HomeMy WebLinkAbout17696 - RESOLUTIONS - 11/20/1991 RESOLUTION NO. 17696
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGIS,
CALIFORNIA, CLARIFYING ITS POSITION ON THE
FORMERLY PROPOSED PALM SPRINGS INfTERNATIONfAL
RACEWAY.
WHEREAS application was made to the City of Palm Springs for the
Palm Springs International :Raceway; and
WHEREAS the project was located in an unincorporated area south
of Interstate Highway 10 which would have required, and the
applicant-developer was agreeable to, annexation to the City of
Palm Springs; and
WHEREAS, due to controversies over the project from residents of
the City of Palm Springs, the City Council placed an advisory
question on the November 6, 1991 general election ballot whether
the City Council should support the development of a raceway and
related facilities; and
WHEREAS the majority of those voting in said election voted no;
and
WHEREAS the developer-applicant for the proposed raceway had
officially withdrawn his application for the project prior to
November 6, 1991; and
WHEREAS the organized opponents to the raceway project have
requested the City Council to affirm the "wishes of the people"
as determined by the results of the advisory ballot question
relative to said raceway.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Palm Springs, that if the previously proposed Palm Springs
International Raceway or any other similar auto raceway project
were before this City Council, it would act to deny such a
project.
ADOPTED this 20th of November 11991.
AYES: Councilmembers Hodges, Murawski , Neel and Mayor pro tem Broich
NOES: None "
ABSENT: Mayor Bono /l
ATTEST: CI (7F A ft //G"AX IFORNIA
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City Clerk -(,city iv. er
REVIEWED & APPROVED
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