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RESOLUTION NO. 4290
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
REAFFIRMING THE DESIRE OF THE CITIZENS OF CHULA VISTA TO
LOCATE THE NEW STATE MENTAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ON THE
OTAY MESA SITE AND URGING GOVERNOR-ELECT RONALD REAGAN TO
AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO APPROVE THE
MONIES BUDGETED BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE r~CQUISITION
AND DEVELOPMENT OF SAID SITE
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the State Department of Corrections expended nearly
three years of time and money to determine an optimum location for a
new and vitally needed state mental correctional facility in the San
Diego County area, and
WHEREAS, various substantial citizens' committees, including
the Chamber of Commerce and members of the Chula Vista City Council,
have strongly urged the location of said facility to be on the now
adopted site in Otay Mesa, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista has
heretofore, by Resolution No. 3689 adopted on the 20th day of April,
1905, and by Resolution No. 3731 adopted on the 25th day of May, 1965,
urged the location of said facility on said site, based both upon the
economy of acquisition and land development and the efficient trans-
portation provided by the new freeway system, which would make the
facility accessible to the new State university, and
WHEREAS, the Otay Mesa site, after careful analysis, was
approved by the Director of the State Department of Corrections,
Mr. Walter Dunbar, and the State Legislature, and the State Legislature
appropriated $1,210,000 to acquire and develop the site, and purchase
contracts have been prepared, and
WHEREAS, the urgent need for such a facility has been clearly
demonstrated by the increasing crime rate, so aptly critized by Governor-
Elect Reagan, and by the exemplary performance of the State Department
of Corrections in decreasing the numbers of probation violators and
repeat criminals as a result of special treatment centers, and
WHEREAS, this facility will constitu`~z the most advanced step
in handling law breakers and achieving a real breakthrough in solving
the crime problem in the State of California, and is therefore properly
considered a matter of top priority in the program of the new State
Administration, and
WHEREAS, the State Department of Finance has placed a stop
order on the approval of the funds appropriated for this project by the
legislature, in the interests of economy, and
WHEREAS, while fully respecting the obvious need for economy
moves on the part of the new administration, the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista considers the development of the mental correctional
facility on the Otay Mesa site as a measure of vital importance to the
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problem of crime correction in the State, and also to be in the best
interests of the entire San Diego County area by increasing mental
health and research facilities and improving the economic wellbeing
of the entire area.
N064, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista respectfully urges that Governor-Elect Ronald Reagan
carefully re-evaluate the decision of the State Department of Finance
in withholding its approval of this capital outlay, and in the interests
of fulfilling the goals which the Governor-Elect has outlined in com-
bating crime and in enhancing the economic wellbeing of the State, direct
that these funds be approved at the earliest possible date.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Chula Vista, which
has been in the forefront of the fight to secure this facility, strongly
reaffirms its previously adopted position.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of
Chula Vista be, and he is hereby directed to forward certified copies
of this resolution to all members of the new administration of the
State of California and to members of the State Legislature, who are
vitally interested in this project.
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ADOPTED ~i:~'D APPROVF;D by _h.~ CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHfJLA VISTh,
CALIFORNIA, this _ 27th_ day of _ December ~_~, i~ 6 by the rollowing vote,
to-wits
AYES ° Councilmen J~nderson, AicAllister, bicCorquodale, Sparling, Sylvester
NAYSS~ Councilmen. None ~~~~~ ~_~~
ABSENTa Councilmen None _~ ~~
_ ayoi: of the ity of China Vista
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City Cleric
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ,+ ss .
CITY 0'F CHULA GISTA
I, KENNETH. ?, CA.'~fEBEL,~., City Clerk of *_he Ci.ty of Chula Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the abo~~e ar.d foregoing is a full., true and. correct copy of
Resolution No. 4290 ., and that the same has not been amended
or repealed.
DATED;.
December 30, 1966
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City Clerk
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