1994-26 RESOLUTION NO. 94- 26
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM TO
CONSERVE WILDLIFE AND PLANT SPECIES OF CONCERN
IN THE SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY.
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 valley-wide multi-species Habitat
Conservation Plan (HCP) in order to resolve the inherent conflicts between land
development and rare, threatened and endangered species preservation; and
WHEREAS, a proactive approach to this important issue is essential to ensure
the economic well-being of all interests, both public and private, within the San
Bernardino Valley; and
WHEREAS, a comprehensive HCP will vastly improve the position of all the
jurisdictions to provide for the development needed to create the employment
opportunities that are so essential to the economic vitality of the valley area and its
citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . The City will support the preparation 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 participate 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 dedicating city staff
time to supply the necessary data required for preparation of an HCP and monetarily,
in an amount that is mutually agreed to in a fair and equitable manner between all of
the local jurisdictions participating in the HCP preparation.
ADOPTED this 22nd day of September, 1994
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City r of the 4y' lnd
Grand Terrace and of the T ace and of the City
City Council thereof. ouncil thereof.
I BRENDA STANFILL, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 22nd day of
September, 1994 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Hilkey, Singley, and Buchanan; Mayor Pro
Tem Carlstrom; Mayor Matteson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Approved as to form:
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