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Off Docket - Support for Senate Bill 2543 (Presley)1� JUN 17 19e6 ITEM OFF- DoeKe-7 1 of 5 F 2 ©i 5 ,SUN .17 1986 ITEM rc. City Msna$erCITY S k OF SACTT Ronald L. Ballard h � Citj'' �: until. : Jack Doyle, Mayor Jim Bartell ° • ��QRAtEo Mike Clark Pat Gallard'o RECEIVED . Gerry Solomon kk E. JUN 1 198 f Yit mpa.�a-p�u. th 4 it ICE June 9, 1986 Honorable Mayor and Members of the Council City of Poway 13325 Civic Center Drive - Poway, CA 92064 Dear Mayor andMembers of the Council: Your support is urgently needed on a critical issue of local control affecting- cities throughout the counties of San Diego. and Los Angeles. Cur:rentiy before the State Legislature is SB 2543 (Pres ey) whi.cht al16- cates the Proposition 52 state bond funding for jail construction. This p bill was recently amended with special legi'sl ati on for San Diego and Los Angeles Counties to require city council approval for. all new county jail projects within their jurisdictions.; At; the core of these amendments is the issue of local control and whether a county should have totally unrestricted powers in siting jail faclit es within incorporated cities., despite strong opposition from those jurisdic- tions. The City of Santee is currently facing a county jail facility proposal for the Santee Town Center,.the City's major redevelopment area project. The type, of facility being. proposed: would resemble a concentration camp 'in design --with 19 prefabricated metal barracks, guard towers, and barren unl andscaped grounds encircled by 12 -foot chain-link fences topped with - spiraling strands of barbed wire. This jail proposal is. also located within one-third d mile of an elementary school and within one mile of five other schools. Just last fall, the City of Santee issued a $6.4 million- illionbond bondon this redevelopment project. Now, because of the location of this proposed county jail: facility, the very economic future: of the City is at risk. The purpose of these amendments would be to protect municipalities from Al the serious socio-economic impacts of county jail facilities inappropri- ately sited within their jurisdictions, without regard to city efforts to revitalize: their communities. JUN 17 1986 ITEM_ nn _ Q e 3 f 5 ,�— K-�0 • 10765 Woodside Avenue • Santee, €alifornia 92071-319 (619) 562-6153 June 9, 1986 Page 2 As Santee's appointed "anti -jail" task force members, we strongly urge you to contact your legislators in support of the recent amendments to SB 2543 to provide ide localveto power over inappropriately placed county jail projects. Substantial support will be required to pass these vital amendments through the State Legislature and the Governor's office. Sincerely, 'JACK DOYLE Mayor M BARTELL Council Member Attachment cc: City Manager JUN 17 1986 ITEM Q�=-,L-Oce' of 5 t fes; i RESOLUTION NO. 86- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL APPROVAL FOR COUNTYD TION FACILITIES WHEREAS, existing law provides thatcounties have the authority to site detention t ilities within city boundaries' despite formal opposition from the affected city government; and A_SF the inappropriate siting of aunty detention facilities could have serious social and fiscal impacts upon the public welfare, safety and econa mic viability of these:cannunities; and WHEREASsame county detention facilities are proposed for city redevelop- ment project areas financed through tax increment funds, and the resulting pro- perty devaluation may affect the. city's ability to finance necessary public improvements andrevitalization efforts; and j a WEM3EASF. SB 2543 (Presley) would. provide the state bond funding for the yam;. construction of new county jail._ facilities; and. WHEREAS, Assemblyman Larry Stirling has sponsored amendments to SB 2543 to require, city council approval in the Counties of San Diego and Los Angeles for all county jail facilities funded. through the: statewide jail construction bonds, and WHEREAS these amendments address the critical issue of local control over vital matters affecting the social and economic well-being of a community, such as the siting of a county detention facility. MR, TIWORK BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of. Poway does hereby support the proposed amendments to SB 2543to provide for local control over the siting of county detention facilities, and. we do hereby urge the State. Legislature to approve these amendments. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED, by the City Council of the City of Poway, California, at a regular meeting thereof this 17th clay of June, 1986. Carl. R. Kruse, Mayor Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk S of 5 JUN1719861 1TEM v TO: Manbers of the. City Council FROM: Carl R. Kruse, Mayor DATE: June17, 1986 SUBJECT: Pre-Develogrent Conference - Senior Housing Project Daniel M. Waller ************************************ * * * Attached is a request frcin Daniel M. Wailer for a pre-develont conference. If you concur, it will be scheduled for the June 26th workshop.