HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1997-18843 RESOLUTION NO. 18843
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA ADOPTING THE 1998 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM AND
LEGISLATIVE WORK PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Council Policy 300-01, dated January 1987, provides for the adoption of
a City Legislative Program; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Program represents the City Council's position on items
likely to be acted upon by the State Legislative, Congress, or administrative agencies; and,
WHEREAS, by adopting a Legislative Program at the beginning of each two-year
legislative session and amending it at mid-term, Chula Vista can take a proactive role in
sponsoring, supporting, or opposing bills related to the City's various legislative priorities; and
WHEREAS, an updated 1998 Legislative Program and Work Program to guide staff and
our legislative consultant throughout the remainder of 1997/98 session are recommended for
adoption by the Legislative Committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
does hereby adopt the 1998 Legislative Program in the form set forth in Attachment "1 ".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby adopt the 1998
Legislative Work Program in the form set forth in Attachment "2".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff and the Legislative Committee are hereby
authorized to implement these programs,
Presented by Approved as to form by
y/j~o M Kaheny '
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ATTACHMENT 1
1998 CHULA VISTA LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM - DRAFT
I. LEGISLATION WHICH CAN BE ACTED UPON DIRECTLY BY STAFF WITH CONCURRENCE OF
LEGISLATIVE COMMI'Ffv-F-,
A. Bayfront- Redevelopmerit.
1. Support efforts to:
a. Provide funding for urban waterfront restoration projects and the
enhancement of the waterfront within the southern San Diego Bay.
b. Provide additional funding for the Chula Vista Nature Center from the
Environmental License Plate (ELP) Fund or other state/federal/regional
sources.
c. Amend the State Community Development law so as to allow a jurisdiction
to combine tax increment from all projects for use in a specific project.
d.Adjust Redevelopmerit Agency members pay (more than $30 per meeting,
up to 4 times per month).
e. Seek Port District-State Lands Commission reorganization of fidelands
boundaries in cooperation with Rohr and bayfront developers in an effort
to make better use of land available for development.
2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Discontinue State supplemental subvention for redevelopment agencies.
b. Further control tax increments in redevelopmerit projects.
B. Fiscal Support - Home Rule.
1. Support efforts to:
a. Permit retention and control by local governments of a greater portion of
revenue generated by Federal, State, and local taxes, fees and f'mes (e.g.
vehicle code fines).
b. Require the Federal government and State to reimburse local governments
for all mandated cost or regulatory actions or which allow ciries to cease
performance of unfunded mandates.
c. Retain maximum flexibility in the administration ofArride XIIIB, XIIIC and
XIIID of the state constitution (XIIIB:the Gann Iniriative--locai expenditures
are limited by popularion growth and CPI factors; XIIIC & D: Proposition
218) and to clarify/facilitate the application of Proposition 218 without
placing an undue fiscal or administrative burden on local government.
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d. Expand local autonomy or the home rule authority to govern municipal
affairs.
e. Enhance the quality of urban life by funding the creation, improvement, or
expansion of parks, libraries, community services and infrastructure, such
as roads, flood control, etc..
f. Provide state/federal funding for construction or renovation of public
buildings such as community centers, libraries, civic center, etc.
g. Expand the sales tax base to include mail order sales/home shopping
SOUrCeS.
h. Provide that cities and school districts can issue general obligation debt
with a majority vote instead of the current 2/3 vote requirement.
i. Adjust the unitary tax roll procedures so that the jurisdiction in which
major utility projects are constructed receives substantially more fiscal
benefit than is currently provided for.
j. Provide for fiscal reform in the form of greater reliability, certainty, and
equitability of state funding for local governments.
k. Reallocate sales and property taxes to the benefit of local governments,
specifically via potential reform of Proposition 172 (public safety t/2 cent
sales tax) formulas (e.g. SB 8 (1996)) or Educational Revenue
Augmentation Fund property tax takenways.
NOTE: This item is consistent with Council's mid-year action to support SB 1310 (1997) and
tile CAUCUS sales tax shift proposal to allocate a greater percentage of sales taxes to local
2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Restrict or allocate the use of Transient Occupancy Tax revenues.
b. Exempt residential users from the Utility Users' Tax.
c. Reallocate fines and forfeitures to the detriment of cities.
d. Repeal Gas Tax exemption for local agencies.
e. Reallocate sales and property tax revenue to the detriment of cities.
f. Limit cities' authority to enact or impose mobilehome or residential rent
control.
g. Limit cities' authority to enact and assess fees to recover the full cost of
providing user-specific services or to recover the full costs of assessment
district maintenance.
h. Infringe on home rule authority to act on local budget and fiscal matters
or other municipal affairs, or to impose unfunded mandates onto local
government.
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i. Overhaul the California Public Records Act in a way that would: restrict
cities' control of the means of access to information assets (e.g. computer
databases, proprietary software), limit cost recovery for providing such
access, or violate the privacy of the parties from whom the data was
collected.
C. General Government
1. Support efforts to:
a. Subject the State Legislature to the same requirements for public meetings,
advance agenda, etc. as currently imposed on cities through the Brown Act.
b. Eliminate the State's requirement which mandates Project Committee
and/or Boards & Commissions members to complete a financial disclosure
statement.
c. Free the sample ballot of campaign rhetoric and distortion.
d. Limit to 1% the amount of administrative costs the Board of Equalization
may charge to administer local sales taxes such as San Diego's 1/2 cent sales
taxes for transportation and justice facility construction.
e. Facilitate increases in Open Space District assessments by an amount not
to exceed the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or higher if increased costs are
beyond the control of local governments (e.g. imposed by water districts). ~"
f. Select Chula Vista as the site of a new University of California or other four
year institution, as well as efforts to facilitate such an eventual designation.
g. Locate fleeway signage for the ARGO Training Centor along Interstate 5.
This task has been completed as of 7/30/97
h. Provide funding for Chula Vista SMARTCommunity program, alternative
fuels programs, telecenter programs, and other technology-based projects.
(NOTE: Although most outside funding will likely continue to be froin grant or city funding
sources, some "demonstration projeer' bardware purchases may be possible through special
legislation. State Petroleum Violation Escrow Account (PVEA) funding remains a possibility,
but limited funds remain in this account and 1998 is likely to be final year of allocations.)
2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Mandate district elections in all cities and/or school districts.
b. Limit: imposition of franchise fees, taxes, or other compensation for use of
public right-of-way; local rate regulation; operational oversight; or fight-of-
way controls on cable television operators and other telecommunications
providers and utilities.
c. Bail out Orange County's invcctmcnt crisis with taxpayer funds.
NOTE: This issue is no longer a topic of legislative debate
de. Impose border crossing fees on the U.S./Mexico international border.
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D. Housing & Comra~lllity Development.
!. Support efforts to:
a. Exclude redevelopmenr agencies from competitive bidding 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.
b. Extend the following three Federal Low-Income Housing Programs:
i. Mortgage Credit Certificate Program for low/moderate income
home buyers;
ii. Tax Credits for low income housing programs; and,
iii. Continue funding for HUD HOME and HOPE Programs.
c. Change Federal banking regulations to exempt banks from having to count
financing or Letters of Credit for low income housing in their risk capital
limit calculations.
d. Finance and develop additional state Veterans home(s) and site such a
home in Chula Vista.
e. Provide additional or enhanced state/federal or other assistance to fffst-
time homebuyers, including efforts to increase funding for the CitVs
Mortgage Credit Certificate program.
Support principles for housing element reform legislation as recommended
by the SANDAG Housing Element Advisory Committee and approved by
the SANDAG Board.
g. Prevent the loss of affordable housing units through federal funding for
acquisition of at-risk units by non-profit agencies; and special section 8
subsidies for affected low-income tenants.
(NOTE: city hat workod with South Pay Community Sorvic~a and with thk r~gion'~
Congrereional delegation to rupport thig c, ffort in 1996. Fedoral funding was appropfiatod in
1996 but centinuod cupport it nood0d 10 maintain funding in futur~ yoars.)
2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Grant the State or Federal government approval or veto authority in the
implementation of local redevelopmerit and rehabilitation projects.
b. Prohibit any state agency from making subventions, f'mancing, insurance
or any other kind of assistance, available to any city or county which has
in effect any rent control measure.
E. Economic Development.
Support efforts to:
a. Enhance California's overall business chinate.
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b. Provide funding, programmatic support or other assistance to the Border
Environmental Commerce Alliance, Border Environmental Technology Resource
Center, and Border Environmental Business Cluster, and to the Chula Vista High
Tech/Biotech Zone Western Regional Bioprocessing Center, proposed contract
biotech pharmaceutical pilot manufacturing facility, and other Chula Vista economic
development initiatives.
c. Continue or enhance funding of:
1. California Trade and Commerce Agency
2. California Defense Adjustment Matching Grant program
3.U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
(EDA)
4.U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Economic Development
Initiative and other business assistance programs
5. Export assistance, defense conversion, technology transfer, business
incubators, job training and other economic development programs for
which Chula Vista businesses would qualify and secure such funding for
Chula Vista projects and/or businesses.
d. Create or enhance targeted business assistance programs (such as state Enterprise
Zones or federal Empowerment Zones) with eligibility criteria that would include
Chula Vista.
e. Create or enhance programs which support international cross-border commerce.
f. Increase the flexibility of the use of HUD Community Development Block Grant
funds as they relate to general economic development projects and programs.
g. Increase flexibility of the California redevelopment laws as they relate to general
economic development programs including efforts to extend the life of
redevelopment project areas.
h. Continue authorization for the Community Reinvestment Act and additional
legislation to maintain accountability for lenders as relates to their small businesses
development programs.
(NOTE: Cengrotg it likely te roinneduco tho netien of oliminatin8 many of tho CRA leeal invogtmont
crit~ia in 1997.)
F. Land Use planning.
l. Support efforts to:
a. Strengthen local governmenes powers and capacity to prepare, adopt and
implement fiscal plans and programs for orderly growth, development,
beautification, and conservation of their planning areas.
b. Are consistent with the doctrine of "home rule" and the local exercise of
police powers, through the planning and zoning processes, over local land
use.
c. Expand the land use, conservation, and growth management policies of
municipalities to the unineorporated territories within their spheres of
influence.
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d. Broaden local governmenfs power 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 City to exercise local control over general
plan decisions.
Require special districts to adopt futility master plans which are consistent
with City and County general plans and growth management programs,
and to adopt five year capital improvement programs and financing plans
which are consistent with their futility master plans.
g. Permit processing/provide funding for a Master EIR for biomedical/biotech
industrial development in Chula Vista.
2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Abridge local government's ability to effectively plan, or regulate local land
use including: amendments to the laws governing the local agency
formation (LAFCO); legislation which would financially overburden local
governments in their efforts to amend planning policy, regulate land use
through removal of incompatible developments, redevelop blighted areas,
or annex territories which are within the spheres of influence.
.r~' b. Site a regional or bi-national airport in the Otay Mesa area.
G. Environmental Protection.
1. Support efforts to
a. Require an environmental impact report (EIR) for large projects/utility
mergers.
b. Obtain funding for wedands and riparian habitat acquisition and
restoration, and funding for acquisition of land needed for multi-species
habitat conservation planning.
c. Fund planning and land acquisition for Natural Community Conservation
plans created by AB 2172 (Kelley) (1991).
d. Obtain funding for a comprehensive environmental management planning
effort for San Diego Bay.
e. Prohibiting the granting of new leases for oil and gas development in state-
owned coastal waters off of San Diego County.
f. Encourage the installation of water conserving fixtures in existing
residences and businesses.
[ g. Obtain funding for water conservation to include the construction of
reclaimed water distribution systems, and fixture and irrigation system
renovation and retrofit.
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h. Develop an ongoing, reliable statewide funding source to acquire, develop
and/or maintain open space, greenbelts, rivers, streams and trails.
i. Expand and utilize existing landfills in the county.
Encourage post-consumer recycled products use in manufacturing,
residential and business applications through incentives, educations,
promotions, etc.
k. Enact truth in labeling rules which identify a product's regional
recyclability, and its post-consumer recycled content.
1. Require "disposal warning" labeling on household hazardous materials,
which reduce the use of toxic materials, and which promote nontoxic
alternatives to present materials.
m. Require minimum content standards for use of recycled materials in
manufacturing processes.
n. Provide funding for environmental enterprise incentives, specifically
Recycling Market Development Zones (RMDZ).
(NOTE: The RMDZ program has been extended through 2006. Chula Vista and tile City of
San Diego now have a signed MOU for an RMDZ partnership. Prograin anticipated to be up
and running by spring of 1998.
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o. Continue authorization for bottle bill legislation, such as AB 1467, Ch.
1259, Statutes of 1993 and SB 1178, Ch. 624, Statutes of 1995, providing
state payments to agencies which operate curbside recycling programs.
(NOTE: State support nnder this law helps subsidize tile City's curbside recycling program.
SB 1178 extends various provisions through 1/1/99, but the form of the bottle bill program
and its support for local cnrbside recycling progranls is a continuing issue.)
p. Expand the bottle bill or other advance disposal fees to provide recycling
incentives and funding for other materials, such as liquor and fruit juice
bottles and used motor oil.
{ NOTE: Additional bottle bill designations and deposits wonld increase recovery of recyclables
and assist in cost recovery of curbside collection.)
q. Eliminate plastic and glass processing or handling fees.
(NOTE: These fees are assessed to manufacturers rather than consumers and thus do not
provide an incentive for consumers to recycle. None of this funding supports local curbside
programs.)
r. Enact a statewide landfill ban on designated recydables.
(NOTE: Such a ban would encourage developnlent of new feedstock capacity and
strengthen/stabilize long term markets.)
s. Reauthorize the Federal Water Resources Act, including provisions to raise
the reimbursement limit and provide reimbursement for construction
expenditures.
(NOTE: With a revised reimbursement litnit, Chula Vista could be eligible for up to an
additional $5 million for further improv~'ments along tile Telegraph Canyon Creek flood
control channel.)
t. Modify the Clean Water Act to give the City of San Diego an exemption
rather than a waiver from the requirement of upgrading the Point Loma
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treatment plant to a secondary treatment facility or providing reclaimed
u. Limit environmental mitigation requkements for construction and
maintenance of drainage fadlities in urban areas especially in developed
neighborhoods.
v. Repeal AB 3158, Ch. 1706, Statutes of 1990 (Fish and Game fees)
w. Grant local agencies authority to Erie appeals with the State Water Quality
Control Board (SWQCB) concerning actions by a Regional Water Quality
Control Board (RWQCB).
x. In any proposals for utility restructuring, 1)preserve local agency flexibility
to be an active participant in aggregating or serving local energy needs,
,l~ and 2) encourage the implementation of residential rate relief.
y. Provide information on "source of power generation" to allow consumer
choice or incentives to purchase renewable energy.
z. Advance the use of low and zero emission vehicles through market
incentives, credits, rebates, public/private partnerships and other
innovative solutions.
H. Public Employer-Employee Relations.
1. Support efforts to:
a. Protect the rights of cities to establish conditions of employment, including
hours, wages, employee benefits, the meet and confer process, appeal
procedures, and management rights.
b. Reform California Workers' Compensation Program to reduce public costs
and tighten restrictions.
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c. Amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to ensure that executive,
administrative and professional employees stili qualify as exempt.
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2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Impose restrictions on the scope and authority of charter cities to control
their own health plans or retirement systems.
b. Mandate the inclusion of local government employees in the Sodal Security
System and/or Medicare.
c. Increase workers' compensation benefits without also making needed
d. Mandate changes, impose limitations, and/or other benefit plans, wages,
hours, or working conditions which are properly determined through the
meet and confer process.
e. Mandate mental health coverage in group health insurance plans.
f. Reduce local control over public employee disputes and impose regulations
of an outside agency (such as PERS).
g. Prohibit an employer from testing an employee or applicant for
employment for illegal substances.
I. Public Liability.
1. Support efforts to:
a. Change the legal principal of "joint and several liability" to protect the City
against "deep pocket" liability.
b. Reinforce public entity design and discretionary act immunity.
c. Prohibit recovery by a plaintiff for injury where those injuries were caused
as a result of avoiding a police pursuit.
d. Enact tort liability reform Minimize ~overnmental fmancial exposure to
frivolous lawsuits and improve liability protection for 5,'overnmental
a~encies and their personnel.
e. Expand the existing list of "hazardous activities" so that public entities and
public employers are not liable for injuries to any individual(s) who
participate in these activities (e.g. skateboarding, rollerblading).
(NOTE: Legislation was passed in 1997 which partially accomplished this goal. Protection
from iniurv liability from those injured either skateboarding or rollerblading has been
extended to publicly owned parks specifically designed and designated for these activities.)
2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Further erode government immunity.
b. Force the City to accept risks it would not normally accept in the ordinary
course of business, such as in the case of mandating acceptance of below-
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grade or low-grade sureties on performance bonds or labor and materials
bonds.
J. Public Safety.
1. Support efforts to:
a. Strengthen present State and Federal laws which give local governments
the power to further restrict or regulate prostitution.
b. Increase penalties for the manufacture or sale for profit of dangerous drugs
including but not limited to PCP, methamphetamine and narcotics.
c. Prohibit the sale and brandishing of replica or facsimile firearms.
d. Toughen drunk driving laws, penalties or enhancements.
e. Require notification be given to local law enforcement prior to the release
of a prisoner in that County/City.
f. Strengthen the City's ahihty to regulate the public display of material
,r which is harmful to minors.
g. Permit forfeiture of all assets of drug dealers which would then be
committed to drug enforcement programs.
h. Allow tagging (i.e. serialized identification) of beer kegs in an effort to
reduce under age consumption of alcoholic beverages.
i. Permit the staffing of Photo Radar posts by properly trained non-sworn
personnel.
j. Permit the issuance of a photo radar ckadon to trigger the arrest warrant
k. Provide greater authority for police or other local agencies to control
graffiti, curfews, juvenile crime and alcoholic beverage control.
1. Provide funding for local police staffing, programs or equipment.
m._:. Develop a uniform "junk gun" ban which does not restrict the type of
weaponry used bV off-duty law enforcement officers.
2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Preempt local ordinances concerning Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
,r b. Overturn or reduce the funding for items contained in the federal Crime
Act of 1994.Reduce State/Federal fundin~ for public safety programs.
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K. Public Works/Transportation.
1. Support efforts to:
a. Enact clean-up legislation related to transportation funding.
b. Provide funding which would complete missing freeway links; emphasis on
SR-125 and 1-905.
(NOTE: Private toll-road funding ~nay provide a needed boost lo conlp]ete this transit corddot
and take additional traffic off Cbnla Vista surface streets. Construction of the Sweetwater
segment of SR-125 bas begun. It is in the City's interests to ensure tbat completion of the
project remain a higb priority for the State.)
c. Fund local transportation projects.
d. Reduce munidpal costs associated with Caltrans projects.
e. Allow local agencies flexibility in compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act to provide the greatest benefit to the local disabled
population, rather than committing scarce resources to achievement of 2%
maximum sidewalk and driveway slopes.
f. Revise speed limit laws to allow for radar enforcement of residential street
speed limits (e.g. at levels below the 85th percentlie as determined by a
traffic study).
g. Clarify certain provisions of Proposition 218, specifically:
(1) determine that Assessment Districts which have already been
formed by resolution, and for which hearings to approve the
construction of improvements were held prior to the passage of
Proposition 218 and for which work had been ordered to be done
prior to the passage of Proposition 218, are exempt from the
"second hearing" requirement of Proposition 218; and
(2) determine that future Assessment Districts formed under the 1911
Act and other Assessment Acts, that call for two hearings by law,
require a vote at the first hearing only. Currently, the purpose of
the first hearing is to form a district and order work to be done,
the purpose of the second hearing is to confirm the assessment
after work has been completed and final costs have been
determined.
(NOTE: The Howard Jan, is Taxpayers' Association effectively blocked all efforts toward this
~oal in 1997. It apOears that this matter will cot be able to be addressed legislatively and that
court action will be noeded to achieve resolution on these issues.
h. Require Caltrans to allow cities an exemption from Caltrans' public work
project requirements if Caltrans is not meeting those san~e requirements.
(NOTE: Cbula Vista was required to spend approximately $100,000 dollars on a recent
signalization project in order to meet specific Caltrans' road-widening requirements when
Caltrans itself has not met these same standards on their own public works projects. This
recommendation is consistent with Council policy to oppose unfunded mandates.)
i. Amend PUC regulations to prohibit utilities from locating cables directly
into concrete sidewalks and require said cables to be placed 24"-36" below
sidewalk surfaces.
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(NOTE: ~gineering staff reports a growing problem in finding telephone cables embedded
in tile coilcrete sidewalks. Sidewalk reconstruction becomes virtually impossible without
danlaging tile cable lines.)
j. Exempt all city vehicles from the Biennial Inspection of Terminals program
requirements for drivers hours of service during emergencies, similar to the
exemption granted to gas and electric companies.
(NOTE: This program was intended to regulate the times which colnmercial truck drivers
spend on tile road, but has no exemptions for city vehicles other tban those operated by the
Fire DepartIncur. It unnecessarily restricts city public works velficles and hmnpers local
governincurs' ability to respond to emergency situations such as flooding or earthquake
danlages.)
2. Oppose Efforts to:
a. Further restrict development impact fees for roads, bridges, and public
facilities levied against developers of property.
b. Further restrict fees and assessments levied against individuals or entities
receiving a special benefit.
L. Recreation.
1. Support efforts to:
a. Provide state/federal funding for City programs in: the arts; child care;
gang prevention and diversion, and drug prevention and intervention in a
community-based recreation setting.
Library.
Support efforts to:
1. Provide for continued funding of: the state Public Library Fund (PLF), California
hibrary Services Act (CLSA), Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Library
Services and Technology Act (LSTA), literacy programs, and library construction
and renovation. and access to new technologies, as well as creation of the Library
of California.
II. LEGISLATIVE ITEMS REQUIRING FORMAL COUNCIL ACTION.
A. Bayfront - RedevelopmenL
1. Support efforts to:
a. Consolidate control and administration of environmental regulations and
enforcement; presently in Departmen~ of Interior; Corps of Engineers;
Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOOA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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b. Coordinate Federal Coastal Zone Management Act, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and State Coastal Zone Act, in an
effort to eliminate duplicate efforts.
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c. Enhance business attraction and retention (Governor's Program of
Competitiveness).
2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Reduce the number of San Diego Unified Port District Commissioners
and/or require commissioners to be elected members of the City Council
which they represent.
B. Enviromantal Protection.
1. Support efforts to:
a. Approve the coordination of State, Federal and local agency responses to
air quality control, energy, and environmental protection.
b. Seek funds for facilities to capture and treat the flow of raw sewage
entering San Diego from Tijuana.
c. Encourage development of environmentally sound techniques for treating
hazardous waste to reduce its volume and eliminate any toxicity.
d. Provide funding to study the water quality/toxic pollution in San Diego
Bay.
e. Encourage development of water resources facilities and make
improvements to the delta.
f. Obtain fmancial assistance at the federal level to construct new and
upgrade existing secondary treatment facilities in San Diego County.
2. Watch efforts to:
a. Favor/require utilities to allow "wheelingII (delivery of electricity, gas or
water purchased from other sources) to major users or cities.
(NOTE: Wheeling could potentially allow for 1) greater water availability and fewer
constraints on local development and 2) more competitive, lower cost utilities. Staff
recommends a close watch be put on related proposals such as Imperial Valley water transfers,
CPUC free-market restructuring, etc., with formal positions to be subject to further Council
input.
C. General Gover~BlenL
1. Support efforts to:
a. Fund school facility construction programs.
b. Clarify the authority of school districts to impose facilities fees established
by Ch 887, Statutes of 1986 (AB 2926).
c. Authorize cities to establish special assessments for specified general local
services, subject to approval by the local electorate.
(NOTE: Special property assessment legislation is frequently introduced to provide additional
options for funding such items as police services and equipment, library services, and business
district improvements.)
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2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Impose greater restrictions on local government through amendment of the
Brown Act.
D. Housing and Community Development
1. Support efforts to:
a. Develop Federal and State participation and financial support for creative
programs to provide adequate housing for the elderly, handicapped, and
low-income persons throughout the community.
b. Maintain and create tax incentives for private reviralization of existing
commercial, industrial and housing resources where such assistance
benefits the City.
E. Public Safety.
1. Support efforts to increase munidpal funding for the removal of abandoned
vehicles.
,v 2. Oppose efforts to:
a. Change/remove date and/or shift, to the employer, the burden of proof
related to fire fighter cancer presumption.
b. Shift to the employer, the burden of proof related to Public Safety AIDS
presumption.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 16th day of December, 1997, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Moot, Padilia, Rindone, Salas and Horton
NAYES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
Beverly 2. Au~helet, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 18843 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City
Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 16th day of
December, 1997.
Executed this 16th day of December, 1997
Authelet, City Clerk