HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso 2019-10 - Wetlands Closed to Public RESOLUTION NO. 2019-10
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH CONFIRMING THAT
WETLANDS PARK IS CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND SHALL REMAIN IN ITS
NATURAL CONDITION
WHEREAS:
1. The City Council at its regular meeting on December 17, 2014, adopted the provisions of
Ordinance No. 1156 which established Wetlands Park as a City Park, which ordinance became
effective on January 16, 2015; and
2. Ordinance No. 1156 added subsection P to Ukiah City Code Section 1965, establishing Lot 3
as described in the Grant Deed from the Successor Agency for the City of Ukiah to the City of
Ukiah, dated August 31, 2017, recorded with the Mendocino County Recorder on August 31,
2017, by Document No. 2017-11657, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit A; and
3. Subsection P to Ukiah City Code Section 1965 established Lot 3 as Wetlands Park and
provides that Wetlands Park shall not be subject to Ukiah City Code Sections 1966 and shall
remain in its natural condition, until a management plan is adopted by the City Council; and
4. Ukiah City Code Section 1966 establishes the days and hours when other City parks are open
to the general public; and
5. By excluding Wetlands Park from Ukiah City Code Section 1966, the City Council established
that Wetlands Park shall remain closed to the general public in furtherance of the City Council's
declared intent to preserve Wetlands Park in its undisturbed natural condition, until the City
Council adopts a management plan for Wetlands Park; and
6. Subsection P further provides that other rules and regulations than those prescribed in Division
1, Chapter 12 of the Ukiah City Code, governing Parks and Recreation Facilities in the City of
Ukiah, shall also apply, if such rules are adopted by resolution of the City Council; and
7. The City Council seeks to clarify that Wetlands Park is closed to the general public and that
members of the public shall not enter or remain on or in Wetlands Park, until the City Council
adopts the management plan referenced in Subsection P.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that Wetlands Park is closed to the general
public and that it shall constitute a violation of Ukiah City Code Section 1965.P for any member
of the general public to enter upon or remain in Wetlands Park and any such violation shall be
subject to the penalties prescribed in Ukiah City Code Section 2001.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that signs are hereby authorized to be placed in conspicuous
locations at the boundary of Wetlands Park providing notice that the park is closed to the general
public and barriers to public access are hereby authorized to be installed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of March, 2019, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Orozco, Brown, Scalmanini, Crane, and Mayor Mulheren
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Maureen Mulheren, Mayor
ATTEST: I
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Kristine Lawler, City Clerk