CC Resolution 2013-025RESOLUTION NUMBER 2013 - 025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY LA
QUINTA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE GOVERNOR'S
COMMITMENT TO STATE FUNDING FOR THE LAKE
PERRIS DAM REMEDIATION PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Lake Perris State Recreation Area attracts more than 1.1
million visitors each year, generating tens of millions of dollars of economic activity
for Riverside County, the Inland Empire and all of Southern California; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Perris State Recreation Area offers visitors a convenient,
low -cost destination to engage in a wide assortment of recreation activities,
including, fishing, swimming, scuba diving, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding and
rock - climbing; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Perris State Recreation Area is home to a panoply of
plant life, such as brittlebrush, desert encelia, sagebrush, black and white sages,
buckwheat, cactus, chamise, penstemon, interior live oak, sugar bush, California
poppies, phacelia and common fiddleneck; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Perris State Recreation Area offers sanctuary for more
than 100 species of birds, including bald eagles, Golden Eagles, hawks, falcons,
roadrunners, loggerhead shrikes, larks, California thrashers, California quail,
hummingbirds and ospreys; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Perris Reservoir stores water - for delivery to the
Coachella Valley Water District which serves La Quinta; and
WHEREAS, California Governor Jerry Brown has pledged $92 million in state
funds to assist in the needed repairs of the Lake Perris State Recreation Area Dam,
thereby restoring the water level of Lake Perris to its historic level and ensuring its
legacy as a reservoir, recreation gem, and flora and wildlife refuge.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of The City of La
Quinta supports the Governor's commitment to State funding for the Lake Perris
Dam Remediation Project.
Resolution No. 2013 -025
Lake Perris Dam
Adopted: May 21, 2013
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta
City Council held on this 21 st day of May 2013, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Evans, Franklin, Henderson, Osborne, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
O m4o�
DON ADOLPH, May
City of La Quinta, CA
ATTEST:
SUSAN MAYSELS, i y Clerk
City of La Quinta, CA
(CITY SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO
M. KA` RERINE JENSOT, CitSr Attorney
City of La Quinta, CA (/