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PC R 71-186, ------ �- . . �- 2 25 r�ESOLUTVON N0. 71�186 A RESOLUTION OF THE CETY OF ARROYO GRANDE PLANNVNG COMMISSBON OPPOS�hG EXP,4NSGON OF STA�'E BEACHES AND PARKS LAN�S ON SOI�TH SAN LUBS OBVSPO C04�N�Y WHEREAS, recent artocles in local nev��papers quote a state officaal �nd others as po'oposing that large acreages of privately owned land's in soiat�a �an L�ais Obaspo �o�anty �-a beach, sand dune and uplands �-e be acquired by �t�e �tate Depa�°tment of Beaches and Parks, and WHEREAS, all of these lands, being privately owned, pay their fair share of the county, unified school district and local taxes requi�ed to proe�ide the services reeded by the people of this area, and WHEREAS the State°s purchase of �6�ese lands would remove a substantial amount of assessed valuatoon from the tax rolls, thereby forcong td�e already overburdened taxpayers to shoulder an additional tax load, and WHEREAS, the State Department of Beaches and Parks already owns a consoderable acreage on south San Luis Obispo County which the Department-ha�, over a period of many years° ownershep, failed to improve, or even allow open for access and use by the p�blic, the plea always having been that the State does not have sufficient maney, and WHEREAS, more than 1,000 acres owned by private corporatsons, now is, and for some years has been, open for public t�se of the areas not occupied by the corpor'ations, such use being without charge to the public, thus demonstrating that private ownership and publoc use.are compatible and satisfactory, and WHEREAS, some of the privately held lands are in the only south San Luis Obispo County zone jNhich is zoned for exclusive industrial use, and has been so zoned for sever�l years, and 41HEREA.S, it is feared that if the State takes over the proposed property in saed industrial zone, other industries, seeking plant s•etes, woul'd be frightened away from this area, where more jobs are needed for the people, by the fact that the State would do as it has done in other locations in this � county namely, buy acreage and then seek more and more additional acreage �djacent to,the first large purchase, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT R�SOLVED that the Planning Commission of the City of Arroyo Grande goes on record as being opposed to any further expansion of the already extensive State-Beach and Park properties in the south San Luis Obispo Gounty area until such time as the properties already owred shall have . �been properly improved and developed and opened fully to public use and enjoyment. . 2`26 , .�� .... . , . . �. . � _ �„ . ...,..�......�. . . . .. F.. On motion of Commissioner Strother, seconded by Commissioner Bowles, and by the following roll call vote, to wit; AYES: Commissioners Bowles, Nunes, St. Denis, Schultz, Strother and Chairman Moss NOES; None ABSENT: Commissioner Porter the foregoing Resolution was adopted this 19th day of January, 1971. ATTEST: ' � - � , �2��- Secretary Chalrman � ■ s� �