A RESOLUTION expressing The City of Seattle’s opposition to offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration activities, including seismic airgun blasting.
The report on the Sustainability and Transportation Agenda Item three Resolution 31834. A resolution expressing the City of sails, opposition to offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration activities, including including seismic erosion and blasting. The committee recommends a resolution be adopted. Customer Brian. Thank you very much. It's unfortunate that we're in a world where we can't see where Seattle and smoky days in the summer because of forest fires and the pristine coasts of Washington state, which has been off limits for oil and gas exploration for a long time. Then we actually are having a discussion about is it a good thing or a bad thing to be doing offshore drilling off our coasts? But the reality we face today is that the current administration has signaled the opening up most of the coastal waters on both the Atlantic and Pacific Coast to potential offshore oil and gas exploration . And it's important for us to weigh in, to state our opinion. We think that is a bad idea for a variety of reasons. This resolution has two sections. The first states that the city of Seattle finds that offshore and gas drilling and exploration unnecessarily risks economic and ecological health, and therefore opposes any plan or legislation that encourages oil and gas development exploration offshore that would impact the residents of Washington State. The second section states that the mayor and city council firmly oppose offshore and gas drilling and exploration and call the governor Washington the state legislative delegation, the federal congressional delegation to all to take all steps possible to prohibit and prevent such actions. Further called on the Trump administration, including the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, to halt such activity. We've seen a lot of voices standing up saying something similar. I believe we'd be about the 75th jurisdiction in Washington state to pass such a resolution. And we've seen I've seen governors, both Democrat and Republican governors from Atlantic and Pacific states stating strong opposition to this entire proposal, including including the possibility of offshore drilling in Washington. So I would urge your support and that's it. Thank you very much, Councilman Brian, for bringing this to us. Any comments or questions or concerns on the resolution or about the vote on those in favor of adopting the resolution? Please vote i. I those opposed vote no. The motion carries, the resolution is adopted and the chair will sign it. That concludes our agenda. Is there any further business coming for the Council? If not, we stand adjourned and everyone have a great rest of the afternoon.