Reso 2009-774RESOLUTION NO. 2009-774
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT SUPPORTING
THE CANCELLATION OF THE SALE OF THE
ORANGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Sanitary District is a sanitary district organization
and operating according to California Law; and
WHEREAS, the first Orange County Fair occurred in 1980 and has since thrived
as a "Celebration of Orange County's Communities, Interests, and Heritage" as is
stated in the Orange County Fair and Event Center's mission statement; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the State of California's budget deficit of over $26
billion, the largest in the state's history, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed the
sale of surplus or underutilized assets for the purpose of helping to close the budget
deficit; and
WHEREAS, on July 28, 2009, the Orange County Board of Supervisors passed
Resolution No. 09 -110, in support of Governor Schwarzenegger's proposal to sell the
Orange County Fairgrounds, only if the sale provided that the Fairgrounds would be
sold to a local government agency or local not - for - profit corporation to perpetuate its
use as a fairground, event center, and equestrian facility; and
WHEREAS, on October 7, 2009, the California Department of General Services
released a Request for Proposals for the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds; and
WHEREAS, the Request for Proposal does not require the buyer to be a local
government agency or local non - profit, nor does it require the buyer to perpetuate the
utilization of the property as a fairground, event center, and equestrian facility; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Fairgrounds are wholly contained within the
corporate limits of the City of Costa Mesa; the City of Costa Mesa's General Plan
designated the property as "Fairgrounds "; the City of Costa Mesa has zoned the
property "recreational /institutional "; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa City Council has authorized preparation of a
Specific Plan for the Fairgrounds property and subsequently directed staff to prepare a
ballot initiative for the June 2010 ballot for voter approval of a land use restriction to
"Fairgrounds "; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Sanitary District believes that it is in the best
interests of the public that the Governor immediately cancel the sale of the Fairgrounds
property;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District
does hereby RESOLVE:
1. That Governor Schwarzenegger immediately cancel the sale of the Orange
County Fairgrounds.
2. That the District Clerk mail a copy of this resolution to all appropriate agencies.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District at
a regular meeting held on the JA day of ALec,.f✓ 2009.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, Joan Revak, Clerk of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 2009 -774 duly and regularly passed and adopted
by said Board of Directors at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of
December 2009.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, this / day of LK4 w � 2009.
Clerk of th
:0 s?�a Mesa Sanitary District
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