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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-04-01; City Council; N/A; Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program◄ ... ""' "t l 2 3 4 5 6 7 ; 8 /, ' 9 ';\ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I RESOLUTION NO. 8480 - ..,FF AGENDA ITEM: Council Meeting 4/1/86 No. AB ------ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THAT THE TRACTS OFFSHORE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BE DELETED FROM THE THE PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM WHEREAS, The City Council of Carlsbad, California, has been concerned about the adverse impacts of oil and gas developments offshore Carlsbad for the past ten years; and WHEREAS, the Department of Interior has proposed a Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for January 1987-Decernber 1991; and WHEREAS, the proposed five-year program has identified two lease sales for the Southern California planning areas; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Carlsbad approves the following comments and requests that the tracts offshore San Diego County be deleted from the proposed five-year plan: l. _All leasing activity associated with the five-y~ar program should be ·scheduled after the EIR (Environmental Impact Report) has been reviewed and approved. 2. 'l'he following lease areas should be deleted in the five-year proposed program: II a. The tracts deleted by the Department of the Interior in previous Southern California lease sales. b. Tracts not bid upon by the petroleum industry in previous Southern California lease sales. c. The offshore area that was included in the Congressional rnoratoria. • t , I l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 d. The tra~ts requested by the Department of Defense to be jeferred f~om Lease Sale No. 80. e. The ~~~rshore tracts which, if developed, would adversely impact the air quality of the San Diego County region. f. The nearshore tracts which are adjacent to the following sensitive biological coastal resources: Oceanside Harbor Buena Vista Lagoon Agua Hedionda Lagoon Batiquitos Lagoon San Elijo Ecological Reserve San Dieguito Lagoon Scripps Shoreline Underwater Reserve Penasquitos Lagoon San Diego-La Jolla Ecological Reserve Mission Bay San Diego Bay Tiajuana River National Estuarine Sanctuary 3. The tracts that have depth greater than 400 meters should be deleted from the five-year proposed program. The nearshore tracts to San Diego County should not be used for experimental technology. II II II II II l PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the 2 City Council of the City of Carlsbad held on the 1st day of 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 April , 1986, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: ~ouncil Members Casler, Lewis, Kulchin, Chick and Pettine NOES: None ABSENT: None Mayor ATTEST: lerk (SEAL)