HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-12-17; City Council; Resolution 35616
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RESOLUTION NO. 3561
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING
AT THIS TIME PLANS TO LEASE FEDERAL LANDS
FOR DRILLING IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior has
announced a proposal to lease areas on the Outer Continental Shelf
in Southern California adjacent to state tidelands for oil and
gas development; and
WHEREAS, the State of California has limited oil drilling
from most of the offshore and beach areas adjacent to lands now
being considered by the Department of the Interior for develop-
ment in the federal waters beyond the state's three-mile tide-
lands boundary; and
WHEREAS, the 1972 California Coastal Zone Conservation
Act provides for the preparation of long-range plans for the
orderly conservation and development of the California coastline,
and any move by the Department of the Interior to increase oil
development along the coast before the state long-range plans
are adopted could seriously compromise state, regional and local
planning efforts; and
WHEREAS, ,he federal Administration's stated position
that states and local communities should be primarily responsible
for land use planning is inconsistent with the Department of the
Interior's proposal to proceed without a long-range coastal zone
plan and a coordinated planning effort: and
WHEREAS, oil drilling off the coast of Southern Cali-
fornia could have a devastating effect on the coastal environment,
especially the beaches and harbors, as the Santa Barbara oil
blowout demonstrated five years ago; and
WHEREAS, oil is a finite, irreplaceable resource, and as
such this diminishing resource should be reserved to the maximum
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degree possible for future use pending completion of a national
energy policy which could include development of alternate
sources of energy and comprehensive conservation programs which
will relieve pressure on scarce oil supplies; and
WHEREAS, the projected time-frame of the Department of
the Interior for awarding leases is inadequate to prepare, evalu-
ate, and coordinate the studies necessary for an informed decision
and
WHEREAS, additional serious questions remain 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 correct.
2. That the announced plans to lease federal lands to
provide new oil drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf off the
coast of Southern California be strongly opposed 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
been promulgated.
4. That the Department of the Interior should timely
submit its proposed oil development program to the California
Coastal Zone Conservation 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 relating to
drilling and development on the Outer Continental Shelf.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the
Carlsbad City Council held on the day of , 1974,
by the following vote, to wit:
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AYES : Councilmen Frazee, Lewis and Skotnicki.
NOES : Councilmen Chase and McComas.
ABSENT: None. R
ATTEST :
(SEAL)
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