HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-077 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 97-77
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA
OPPOSING THE PROPOSED BALLOT INITIATIVE ON DESIGN AND
ENGINEERING CONTRACTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA HEREBY FINDS,
RESOLVES, DECLARES, DETERMINES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
WI~REAS, Every day billions of dollars of critical building, engineering and design
projects are underway from seismic retrofitting to flood control to schools and hospitals; and
WHEREAS, State, regional and local governments are currently allowed to contract
with private firms, on a competitive basis, to design these projects; and
WHEREAS, This process allows government the essential flexibility to use private
firms to deliver a project on time and cost effectively; and
WHEREAS, The so-called "Government Cost Savings and Taxpayers Protection
Amendment" completely changes the process by giving the state bureaucracy a virtual
monopoly on designing every project; and
WHEREAS, This will thereby force cities, counties, schools, special districts, regional
governments and even many private business to use the state bureaucracy to design roads,
parks, hospitals, health clinics, schools, water treatment facilities, flood control walls and
other critical structures- including all engineering, design, geological and environmental work;
and
WHEREAS, Virtually every school and hospital has been designed by private firms,
not state government; and
WHEREAS, The proposed initiative eliminates local control and forces communities to
rely on the out-of-town state bureaucracy for their design work; and
WHEREAS, Local governments would not be able to hold the state bureaucracy
accountable; and
WHEREAS, The initiative gives one state politician enormous power to decide who
gets tens of thousands of design and building projects worth billions of dollars; and
WHEREAS, The state controller would have to analyze tens of thousands of proposed
contracts per year costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, in
additional expenses; and
WHEREAS, To meet potential workload demands, hundreds, if not thousands, of state
employees would need to be employed and paid, even if no projects were underway; and
WHEREAS, Taxpayers would pick up the tab for billions in extra costs for projects,
lost jobs and more state employees to evaluate projects; and
WHEREAS, This could mean more delays on important projects in the City of
Temecula.
Therefore be it resolved that the City of Temecula City Council opposes the so-called
"Government Cost Savings and Taxpayers Protection Amendment" that will cost our cities,
counties, special districts and economy millions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 8th day of July, 1997.
Patricia H. Birdsall, Mayor
ATTEST:
June~ .~C]AAE - ~ 3
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, June s. Greek, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify that
Resolution No. 97-77 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Temecula at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8th day of July, 1997, by the following
vote:
AYES:
4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Ford, Lindemans, Roberts, Birdsall
NOES:
0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Stone
e S. Greek, CMC-/A-~AE
City Clerk
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