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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION R-90 -99 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON REQUESTING THAT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TAKE ACTION IN AMENDING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT TO DELIST THE DELHI SANDS FLOWER -LOVING FLY WHEREAS, the City of Colton is endeavoring to improve the quality of life for all of its residents; and WHEREAS, all of the industrial land has been targeted by the Fish and Wildlife Service as habitat or potential habitat for the Delhi Sands Flower -loving Fly; and WHEREAS, the Fish and Wildlife Service has presented no evidence that the City cannot co -exist with the Fly in a manner offered by the City; and WHEREAS, the Fish and Wildlife Service has stalled the City's ability to develop land via reasonable mitigation proposals thus causing the inability of the City to create numerous jobs in an economically depressed area and monetary loss of tax revenues and those associated with the providing of municipal services; and WHEREAS, the City of Colton and its citizens have been harmed financially and in their quality of life as a direct result of the Fish and Wildlife Service's reluctance to agree to mitigation terms offered by the City; and WHEREAS, the Fish and Wildlife Service has been severely chastised for their inability to equitably deal with any compromise of social and economic issues of land owners and developers and the long-term preservation of the Fly; and WHEREAS, the Fish and Wildlife Service, their consultants, and biological experts have failed to demonstrate any ecological, environmental, or economical purpose that the Fly serves requiring its protection under the Endangered Species Act; and