Resolution No. 2022-69 | Opposition to Sargent Ranch Quarry Project | Adopted 09/12/2022RESOLUTION 2022-69
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GILROY IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED
SARGENT RANCH QUARRY PROJECT IN SOUTH SANTA
CLARA COUNTY
WHEREAS, Sargent Ranch Partners, LLC, has applied to Santa Clara County for a
conditional use permit for a proposed sand and gravel mining operation with aggregate processing
facilities for 30 years on 403 acres of Sargent Ranch, located approximately four miles so uth of
the City of Gilroy and one mile south of the U.S. Highway 101 and Highway 25 interchange; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Sargent Ranch
Quarry Project found that the project would create significant and unavoidable impacts in
aesthetics; air quality; biological resources; cultural and tribal cultural resources; geology, soils,
and paleontology; and transportation; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Sargent Ranch
Quarry Project found that the project would create irreversible impacts during project buildout and
construction as well as during project operations; and
WHEREAS, the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band survived two centuries of violent persecution
and displacement during the Spanish, Mexican, and American periods and today are working
diligently to restore their Indigenous practices, regain stewardship of their lands and heal from
historical trauma; and
WHEREAS, Sargent Ranch is within an area known as Juristac to the Amah Mutsun
Tribal Band, and Juristac is the location of numerous historic ceremonial and sacred sites,
comprising a landscape of paramount cultural and spiritual importance to the Amah Mutsun Tribal
Band; and
WHEREAS, the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band maintains that the proposed mining pits,
overburden piles, roads, and processing facilities would irreparably harm Mutsun cultural
resources, landscape features, and the spiritual integrity of Juristac; and
WHEREAS, the Tribal Council of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band has taken a unanimous
stand in opposition to the Sargent Ranch Quarry Project and is requesting the support of
surrounding communities in efforts to protect their sacred grounds; and
WHEREAS, the city councils of the cities of Morgan Hill, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and
Sunnyvale have adopted resolutions supporting the efforts of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to
preserve the entirety of Juristac as open space; and
WHEREAS, in November of 2021, the Santa Clara County Human Rights Commission
voted unanimously to recognize the desecration of the Amah Mutsun sacred site of Juristac as a
significant human rights issue and to recommend that Santa Clara County deny approval of permits
for the proposed mine; and
Resolution No. 2022-69
Sargent Ranch Quarry Resolution
City Council Regular Meeting | September 12, 2022
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WHEREAS, the proposed quarry could result in daily traffic of hundreds of truck trips
through U.S. Highway 101 in Gilroy, adding to traffic congestion, pavement quality/infrastructure
degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, and local air pollution; and
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy 2040 General Plan calls for regional communication,
coordination, and cooperation regarding transportation networks and systems, including critical
transportation facilities in Gilroy such as U.S. Highway 101 (M 7).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GILROY, AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the City Council of the City of Gilroy urges Santa Clara County to deny approval
of permits for the proposed Sargent Ranch Quarry Project.
2. Effective date. This resolution shall become effective immediately.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting
duly held on the 12th day of September 2022, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ARMENDARIZ, BRACCO, HILTON,
LEROE-MUÑOZ, MARQUES, TOVAR,
BLANKLEY
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
APPROVED:
Marie Blankley, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Thai Nam Pham, City Clerk
Marie Blankley (Sep 14, 2022 13:02 PDT)
Marie Blankley
CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK
I, THAI NAM PHAM, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached
Resolution No. 2022-69 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy of a city Resolution,
duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a Regular Meeting of said held on Council
held Monday, September 12, 2022, at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of
the City of Gilroy this Monday, September 12, 2022.
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Thai Nam Pham, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk of the City of Gilroy
(Seal)