CC RESOLUTION 5152City of EI Segundo
Resolution No. 5152
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City's position regarding AB 1694
(O'Donnell), San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy: territory: Dominguez
Channel watershed and Santa Catalina Island, which would provide a greater description of the breadth
of the Conservancy's territory and to expand the current Conservancy's boundaries to include the
Dominguez Channel watershed and Santa Catalina Island.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, any official position of the City of EI Segundo with respect to legislation, rules, regulations or
policies proposed to or pending before a local, state, or federal government body or agency must have
first been adopted in the form of a Resolution by the City Council with the concurrence of the Mayor; and
WHEREAS, existing law established the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains
Conservancy (Conservancy), a State agency, to acquire and manage public lands to provide open space,
low -impact recreational and education uses, water conservation, watershed improvement, wildlife and
habitat restoration and protection, and watershed improvement within the territory; and
WHEREAS, the Conservancy provides local assistance and support to local governments and non-profit
organizations for eligible projects related to public recreation and access, land acquisition, trail
development, and river parkway and watershed improvements; and
WHEREAS, the areas within the Dominguez Channel Watershed and Santa Catalina Island are presently
outside the boundaries of the Conservancy but lie adjacent and share similar natural resources and
socioeconomical environments, needs for open space, habitat protection, and light recreation
opportunities, particularly those in densely urbanized and commercialized neighborhoods, similar to the
inventory of cities and communities within the Conservancy's current boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the areas within the Dominguez Channel Watershed and Santa Catalina Island currently do not
lie within the boundaries of a State conservancy and subsequently excluded from certain State-wide
funding opportunities; and
WHEREAS, to address this matter, the State Legislature introduced AB 1694 (O'Donnell), San Gabriel and
Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy: territory: Dominguez Channel watershed and Santa
Catalina Island, which would provide a greater description of the breadth of the Conservancy's territory
and to expand the current Conservancy's boundaries to include the Dominguez Channel watershed and
Santa Catalina Island; and
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WHEREAS, the expansion of the Conservancy's boundaries would expand funding opportunities to
protect, enhance, and preserve the natural, historical, cultural, and educational resources of the
Dominguez Channel Watershed and Santa Catalina Island; and
WHEREAS, the expansion of the Conservancy's boundaries would allow the Conservancy to maximize the
distribution of grant funds to multiple recipients throughout the watersheds of Lower Los Angeles River,
San Gabriel River, and the Dominguez Channel as well as Santa Catalina Island, particularly park -poor and
disadvantaged communities, and non-governmental agencies that were not previously privy to
Conservancy resources;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, with the concurrence of the Mayor, that by the adoption of this
Resolution, the City of EI Segundo hereby SUPPORT AB 1694 (O'Donnell), San Gabriel and Lower Los
Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy: territory: Dominguez Channel watershed and Santa Catalina
Island.
PASSED AND ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 5152 this 2111 day of May, 2019.
ATTEST:
Tracy Weave ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mark D. Hensley, torney
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Drev,Oyles, Mayor
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 5152 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by said City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 21St day of May, 2019, approved and signed by the Mayor,
and attested to by the City Clerk, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tem Pirsztuk, Council Member Brann, Council
Member Pimentel, and Council Member Nicol
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this day of June, 2019.
T cy Weaver, City Clerk
of the City of EI Segundo,
California