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Document No. 95-11
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Open Space
MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
RESOLUTION NO. 95-11
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
SUPPORTING CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE
SAN FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District finds
that the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)provides a unique and
crucial service to the communities around the Bay Area ; and
WHEREAS, BCDC has proven itself to be the most effective, efficient, and successful agency
in restoring the Bay's natural shoreline and enhancing economic development opportunities for local
communities; and
WHEREAS, BCDC is an important participant in the development of the San Francisco Bay
Trail, a 400-mile trail system that will encircle the Bay, providing for public access, recreation,
environmental education, and habitat preservation for the nine Bay Area counties, including a
significant portion within District boundaries; and
WHEREAS, since its creation in 1965, BCDC has been involved in and largely responsible
for reducing the filling of the Bay from an average of 2,300 acres per year to nearly Zero;for helping to
increase public access to the Bay shoreline from four miles to 110 miles;for helping to increase the
surface of the Bay by 800 acres;for assisting in the permanent protection of 99,000 acres of Bay
wetlands;for working toward the acquisition of 10,000 acres of wetlands wildlife habitat; and
WHEREAS, BCDC has shown great leadership in encouraging sound design for facilities on
the Bay, and has been directly responsible for much of the public access around the Bay; and
WHEREAS, with the momentous changes taking place around the Bay, and the opportunities
for the future of Bay shore preservation and public access, BCDC is even more crucial than ever if the
Bay shoreline is to be maintained and enhanced; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Governor to consolidate BCDC with the California Coastal
Commission, which would dilute and weaken the effectiveness of BCDC to the point where the precious
natural resource of the Bay will be threatened.
Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula
Regional Open Space District strongly encourages the State Legislature and the Governor to maintain
BCDC in its existing form with at least its current level of funding, and to abandon plans to consolidate
this agency with any other agency.
330 Distel Circle * Los Altos,CA 94022-1404 * Phone:415-691-1200 * FAX:415-691-0485 * E-mail:mrosd@netcom.com
Board of[hectors:Fete Siemens,Mary C Davey,Teena Nenshaw,Ginny Babbitt,Nonette Nanko,Betsy Crowder,Wim de Wit
General Manager:t_.Craig Britton
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RESOLUTION NO. 95-11
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open
Space District on March 22 19 95 at a regular meeting thereof, by
the following vote:
AYES: Peter Siemens, Ernestine Henshaw, Nonette Hanko, Elizabeth Crowder,
and Wim de Wit
NOES: None
None
ABSTAIN: N•
Virginia Babbitt and Mar
ABSENT: 9 Y Davey
ATTEST: APP VE .
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Secret y, Board of Directors President, Board of Directors
I, the District Clerk of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, hereby certify
that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Board
of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District by the above vote at
a meeting thereof duly held and called on the above day.
Distri t Clerk