HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 122-1997RESOLUTION NO. 122-97
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION DECLARING OPPOSITION
TO 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 "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, cities, counties, schools, special districts, regional governments and even
many private businesses will be forced 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 bureaucracy for their design work; and
WHEREAS, local governments would not be able to hold the state bureaucracy
accountable; and
WHEREAS, the initiative gives the State Controller enormous power to determine 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
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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco declares its opposition to the "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.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the
City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a
day of October
regular
,1977, by the following vote:
meeting held on the 22nd
AYES: £nuncilmembers James L. Datzman. Eugene R. Mullin, John R.
Penna, Robert Yee and Mayor Joseph A. Fernekes
ATTEST:
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None