HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1965-3731 RESOLUTION NO. 3731 RESOLUTION NO. 3731
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
URGING THE LOCATION OF THE NEW STATE MENTAL CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY IN THE SOUTH BAY AREA
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows :
WHEREAS , the State Department of Corrections has been
working for two years to establish a location for a new and vitally
needed state mental correctional facility in the San Diego County
area, and
WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Chula Vista has
heretofore, by Resolution No. 3689 , adopted on the 20th day of
April, 1965 , supported the location of such a facility in the
San Diego County area, and
WHEREAS , the preferred sites for such a facility in the
Mira Mesa area, in close proximity to the University of California
in '54n Diego have been vetoed by the Assemblyman from said area,
and
WHEREAS , the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, on
Wednesday, May 19 , 1965 recommended the budgeting of 1. 2 million
dollars for the acquisition of a site in the Poway area, and
WHEREAS , it is the opinion of a substantial citizens
committee, including members of the Chula Vista City Council, that
several sites in the South Bay area could be acquired at a more
reasonable cost, the land development accomplished on a more
economical basis , the problem of transportation to the University
of California in San Diego be more efficiently resolved by the
to date
new freeway system, and that/no objections from local citizens
have been received.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Chula Vista requests that the Director of the State
Department of Corrections , Mr. Walter Dunbar, carefully examine
the proposals of the citizens committee, and further urges the
State Department of Corrections and the State Assembly to give
serious consideration to a site for said correctional facility
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in the South Bay area of San Diego County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Chula Vista strongly supports such a move in the best interests
of benefiting all persons in the San Diego area by increasing
mental health and research facilities and improving the economic
wellbeing of the entire San Diego area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City
of Chula Vista be, and he is hereby directed to forward a certified
copy of this resolution to the State Department of Corrections and
the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
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George D. , 'indberg, City Attorney'
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the
CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 25th day of May
19 65 , by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN McMains, McAllister, Anderson, McCorauodale, Sperling
NAYES: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None
Mayor of the City of Chula Vista
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, KENNETH P. CAMPBELL, City Clerk of the City of Chula
Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing
is a full, tvue and correct copy of
and that the same has not been amended or repealed.
DATED:
City Clerk