HomeMy WebLinkAbout86-364 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 86-364
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCANONGA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARII~G ITS OPPOSITION TO THE
PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF AI~ 800 BED JAIL LOCATED NEXT TO
I~E SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LAW AND JUSTICE CENTER AND
ADJACENT TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER/DOWNTOWN AREA
WHEREAS, the County of San Bernardinn proposes to construct an 800
bed jail facility next to the County Law and Justice Center, adjacent to the
Raucho Cucamouga Civic Center site in the heart of the City's downtorn area at
Foothill Boulevard and Haven Avenue; and
MHEREAS, the Rancho Cucamongs City Council wishes to express its
overvhelming concern that the construction of a jail facility wilI be a
detriment to the quality environment which presently exists in that dovntovn
area; and
~/HEREAS, while a jail facility site was proposed for Rancho Cucamouga
and approved by the County Board of Supervisors in 1981, the development
pattern in the Raucho Cucsmonga Civic Center area has changed signifxcantly '
since that time and is no longer an appropriate location for a jail facility;
and
~/HEREAS, the City of hncho Cucamonga has made a major effort to
establish a high quality downtorn identity with an emphasis on civxc, cultural,
office professional and commercial uses, which is not the type of development
which invites the construction of s jail facility; and
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~/HEREAS, on November 4, 1986, the citizens of aancho Cucamonga voted
overvhelminSly three-to-one in an advisory measure to oppose the construction
of a jail facility at the Civic Center site, a vote which should be considered
in the decision to relocate the jail site; and
WHEREAS, the Rancho Cucsmonga City Council wishes to work
cooperatively with the County Board of Supervisors to find an alternative
location for a jail facility.
NO~/, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Raacho Cucsmonga City Council
does hereby declare its strong opposition to the construction of a Jail
Facility st the County Lay and Justice Center site located in the heart of the
downtorn Civic Center area.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 17th day of December,
AYES: Brovn, Buquet, Stout, King, ~/right
NOES: None
ABSEI~T: None
Dennis L. Stout, Nayor
ATTEST:
Resolution No. 86-364
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I, BEVERLY A. AUTH~LET, CITY CLEI~ of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed,
approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 17th day of
December, 198~.
Executed this 18th day of December, 1986 at Rancho Cucamonga,
California.
Beverly K. Autbelet, City Clerk