Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Jackie Speier, District 1
Supervisor Ray Mueller, District 3
Subject: MOU with County of Santa Cruz Regarding Financial Support for the Offshore Oil Coalition Coordination Effort
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Supporting a regional effort to oppose proposed federal offshore oil drilling through County participation in the Offshore Oil Coalition Coordination Effort initiated by the County of Santa Cruz; and
B) Authorizing and directing the County Executive Officer, or designee(s), to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the County of Santa Cruz to provide $20,000 in funding for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 towards a contract between the County of Santa Cruz and Richard Charter for the provision of technical assistance and other professional coordination services in furtherance of the Offshore Oil Coalition Coordination Effort; and
C) Authorizing and directing the County Executive Officer, or designee(s), to coordinate the County's participation in the Offshore Oil Coalition Coordination Effort for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, and to return to the Board to report on those activities and to receive further Board direction regarding the County's participation in the Offshore Oil Coalition Coordination Effort beyond Fiscal Year 2025-2026; and
D) Authorizing the Board President to send a letter to County of Santa Cruz Third District Supervisor Justin Cummings regarding the Board's participation in the Offshore Oil Coalition Coordination Effort.
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BACKGROUND:
The Outer Continental Shelf (OSC) is part of the internationally recognized continental shelf of the United States lying outside the jurisdictions of individual states. In the 1980's, several California coastal local agencies helped form the Central Coast Outer Continental Shelf Regional Studies Program to coordinate science, policy and public engagement on OCS propos...
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