federal Administration's stated pusition 23 that states and local communities should be primarily responsible 24 for land use planning is inconsistent with the Department of the 25 Interior's proposal to proceed without a long-range coastal zone plan and a coordinated planning effort; and 26 WHEREAS, oil drilling off the coast of Southern Cali- 27 28 fornia could have a devastating effect on thu, coastal env.i,roament, especially the reaches and harbors, as the Santa Barbara oil - 2Q blowout demonstrated five years ago; , d 30 31 I4IIEREAS, oil is a finite, irreplaceable resource, and as such this diminishing resource should be xeserred to the MINIMUM 32 Y: . 1 ;i G- 2 3 4 5 si..? 6 • r� 8 9 10 11 12 13 a 14 a m ?� 15 c $0�zk'16 � �m 17 Wz�a 18 v 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2$ 29 30 31 32 6 46 degree possible for future use pending completion of a national energy policy which could include development of alternate sources of Lnergy p'tnd comprehensive conservation programs wY,a.ch will relieve pressure on scarce oil supplies; and WHEREAS, the projected time -frame of the Department of the Interior for awarding leases iis inadequate: to prepare, evalu- ate, and coordinate the studies necessary for an informed decision and WHEREAS, additioial serious questions iemaia unanswered and must be addressed before leases are awarded; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and cor_ect. 2. That the ai,.,ounced plans to lease federal lands to provide new oil drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Southern California be strongly ouposed at this time. 3. That the award of leases for offshore oil and gas . development in Southern California should not proceed until a comprehensive national, as well as regional, energy policy has w been promulgated. 4. That the Department of the Interior should timely submit its proposed oil development program to the California Coastal Zone ConservatiQa Commission and other appropriate state, regional and local agencies for their review before any new leases are issued. 5. That no leases shall be awarded until Congress has enacted new legislation strengthening existing laws xclating to drilling and development on the Outer Continental Shelf. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council ),-ld on the day of 1974, by the following vote, to wit: 2. I AYES: Councilmen Frazee, Lewis and 5kotnicki. 2 NOES: Councilmen Chase and McComas. 3 ABSENT: clone. ROBERT C. FRAZEE, May 6x' IL e. Y 1►' ATTEST: 7 „ �VIARGa/RET E. ADAM5, city clerk "10 11. 12 13 o 14 " �v 15 a 17 � W W 15 o° v 20 zz ii zz I 24 25 26 27 28 29'I �o 31 32 a. o M