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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTC Res 1968-08-12 (2) RESOLUTION NO. -1.!.L A RESOLUTION OF '!HE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TIBURON, MEMORIALIZING THE CHARACTER AND PURPOSE OF ANGEL ISlAND STATE PARK AND OPPOSING USES CONTRARY THERETO. WHEREAS from time to time proposals and studies are made looking' to the possible use of all or parts of Angel Island for military, transportation, industrial and commercial uses; and WHEREAS Angel Island is a State Park which, it is understood, was conveyed by the United States of America to the State of California with stipu- lations that it be perpetuated for its historical and recreational values~ and, WHEREAS the Department of Parks and Recreation of the State of California has produced a master plan for Angel Island now ready for review and approval by the Director of said Department and by the Parks Commission of the State of California, which plan agencies of the City of Tiburon have reviewed and endorsed; and, WHEREAS the obvious virtue of said park, as proposed in said master plan, is its unspoiled nat~lness, uncontradicted by other uses offensive to or even destructive of such naturalness; and, WHEREAS Angel Island is uniquely and conveniently situated with re- spect to a vast metropolitan population, to whom the experience of a natural park as a retreat from urban sterility is now and will become increasingly tmportant to our urban society; and, WHEREAS said island lies almost totally within the limits of the City of Tiburon, which city and its Council are mindful of and concerned for the protection of the island against any use or condition which may tend to dilute, conflict with or make subordinate the existing and planned character of the State Park which it constitutes; NOW, THEREFORE, RE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: THAT this City Council does ask those agencies of government most specifically concerned with the management, tmprovement and custody of Angel Island State Park, specifically the United States Secretary of Defense, United States Secretary of the Interior, Senator Thomas Kuchel, Senator George MUrphy, Congressman William Mailliard, the Marin County Board of Supervisors, and other interested agencies and officials, to not permit, endorse or condone any use, structure or method of opera tion on said island not provided for by and set forth in the master plan for said State Bark hereinbefore referred to. Draft Date: 8/15/68 THAT this City Council does oppose any military, transportation, industrial or commercial use of any or all of Angel Island State Bark not a part of the master and development plans for said park prepared and approved by the Department of Barks and Recreation of the State of California. ~SSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tiburon held on August 12, 1968, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: 1l1inwood, Fanning, Rice, Bremer NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Drohan It\Q ~MA~ - " WILLIAM R. BREiIER: Mayor of the City of Tiburon ATTEST: ~~~ IAWRENCE D. ROSE, City Clerk Draft Date: 8/15/68 2.