HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-06-03; City Council; Resolution 1627RESOLUTION NO. 1627
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD MEMORIALIZING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENACT LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT OIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION ON STATE AND FEDERAL TIDE AND SUBMERGED LANDS ADJACENT TO
WHEREAS, the California Legislature by the enactment
of the Cunningham-Shell Tidelands Act of 1955, established an
oil sancturary on the tide and submerged lands controlled by the
State extending from the northerly limits of the City of Newport Beach
southerly to the Mexican border; and
WHEREAS, at present there are no restrictions against
THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA BETWEEN THE NORTHERLY CITY LIMITS OFN-EWPORT B CH AND THE MEXICAN BORDER
in the best interests of the public that off-shore oil exploration 1
and development be prohibited on both the State tide and sub-
merged lands within the sancturary established by the Cunningham- I
Shell Act and on the adjacent submerged lands controlled by the 1
Federal Government;
MOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Carlsbad that:
The Congress of the United States and the Legislature
of the State of California are hereby
appropriate legislation to accomplish
requested to enact
the foll owi ng resul ts :
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area established by the Cunningham-Shell Act or on the adjacent
federally controlled submerged lands.
1. To absolutely prohibit any geological or geo-
physical exploration work involving any physical penetration of
the tide and submerged lands within the above described sanctuary
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submerged lands within the above described sanctuary area
established by the Cunningham-Shell Act or on the adjacent
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2. To prohibit any leasing for exploration, develop-
ment or removal of oil, gas or other minerals from the tide and
been determined by the appropriate State and Federal Agencies
after public hearings that all of the following conditions exist:
(1) oil, gas or mineral deposits are contained in said tide and
submerged lands; (2) that said oil, gas or mineral deposits are
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being drained by means of wells or by other means from privately
owned lands; and (3) that the leasing of said lands will be in
the best interests of the governmental agency which owns said
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 3rd day of June, 1969, by the following vote;
AYES : Councilmen Dunne, McComas, Neiswender, Jardine and Castro
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
D. M. DUNNE, Mayor of the City-of Carlsbad, Carl sbad, Cal i forni a