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RESOLUTION NO. 6106
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIIE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
URGING THAT THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PASS AND SIGN AB 813
RELATING TO NEW ANNEXATION PROCEDURES AND RECODIFICATION
OF EXISTING ANNEXATION LAWS
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby resolve
as follows:
WHEREAS, the League of California Cities has worked for many
years preparing much needed and long overdue legislation revising and
recodifying antiquated annexation laws of the State of California, and
WHEREAS, the Assembly Subcommittee on Annexation of the Assembly
Committee on Local Government has through its Technical Committee has been
for many months in a similar endeavor, and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has repeatedly urged prompt
action in the drastic revision of said outdated annexation laws in the
State of California to meet the modern needs of the growing urban com-
munity, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista has on
many occasions directed that various City officials appear before the
Assembly Subcommittee on Annexation to voice our strong endorsement of
said changes in the annexation laws, and
WHEREAS, the final product coming from the Assembly, AB 813,
appears to be the only amendment to existing annexation laws acceptable
to the Assembly although said amendment does not really reach the heart
of the problem of growing urban California, and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has strongly supported AB 813,and
WHEREAS, said bill is presently being considered by the Senate
Committee on Local Government, and
WHEREAS, it is noted that there is strong inclination in the
Senate to significantly change the amendment as approved by the Assembly, and
WHEREAS, the proposed changes in AB 813 are strongly opposed by
the City of Chula Vista.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Chula Vista does hereby reiterate its strong support of AB 813 and urges
its adoption by the Senate of the State of California in substantially the
same form as approved by the Assembly without those modifications that will
nullify this first progressive bill in the annexation laws of the State of
California in more than fifty years, and further urges that the Governor
o.f the State of California, the Honorable Ronald Reagan, sign such legis-
lation in substantially the same form as approved by the Assembly of the
State of California.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and she is hereby
authorized and directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to
Senators Jim Mills, Jack Schrade, Clair Burgener and all members of the
Senate Committee on Local Government.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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Thomas D. Hamilton, Jr., May George Lindberg, City Atto ey
ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 13th day of July 19~L, by the
following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Scott, Hobel, Hamilton
NAYES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen Hyde, Egdahl
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Mayor of t e City of Chula V
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ity Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ,a ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA j
Ip JENNIE M;, FULASZ~ City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista,,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the abo~re and foregoing is a full;
true and correct copy of and that the
same has not been amended or repealed;,
DATED
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