Res 17-011 RESOLUTION NO. 17-011
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
POWAY, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING SECTIONS OF
ASSEMBLY BILL (AB) 805 CHANGING THE VOTING
STRUCTURE OF THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF
GOVERNMENTS (SANDAG)
WHEREAS, on September 20, 2016, the City Council adopted the City's 2016
Legislative Platform to convey the City's position on important policy issues;
WHEREAS, per the Legislative Platform the City opposes legislation that limits local
control;
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill (AB) 805 proposes to substantially change the voting
structure at the San Diego Association of Governments (SAN DAG) by replacing the current
combination of tally vote and weighted vote with a purely weighted vote structure potentially
giving full control of the agenda, votes, and programming of regional funds to the cities of
San Diego and Chula Vista;
WHEREAS, the proposed changes to the voting structure would erode local control
from 16 of the 18 cities in San Diego County by giving the cities of San Diego and Chula
Vista an unfair advantage in votes at SANDAG. SANDAG serves as a regional
organization that plays a key role in programming the use of TransNet dollars, as well as
other transportation funding. The regional voice is lost when you give the largest cities the
ability to control the organizations' agendas, voting, and programming of funds;
WHEREAS the current bicameral voting system requires a majority of tally votes and
weighted votes for approval of any item. This is far more equitable than what AB 805
proposes and is reflective of the fact that, while member jurisdictions vary in population,
some smaller jurisdictions contribute a disproportionally high level of TransNet sales tax
dollars; and
WHEREAS, the proposed changes to the voting structure at SANDAG have the
potential to be very detrimental to Poway by marginalizing the power of the City's vote on
the use of regional transportation dollars.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Poway
as follows:
Section 1: The City will vigorously oppose those sections of AB 805 changing
the voting structure at SANDAG from a combination tally and weighted vote to a purely
weighted vote, and will oppose similar structural changes proposed to the governance and
voting structure of the Metropolitan Transit System, due to the profoundly negative impact
these changes would have on the City of Poway including marginalizing the power of the
City's vote on the use of regional transportation dollars and likely limiting access to those
transportation dollars in the future.
Resolution No. 17-011
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PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Poway,
California, at a regular meeting this 2nd day of May 2017.
teve Vaus, Mayor
ATTEST:
Na cy Ne fell, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
I, Nancy Neufeld, City Clerk of the City of Poway, California, do hereby certify under
penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 17-011 was duly adopted by the City
Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the 2nd day of May 2017, and that it was
so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: CUNNINGHAM, GROSCH, MULLIN, LEONARD, VAUS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
DISQUALIFIED: NONE
N ncy/Ni�
e fel CMC, City Clerk
City of Poway