CC RES 2005-111RESOLUTION NO. 2005 -111
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES ASSIGNING THE RIGHT TO THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA LAND
CONSERVANCY TO APPLY FOR EXCESS FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES REGIONAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT FOR THE
PURCHASE OF OPEN SPACE IN THE PORTUGUESE BEND AREA.
WHEREAS, the people of the County of Los Angeles on November 5, 1996,
enacted Los Angeles County Proposition A, Safe Neighborhood Parks, Gang
Prevention, Tree - Planting, Senior and Youth Recreation, Beaches and Wildlife
Protection (the Proposition), which provides funds to the County of Los Angeles and
other public agencies in the County for the purposes of acquiring and /or developing
facilities for public recreational facilities and open space; and
WHEREAS, the Proposition also created the County of Los Angeles Regional
Park and Open Space District (the District) to administer said funds; and
WHEREAS, the District has set forth the necessary procedures governing
local agency applications for grant funds under the Proposition; and
WHEREAS, the preservation of natural open space on the Palos Verdes
Peninsula is a priority for residents of Rancho Palos Verdes: and
WHEREAS, the large areas of open space in the Portuguese Bend area of
Rancho Palos Verdes represent the last large, contiguous parcels of natural open
space remaining on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES:
1. Assigns the right to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy to
apply with the County of Los Angeles Regional Park and Open Space
District for Proposition A Excess Funds for the above project; and
2. Recommends that the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
authorize application to the Los Angeles County Regional Park and
Open Space District for Excess Funds to acquire land in the
Portuguese Bend Area.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED ON THE 18th DAY OF OCTOBER,
2005.
Attest:
State of California )
County of Los Angeles )ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Carolynn Petru, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify
that the above Resolution No. 2005 -111 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held
on October 18, 2005.
Resolution No. 2005 -111
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