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China Shipping Mitigation Funds

WHEREAS, the Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council prepared and submitted a proposal for the use of China Shipping Mitigation Fund for aesthetic mitigation to be used to beautify, landscape, and create open space in two areas in the Northwest Harbor area of the Port of Los Angeles, and

WHEREAS, this Harbor Beautification proposal was submitted in July 2003 to the Board of Harbor Commissioners and Port Community Advisory Committee (PCAC) and was subsequently forwarded to the California State Lands Commission for review, and

WHEREAS, California State Lands Commission reviewed and commented on the Northwest Harbor Beautification proposal which found that proposed project provides sufficient nexus between Port operations and consistency with the Public Trust Doctrine, and

WHEREAS, PCAC has received proposals that show sufficient nexus and consistency with the Public Trust Doctrine, and

WHEREAS a systematic process and timeline for consideration of consistent proposals by which an proposal would be reviewed and forwarded for additional planning and consideration by the PCAC and Board of Harbor Commissioners has not been established, and

WHEREAS, the current lack of has process and timelines has delayed mitigating the aesthetic impacts of the Port;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council requests the PCAC and Board of Harbor Commissioners implement a review process for the China Shipping Mitigation Funds that:

1. The process is transparent and open

2. All proposals be reviewed without consideration to cost

3. All acceptable proposals be forwarded expeditiously to the Board of Harbor Commissioners for its consideration

4. A timeline be established by which mitigation proposals are solicited, received, and reviewed

5. The Port assigned mitigation coordinator be more effectively utilized for the solicitation of proposal, review, and follow up

Approved by the NWSPNC at its meeting on October 13, 2003

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