2009-49 r RESOLUTION NO. 2009-49
A RESOLUTION OF THE C TY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A P1!BLIC PARK ON THE SITE OF
BLUE MOUNTAIN
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace is situated at the base of Blue Mountain, a
prominent, aesthetic geographic marker of the city; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace has adopted as its symbol a graphic
representation of Blue Mountain and calls itself"The Blue Mountain City"; and
WHEREAS, Blue Mountain provide a unique venue for quiet and escape from the
nearby urban and suburban population d7nsity of the Inland Empire; and
WHEREAS, Blue Mountain provides a notable source of recreation potential in the
form of hiking and horse trails; and
WHEREAS, the site of Blue Mountain is a valuable natural resource providing
habitat for local animal wildlife, including deer, coyotes, hawks and rabbits, and varieties
of reptiles; and
WHEREAS, the site of Blue Mountain is the site of unique flora habitat including
varied and extraordinary springtime wildflower displays; and
WHEREAS, Blue Mountain has th potential of being a critical link in a trails and
animal habitat network that would include ox Springs Parkin Riverside County, the Loma
Linda Hills, the Santa Ana River Trail and the Badlands in Riverside County; and
WHEREAS, there is a great public interest in the recreational potential of Blue
Mountain as evidenced by the participatio i of the public in the Grand Terrace sponsored
Blue Mountain Open House events in 2008 which drew from 300 to 400 persons and in
2009 which drew over 500; and
WHEREAS, The Friends of Blue Mountain, a local non-profit corporation, has been
established to assist in the acquisition of private lands for conversion to a public park; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Grand Terrace recognizes the enhanced value to
the city of the existence of a Public Park on Blue Mountain;
NOW, THEREFORE, -IT IS HERE Y RESOLVED that the City Council of Grand
Terrace supports the establishment of a Public Park on the site of Blue Mountain and
strongly supports the efforts of the Friends of Blue Mountain to assist in achieving this goal.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 81h day of December, 2009.
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Mayor the City of Grand Terrace
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Grand
Terrace
I, BRENDA MESA, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2009-49 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 81h day of December, 2009, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Cortes, Miller and Stanckiewitz; Mayor Pro Tem
Garcia and Mayor Ferre
( 1 NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Brenda Mesa, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
City Attorney
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