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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 4 LETTER TO MAYOR 12-19-83CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 4 city of de " ar December 7, 1983 Mayor City of Tustin 300 Centennial Way Tustin, CA 92680 At its Regular Meeting of December 5, 1983, the City Council of the City of Del Mar adopted Resolution 83-64, requesting the State Department of Transportation to directly contract the preparation of the Bullet Train Environmental Impact Report. As this important issue affects all of us, the City of Del Mar urges your respective Council to consider adopting a resolution requesting that the State of California Department of Transportation utilize consultants under direct contract to the Department. Attached please find a Resolution to that effect to be used by your Council if desired. Sincerely, /) . ROSALIND LORWIN Mayo r RAL:DL:kb Enclosure ! 3 4 5 RESOLUTION NO. 83-109 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE STATE DEPARTblENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DIRECTLY CONTRACT THE PREPARATION OF THE BULLET TRAIN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. WHEREAS, the California Department of Transportation has been selected as "Lead Agency' for preparation of environmental documentation lead- ing to the possible construction of a bullet train from San Diego to Los Angeles; and WHEREAS, said bullet train will have, or is perceived to have, significant impacts upon the environment; and 9 WHEREAS, said impacts are required by law fully assessed in an environmental impact report; and to be objectively and 10 WHEREAS, the objectivity of the environmental documentation could be 11 severely compromised if prepared by the project proponents, or by consultants under contract to the project proponents; and !2 WHEREAS, an objective environmental impact report, and which is per- 13 ceived by the public as being an objective environmental impact report, is critical to the environmental review process as set forth by California stat- 14 ute, as well as to the various responsible agencies having discretion -over project implementation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of 16 Tustin, California, requests that the State of California Department of Trans- portation prepare the environmental impact report for the bullet train, with 17 the utilization of consultants under direct contract to the Department. This resolution does not preclude the Department from full recovery of expenses for 18 said report preparation and administrative costs from the project proponent. 19 PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, on the 19th day of December, 1983. 23 RONALD B. HOESTEREY, MAYOR 24 ATTEST: 25 26 MARY ~. WYNN, CIIY CLERK 27 28