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RESOLUTION N0. 94-45
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING
THE EXPANSION OF THE SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL SCENIC AREA TO INCLUDE
UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LANDS
WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Interior established the Santa
Rosa Mountains National Scenic Area on May 5, 1990, in recoqnition
of its scenic, natural, and cultural resource values, and directed
that the National Scenic Area be administered by the Bureau of Land
Management; and
WHEREAS, the National Scenic Area as designated does not
include those lands which are higher in elevation that the Bureau
of Land Management lands but below the "desert divide" or ridgeline
of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains; and
WHEREAS, the lands which are higher in elevation than the
Bureau of Land Management lands but below the "desert divide" are
within the San Bernardino National Forest and form an important
part of the scenic backdrop of the Coachella Valley which the
National Scenic Ares was designated to protect, and possess
important wildlife, cultural, and recreational opportunities
related to those within the National Scenic Area; and
WHEREAS, the United States Forest Service has expressed
interest in that portion of the National Forest between the
National Scenic Area boundary and the "desert divide" being
designated a National Scenic Area; and
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Palm Desert, California, on this 14th day of April, 1994, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON,
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: WILSON
ABSTAIN: NONE
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: SHEILA R.i
CRITES, KELLY, SNYDER
GAN,
CLERK
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