HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-97-5885 (COST SAVINGS & TAXPAYERS PROTECTION/OPPOSE COST SAVE)1
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RESOLUTION NO. 97-5885
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
OPPOSING THE "GOVERNMENT COST SAVINGS AND TAXPAYERS PROTECTION
AMENDMENT"
WHEREAS, 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 the flexibility 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 businesses 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 the 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,
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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 such as the Bay Bridge
retrofit and the Alameda Rail Corridor in Los Angeles County.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach
opposes the so-called "Government Cost Savings and Taxpayers Protection Amendment" that will
cost our cities, counties, special districts and economy millions and we support the efforts of the
growing coalition of Taxpayers Fed Up With More State Bureaucracy (Fed Up)!.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 16th day of October, 1997.
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AP ROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF ]HERMOSA BEACH
I, Naoma Valdes, Deputy City Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Hermosa Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 97-5885 was duly and regularly passed, approved and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at an Adjourned Regular
Meeting of said Council at the regular place thereof on October 16, 1997.
The vote was as follows:
AYES:
Benz, Bowler, Edgerton, Oakes, Mayor Reviczky
NOES:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ABSENT:
None
DATED: October 20, 1997
Deputy City Clerk