HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1987-13378 RESOLUTION NO. 13378
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AMENDING THE 1987-88 LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAM
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, in January 1987, the City Council adopted its
1987-88 Legislative Program in order to set forth the guidelines
for reviewing and establishing a City position related to State
and Federal legislation and policies, and
WHEREAS, amendments to the two-year legislative program
to reflect issues and address concerns raised during the 1987
legislative session are contained in Exhibit "A", attached hereto
and incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full, and
WHEREAS, said amendments have been reviewed by the
Legislative Committee and reflects their comments as well as
input from the City Council and department heads.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Chula Vista does amend the 1987-88 Legislative
'rogram as set forth in Exhibit "A".
Presented by Approved as to form by
ManagerSi'd Morris, peputy City .~/~h~mas J. ,~on, City Attorney
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 15tn day of. December
19 87 , by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Moore, Nader, Malcolm
NAYES: Councilmen None
ABSTAIN: Co~cilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen Cox, McCandliss
DAVID L. ~LCOLM,MAYOR PRO TEMPORE CITY OF CNIJLA VISTA
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chulo Vista, Californio,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY thor the obove and foregoing is 0 full, true ond correct copy of
RESOLUTI0N NO. 13378 ,end that the some has not been amended or repealed.
DATED
City Clerk
CI'IY OF
CHUIA VISI'A
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1988 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
I. Legislation Which Can Be Acted Upon Directly By Staff With Concurrence of
Legislative Committee
Proposed Legislation Action
A. Bayfront - Redevelopment
1. Support legislation adjusting Support AB 1057 (Hauser)
Redevelopment Agency members and/or similar State
pay (more than $30 per legislation
meeting, up to 4 times per month)
2. Support Coordination of Federal Federal/State legislation
Coastal Zone Management Act, needed
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
regulations and State Coastal
Zone Act, in an effort to
eliminate duplicate efforts
3. Oppose efforts to further control State legislation needed
tax increments in redevelopment
projects
4. Seek Port District-State Lands State legislation and
Commission reorganization of tide- local action needed
lands boundaries in cooperation with
Rohr and Santa Fe in an effort
to make better use of land
available for development
5. Request to provide additional funding State budget action
for the Nature Interpretive Center needed
(NIC) exhibits in Environmental
License Plate (ELP) Fund
(1988-89 Budget Request)
6. Oppose efforts to reduce the
number of San Diego Unified Port Oppose SB 385 (Ellis)
District Commissioners and/or and/or similar State
require commissioners to be legislation
elected members of the City Council
which they represent
7. Support efforts which provide State legislation needed
funding for urban waterfront
restoration projects and the
enhancement of the waterfront
within the southern San Diego Bay
8. Oppose efforts to di§continue State legislation needed
the State supplemental
subvention for redevelopment
agencies.
B. Fiscal Support - Home Rule
1. Support efforts which:
a. Permit retention and control Federal/State legislation
by local governments of and local action needed
a greater portion of revenue
generated by Federal,
State, and local taxes
b. Require the Federal government Federal/State legislation
and State to reimburse local needed
governments for all mandated
cost or regulatory actions.
c. Retain maximum flexibility in State legislation needed
the administration of Article
XIIIB (the Gann Initiative)
d. Encourage efforts to expand local Local action needed
autonomy or the home rule
authority to govern municipal
affairs.
e. Enhance the quality of urban Local action and State
life by funding the creation, legislation needed
improvement, or expansion of
parks, libraries and community
services.
f. Oppose efforts to restrict the Local action and State
use of Transient Occupancy Tax legislation needed
revenues.
g. Oppose efforts to exempt State legislation needed
residential users from the
Utility Users' Tax.
h. Oppose efforts to reallocate
fines and forfeitures
i. Oppose efforts which repeal Local action and State
Gas Tax exemption for local legislation needed
agencies
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C. General Government
1. Oppose efforts to impose greater State legislation needed
restrictions on local government
through amendment of the Brown Act
2. Oppose efforts to mandate district Local action and State
elections in all cities and/or legislation needed
school districts
3. Support legislation to eliminate Local action and State
the State's requirement which legislation needed
mandates Project Committee and/or
Boards & Commissions members
to complete a financial disclosure
statement
4. Support efforts to free the sample State legislation needed
ballot of campaign rhetoric and
distortion
5. Support efforts to return the State legislation needed
"positive purge" method of removing
excess names from the voter
registration roles
D. Housing & Community Development
1. Support efforts which exclude Local action and State/
redevelopment agencies Federal legislation
from competitive bidding needed
statutes and fair market value
restrictions for resale of public
properties to permit joint
development of public facilities
by private developers upon findings
of public benefit
2. Oppose efforts which grant the State/Federal legislation
State or Federal government and local action needed
approval or veto authority in
the implementation of local
redevelopment and rehabilita-
tion projects.
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E. Land Use Planning
1. Support efforts which:
a. Strengthen local government's Local action and State
powers and capacity to prepare legislation needed
adopt, and implement fiscal
plans and programs for orderly
growth, development, beautifi-
cation, and conservation of
their planning areas.
b. Encourage efforts which are Local action and State
consistent with the doctrine legislation needed
of "home rule" and the local
exercise of police powers,
through the planning and
zoning processes, over local
land use.
c. Support efforts which expand Local action and State
the land use, conservation, and legislation needed
growth management policies of
municipalities to the unincorp-
orated territories within their
spheres of influence,
d. Broaden local government's~power State legislation needed
to require developers and
subdividers to provide the
on-site and off-site facilities
and infrastructure needed
by their projects.
e. Maximize the authority of the Local action and State
City to exercise Local Control legislation needed
over general plan decisions.
2. Oppose efforts which abridge local Oppose AB 169
government's ability to effectively (Hannigan) and similar
plan, or regulate local land use similar State legislation
including amendments to the laws
governing the local agency formation
(LAFCO). Specifically toward
legislation which would financially
overburden local governments during
the course of their efforts to
amend planning policy, regulate land
use through removal of incompatible
developments, redevelop blight areas,
or annex territories which are within
the spheres of influence.
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F. Public Employer-Employee Relations
1. Support efforts to protect the State/Federal legislation
rights of City's to establish needed
conditions of employment, including
hours, wages, employee benefits,
the meet and confer process, appeal
procedures, and management rights.
2. Oppose efforts which:
a. Impose restrictions on the State/Federal legislation
scope and authority of charter needed
cities to control their own
health plans or retirement
systems.
b. Mandate the inclusion of Federal legislation
local government employees needed
in the Social Security
System and/or Medicare.
c. Increase workers'compensation State legislation needed
benefits without also making
needed reforms.
d. Mandate changes, impose Local action and State
limitations, and/or other legislation needed
benefit plans, wages, hours,
or working conditions
which are properly determined
through the meet and confer
process.
e. Mandate mental health State legislation needed
coverage in group health
insurance plans
f. Reduce local control over Local action and State
public employee disputes legislation needed
and impose regulations of
an outside agency (such as
PERB).
G. Public Liability
1. Support efforts to change the Local action and State
legal principal of "joint and legislation needed
several liability" to protect,
the City against "deep pocket"
liability
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2. Support efforts to reinforce public Local action and State
entity design and discretionary act legislation needed
immunity
3. Oppose efforts to further erode Local action and State
government toward immunity, legislation needed
4. Support legislation which would Local action and State
prohibit recovery by a plaintiff legislation needed
for injury where those injuries
were caused as a result of
avoiding a police pursuit.
H. Public Safety
1. Encourage efforts to strengthen
local law enforcement.
a. Support efforts that strengthen Local action and State
present State or Federal laws legislation needed.
which give local governments the
power to further restrict or
regulate prostitution.
b. Support legislation that Local action and State
increases penalties for the legislation needed.
manufacture of sale for profit
and/or dangerous drugs including
but not limited to PCP, metham-
phetamine and narcotics.
c. Support legislation that Local action and State
requires life sentences for legislation needed
repeat offenders related to
sale for profit and/or
dangerous drugs.
d. Support legislation which Local action and State
prohibits the sale and legislation needed
brandishing of replica or
facsimile firearms.
e. Support legislation to Local action and State
toughen drunk driving laws. legislation needed
f. Support legislation which Support AB1728 and
requires notification be given similar State legislation
to local law enforcement prior
to the release of a prisoner
in that County/City
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I. Transportation
1. Support clean-up legislation related State legislation needed
to transportation funding (SB300)
2. Support efforts to provide funding Local action and State
that would complete missing links legislation needed
on the interstate; emphasis on
SR 125
3. Support efforts to fund transportation State legislation needed
II. Legislative Items Requiring Formal Council Action
A. Bayfront-Redevelopment
1. Support Consolidate control and Federal legislation
administration of environmental needed
regulations and enforcement;
presently in Dept. of Interior;
Corps of Engineers;Dept. of Commerce;
(NOOA); Environmental Protection
Agency IEPA)
B. Environmental Protection
1. Support efforts that:
a. Approve the coordination of State legislation needed
State, Federal and local
agency responses to air
quality control, energy, and
environmental protection.
b. Seek funds for facilities Federal legislation
to capture and treat the needed
flow of raw sewage entering
San Diego from Tijuana
c. Encourage development of State legislation needed
environmentally sound
techniques for treating
hazardous waste to reduce
its volume and eliminate
any toxicity
d. Support efforts to provide State legislation needed
funding to study the water
quality-toxic pollution in
San Diego Bay
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e. Encourage development of Support AB ltl0,
water resources facilities SB 32, and similar
and make improvements to the State legislation
delta
C. General Government
1. Support efforts to fund school State legislation needed
facility construction programs.
2. Support efforts to clarify the State legislation needed
authority of school districts
to impose facilities fees
established by CH 887, Statutes
of 1986 (AB 2926).
D. Housing and Community Development
1. Support efforts to:
a. Develop Federal and State Federal/State legislation
participation and financial needed
support for creative programs
to provide adequate housing
for the elderly, handicapped, and
low-income persons throughout the
community
b. Maintain and create tax Local action and State/
incentives for private revital- Federal legislation
ization of existing commercial, needed
industrial and housing resources
where such assistance benefits
the City
E. Public Safety
1. Oppose efforts to:
a. Change/remove date and/or shift,
to the employer, the burden of
proof related to firefighter
cancer presumption
b. Support legislation to fund Local action and State
the removal of abandoned legislation needed
vehicles
c. Establish an abandoned vehicle Local action and State
program allowing the immediate legislation needed
removal by the City of junk/
abandoned vehicles
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