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RESC'LUTION NO. 75-55
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
UKIAH URGING STATE OFFICIALS TO STREAMLINE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS UNDER THE FOREST
PRACTICE ACT
WHEREAS, the members of the City Council are concerned
that requiring Environmental Impact Reports prior to logging
on private land will cause considerable delay and possibly
prohibit logging of timber from smaller ownerships whose
contributions to the overall timber supply situation is
significant, and
WHEREAS, the landowners will be put to unnecessary
hardship and substantial additional expense as a result
thereof, and
WHEREAS, existing forest practice rules were carefully
prepared after exhaustive study and input by both the public
sector and professionals resulting in forest practice
rules that provide for adequate and practical environmental
protective measures, and[
WHEREAS, the forest practice rules, through the vehicle
of the Timber Harvesting Plan, provide for both public notice
and public availability of proposed harvesting operations,
and
WHEREAS, the additional requirement of Environmental
Impact Reports places an unnecessary, expensive, repetitive
and delay-producing burden on all private timberland owners.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Ukiah City Council
request the Governor, the Secretary of Resources and the
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California Legislature recognize the Z-Berg-Nejedly
Forest Practices Act of 1973 as a special act that embodies
adequate comprehensive environmental protection in concert
with statutes relating to Fish and Game and Water Quality
protection, while at the same time encouraging tember
production.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
day of March, 1975.
ATTEST:
Mayor