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9/13/78
RESOLUTION NO. 78-125
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA OPPOSING THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT OF THE ORANGE COUNTY GENERAL
PLAN TO DESIGNATE THAT PORTION OF SANTIAGO
CREEK WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA FOR
USE AS EQUESTRIAN, BICYCLE, OR HIKING TRAILS
WHEREAS, the Orange County Environmental Management
Agency is now considering a proposed amendment to the Master
Plan of Riding and Hiking Trails, a component of the Recreation
Element of the General Plan of Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the said amendment proposes to include
that portion of Santiago Creek within the City of Santa Aha
in the system of equestrian, bicycle, and/or hiking trails
proposed for Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the County of Orange has requested the
review and comment of the City of Santa Ana upon the said
proposed amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Recreation and Parks of the
City of Santa Ana has held public hearings to receive the
comments of the residents of the City of Santa Ana concerning
the said proposed amendment, and based thereon, has unanimously
concluded that the portion of Santiago Creek within the City
of Santa Ana from the Santa Ana Freeway to the Santa Ana
River should not be included within the Orange County Master
Plan of Riding and Hiking Trails for equestrian, bicycle, or
hiking trail purposes, and that the environmental impact
report prepared for the said amendment was inadequate; and
WHEREAS, this Council, at its meeting of December
19, 1977 unanimously declared the environmental impact
report prepared for the said proposed amendment to be inadequate
in its discussion of the adverse environmental impacts which
may affect residents of the City of Santa Aha living adjacent
to Santiago Creek, and in its discussion of mitigation
measures and alternatives relating thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Orange County
now plans to hold a public hearing in the month of October,
1978 to review the said proposed amendment to determine
whether to approve the same;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA as follows:
1. That this Council hereby declares its opposition
to equestrian trails in any part of Santiago Creek located
within the City of Santa Ana, and to bicycle or hiking
trails in that portion of Santiago Creek between the Santa
Ana Freeway and the Santa Ana River in the City of Santa
A~a.
2. That the City of Santa Ana, by Resolution No.
74-37 of this Council, dated March 11, 1974, has approved
Memory Lane as a bicycle route connecting bicycle trails in
Santiago Creek east of the Santa Ana Freeway with bicycle
trails in the Santa Ana River.
RESOLUTION NO. 78-125
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3. That this Council recommends to the Orange
County Environmental Management Agency and the Board of
Supervisors of Orange County that the proposed amendment to
the Master Plan of Riding and Hiking Trails he revised to
exclude that portion of Santiago Creek located between the
Santa Ana Freeway and the Santa Ana River in the City of
Santa Aha from any planned use for equestrian, bicycle, or
hiking trail purposes.
ADOPTED this 18th day of September , 1978, by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Brandt, Ward, Bricken, 0rtiz,
Yamamoto, Garthe
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
KEITH L. GOW, City Attorney
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