HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-08-28; City Council; Resolution 2018-163RESOLUTION NO. 2018-163
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, UPDATING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM TO
OPPOSE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING, DRILLING AND EXPLORATION IN
STATE AND FEDERAL WATERS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Exhibit 1
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad and its visitors enjoy California's beaches and the Pacific Ocean
for recreational, commercial, and educational activities, all of which support our local economy; and
WHEREAS, our residents value our state's ocean and coastal waters, which provide habitat to a
vast array of wildlife, including fish, whales, sea turtles, and birds that depend on a healthy and clean
environment; and
WHEREAS, offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration off the Pacific coast puts these coastal
resources, and the communities and industries that depend on them, at risk from oil spills and other
damage; and
WHEREAS, expanding offshore oil and gas drilling complicates existing efforts to maintain clean
and healthy coastal ecosystems and the tourism and recreation jobs and revenue that depend on them;
and
WHEREAS, significant efforts to maintain the quality of our coastal waters amidst multiplicative
impacts from sewage, industrial uses, and climatic impacts are being enacted by city officials, local
organizations, and citizens; and
WHEREAS, the oil industry's negligence of oil platform safety standards has resulted in a long
legacy of catastrophic economic and environmental damage to coastal waters and communities,
including a massive oil spill in 1969 off the coast of Santa Barbara; and
WHEREAS, in 2015 a pipeline servicing offshore oil platforms in Refugio State Park burst and
fouled the same coastal areas, damaging wildlife populations and impacting recreational and
commercial activities; and
WHEREAS, the federal administration has proposed an expansion of offshore oil and gas
leasing to new areas which have largely been off-limits to new federal leasing, including the Pacific
Coast; and
WHEREAS, new federal offshore oil and gas leases have not been granted off the coast of
California since 1984; and
Exhibit 1
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Interior's 2017-2022 Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Leasing Program adopted as of November 18, 2016 contained no proposed offshore drilling along the
Pacific Coast; and
WHEREAS, the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is
considering an expanded Five-Year OCS Leasing Program for the years 2019-2024, in response to which
this resolution is hereby submitted; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad is opposed to inclusion of any offshore drilling tracts in any OCS
Planning Area on the Pacific Coast in the pending 2019-2024 Proposed Program and any other future
National Programs; and
WHEREAS, the state of California prohibited new oil and gas leasing in state waters due to
the unacceptably high risk of damage and disruption to the marine environment; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of California, the Attorney General, the State Senate and Assembly,
the State Lands Commission, the Coastal Commission, the Fish and Game Commission, the Pacific
Fishery Management Council, along with a growing number of cities, have taken a stand against new
federal offshore oil and gas leases in the Pacific Ocean; and
WHEREAS, opening new areas off California's coast to offshore drilling will deepen the state's
dependence on fossil fuels and undermine its efforts to address climate change by reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and moving toward renewable energy.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City of Carlsbad opposes new federal oil and gas leasing in all U.S. waters in the
Pacific Ocean.
3. That the document date and Section 6(f) of the City of Carlsbad Legislative Platform
regarding offshore oil leasing or drilling is hereby updated as follows (additions shown
in underline, deletions shown in !itr:ihotlue~gh):
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Exhibit 1
CITY OF CARLSBAD
20184 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
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Pacific Ocean.
4. That the City Clerk shall forward a copy of this Resolution to Secretary Zinke; Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management Acting Director Walter Cruickshank; Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management National Program Manager Kelly Hammerle; Governor Jerry
Brown; U. S. Senators Feinstein and Harris; U.S. Representative Darrell Issa; State
Senator Patricia Bates; and State Assembly Member Rocky Chavez.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 28th day of August, 2018, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
M. Hall, K. Blackburn, M. Schumacher, C. Schumacher, M. Packard.
None.
None.
~ARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk
(SEAL)