R 3268
RESOLUTION NO. 3268
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARROYO GRANDE OPPOSING THE SO-CALLED
"GOVERNMENT COST SAVINGS AND TAXPAYERS
PROTECTION AMENDMENT"
WHEREAS, everyday 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" (the initiative) completely changes the process by giving the state
bureaucracy a virtual monopoly on designing every public works project; and,
WHEREAS, this process 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, 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, the 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,
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,
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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 Arroyo Grande
does hereby oppose the so-called "Government Cost Savings and Taxpayers Protection
Amend ment".
On motion by Council Member Runels , seconded by Council Member Tolley , and
by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Runels, Tolley, Fuller, Lady, and Mayor Dougall
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
tion was adopted this 13th day of January 1998.
ATTEST:
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NANCY A. VIS, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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ROBERT L. HUNT, CITY MANAGER
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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I, NANCY A. DAVIS, City Clerk of the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis Obispo,
State of California, do hereby certify, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing Resolution
NO.3 2 68 is a true, full and correct copy of said Resolution passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of the Arroyo Grande City Council on the 13th day of January, 1998.
WITNESS my hand and the Seal of the City of Arroyo Grande affixed this 26th day of
January 1998.
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NANCY A. D IS, CITY CLERK