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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-342 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Resol ution No. 94-342 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE AND PLANT SPECIES OF CONCERN IN THE SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, grave concern is mounting throughout the communities in the valley area of San Bernardino County as the U.S. Fish and wildlife Service (USFWS) continues the process of evaluating various candidate animal and plant species that are found in the area to determine if they should be listed as being either endangered or threatened pursuant to the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA); and WHEREAS, the County, in cooperation with local jurisdictions, public agencies and private enterprises, proposes to prepare a 16 valley-wide, multi-species Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) in order 17 to resolve the inherent conflicts between land development and 18 rare, threatened and endangered species preservation; and 19 20 WHEREAS, a proactive approach to this important issue is 21 essential to ensure the economic well-being of all interests, both 22 public and private, within the San Bernardino Valley; and 23 24 WHEREAS, a comprehensive HCP will vastly improve the position 25 of all the jurisdictions to provide for the development needed to 26 create the employment opportunities that are so essential to the 27 economic vitality of the valley area and its citizens. 28 1 94-342 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City will support the preparation by the County of San Bernardino of an HCP for the San Bernardino Valley encompassing the area generally bounded by the county lines between San Bernardino County and Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside Counties on the west and south and the San Bernardino National Forest Boundary on the north and east, and agrees to consider participating in a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) or other administrative structure, as deemed appropriate to implement the plan. section 2. The City will support this effort both by 13 dedicating city staff time to supply the necessary data required 14 for the County's preparation of an HCP and will consider 15 participating monetarily, in an amount that is mutually agreed to 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 in a fair and equitable manner between all of the local jurisdictions participating in the HCP preparation. II I II I II I II I II I II I II I II I II I II I <> II I 2 94-342 RESO~UTION . . . FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMEN~ING A PROGRAM TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE AND PLANT SPECIES OF CONCERN IN THE SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY. 1 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly 2 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of 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 San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the reoular November 7th , 1994, by the following day of vote, to wit: Council Members NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT AYES NEGRETE ~ CURLIN ~ HERNANDEZ -X- OBERHELMAN -X- DEVLIN x POPE-LUDLAM -X__ MILLER -X-- (;) I ", CD) ~/f A <<-~-- '--L-t_< -CtL_,- /~- '- City Clerk The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this 10th day of November , 1994. ~/ 2Jt /~,(;t'-^ Tom Minor, Mayor city of San Bernardino Approved as to form and legal content: o JAMES F. PENMAN, City ,Attorney ~ By:e~ . ~ .. 3