Res 97-037RESOLUTION NO._ 97-037
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY,
CALIFORNIA OPPOSING "GOVERNMENT COST SAVINGS AND
TAXPAYERS PROTECTION AMENDMENT"
WHEREAS, every day millions of dollars of critical public building, engineering and
design projects are underway from transportation to water, sewer, and solid waste, to seismic
retrofitting, to flood control, to schools and hospitals, to public buildings; and
WHEREAS, state, regional, and local governments are currently allowed the flexibility
to contract with private firms, on a competitive basis, to design these projects and this process
allows government the essential flexibility to use private firms to deliver a project in a timely
manner 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 and approval control on designing every project; and
WHEREAS, this amendment will thereby force cities, counties, schools, special
districts, regional governments, and even many private businesses to use the state bureaucracy
to design roads, parks, hospitals, health clinics, schools, water treatment facilities, flood
control facilities, and other critical structures including all engineering, design, geological, and
environmental work; 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 local governments would
not be able to hold the state bureaucracy accountable; and
WHEREAS, the initiative gives the state controller enormous power to decide the fate
of tens of thousands of design and building projects worth billions of dollars, and 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 implement this amendment, and this could mean more
bureaucratic delays on important transportation projects and infrastructure necessary to meet
the public need.
Resolution No. 97 -037
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
The City Council of the City of Poway opposes the so-called "Government Cost
Savings and Taxpayers Protection Amendment" that will cost our cities, counties,
special districts and economy millions and create unnecessary delays.
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of
Poway, California, at a regular meeting thereof on this 10th day of June, 1997.
Doff H~g~h{son, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ma~jo'kie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
SS.
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
I, Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify, under the
penalty of perjury, that the foregoing Resolution 97-037, was duly adopted by the Poway
City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the 10th day of June, 1997, and that it
was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
CAFAGNA, EMERY, GOLDBY, REXFORD, HIGGINSON
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
I~la}jorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk
~ of Poway