Resolution Number 98-3-17-2377
RESOLUTION NO. 98-3-17-2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE "GOVERNMENT COST
SAVINGS AND TAXPAYERS PROTECTION AMENDMENT", AN INITIATIVE
ON THE TUNE, 1998 STATEWIDE BALLOT
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 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,
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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
Northwest Open Space Transportation Enhancement Act Grant, the Ortega Highway Widening
Project and the Vereda Bikeway Crossing project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San
Juan Capistrano does hereby oppose 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)l
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 17th day of
March ,1998.
ATTEST:
Y CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, CHERYL JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No.
98-3-17-2 adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California,
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th _ day of March 1998, by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Swerdlin, Greiner, Hart, Campbell
and Mayor Jones
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
(SEAL)
CHERYL JOHNSON, CITY CLERK
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