HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 78-030 - Supporting the Continuation of Skiing on Mount Shasta RESOLUTION NO. ?f 3(J
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
SUPPORTING THE CONTINUATION OF SKIING ON MOUNT SHASTA.
WHEREAS, snow skiing, both alpine and cross-country, is
a healthy activity enjoyed by people of all ages , providing excel-
lent youth development programs as well as being a true family
activity, and
WHEREAS, snow skiing has been a very popular activity
among winter recreation programs offered to the citizens of Redding,
the City of Redding Recreation Department having taught 2500 citizens ,
10 to 60 years of age, in its Learn to Ski program, and
WHEREAS, in addition to being an excellent outdoor leisure-
time activity for citizens of all ages, skiing has a significant
beneficial economic impact on Shasta and Siskiyou Counties, in that
it creates business for restaurants, motels, and stores, thus
increasing sales and employment in these areas , and
WHEREAS, Mount Shasta is generally considered the prime
ski area in Northern California, capable of providing excellent
recreational skiing to the north state , including all of the
northern counties , and to Southern Oregon, and
WHEREAS, Ski Shasta Corporation operates a skiing facility
above the timberline of Mount Shasta which needs to be moved due to
extreme adverse weather conditions, which have destroyed equipment
in its present location, made skiing unpleasant, and threaten to
cause closure of the operation, and
WHEREAS, Ski Shasta Corporation proposes to construct a
new ski facility, a portion of which would be located in Sections
25 and 30 , Township 41 North, Range 3 West , Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, and
WHEREAS , a 1976 study by U. S. Forest Service personnel
recommends the same site, and
WHEREAS, this relocation would provide better quality
skiing for a greater number of skiers (including both downhill and
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cross-country skiing) , would result in fewer road maintenance costs
for the County of Siskiyou, and would provide substantial economic
benefits to Siskiyou and Shasta Counties , and
WHEREAS, the U. S . Forest Service now has under considera-
tion a proposed wilderness area on the slopes of Mount Shasta , which
includes a portion of Section 30 , and which, if adopted, would
prevent the proposed relocation ,
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Redding that the U. S . Forest Service is hereby urged to
remove Section 30 , Township 41 North, Range 3 West, M.D.B . & M. ,
from the boundaries of the proposed wilderness area , and is requested
to assist in the development of a quality skiing facility in that
area which will properly serve the recreational needs of the many
skiers in Northern California .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is directed to
send copies of this Resolution to Chief of the U. S . Forest Service
John McQuire, Senators Alan Cranston and S . I . Hayakawa , Congressman
Harold T. "Bizz" Johnson , State Senator Ray Johnson , Assemblyman Stan
Statham, Ski Shasta Corporation , and the Siskiyou County Board of
Supervisors .
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was intro-
duced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Redding on the 6th day of March , 1978 , and was duly adopted
at said meeting by the following vote:
AYES : COUNCILMEN: Anderson, Demsher, Gard, Pugh, and Fulton
NOES : COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN : None % '' , /
LEE D. FULTON, M. D.
Mayor of the City of Redding
ATTEST:
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MILDRED L. BRAYTON, City Clerk
FOFJM, APPROVED :
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p4'EARL D. MURPHY, C ty ttorney
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