HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2017-103RESOLUTION NO. 2017-103
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA IN SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY BILL 805
(Gonzalez Fletcher)
WHEREAS, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), is the consolidated
region's transportation planning agency charged with long term planning, project design, and
raising revenue for projects; and
WHEREAS, SANDAG failed to inform the voters in a timely manner that SANDAG.
revenue projections on Measure A were faulty, and used out-of-date cost estimates in the official
long term plans for TransNet, despite SANDAG having updated its own figures a year earlier;
and
WHEREAS, these out-of-date cost estimates enabled SANDAG to obscure an $8.4
billion cost increase facing the projects until after the Measure A tax increase had failed; and
WHEREAS, such behavior warrants a reinforcement of transparency, accountability and
fairness; and
WHEREAS, SANDAG is structured so that even though all cities in San Diego County
contribute tax dollars proportionally to their population, decisions on how to spend tax revenues
are made unfairly and undemocratically with cities making up 15% of the total county population
given an effective veto, over major population centers like the City of Chula Vista; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 805 (AB 805) has been introduced by Assemblywoman
Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher to reform SANDAG and make SANDAG more responsive to the.
concerns of San Diego County residents on issues like public transit, greenhouse gas reduction
and individual community needs while also mandating tough new transparency and
accountability rules for SANDAG operations; and
WHEREAS, AB 805 will reform the voting structure of SANDAG to provide more
proportional representation to its member agencies, give a stronger voice to the City of Chula.
Vista and bolster the accountability and transparency of SANDAG by creating an independent
audit committee; and
WHEREAS, AB 805 will authorize the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) to approach
voters for approval of new revenues in order to fund vital transportation projects both regionally
and in the City of Chula Vista.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula.
Vista supports Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher's AB 805 to increase accountability,
transparency and fairness at SANDAG and provide MTS the authority to seek new funding so
that major community priorities like expanded public transit and greenhouse gas reduction
policies that are responsive to the community will move forward.
Resolution No. 2017-103
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Presented by
Approved as to form by
Mary SG(en R. oogins
Mayor (9s City-An-ophey
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 13th day of June 2017 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Aguilar, Diaz, McCann, Padilla, and Salas
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
Mary S s, Mayor
ATTEST:
%
Donna R. Norri , CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2017-103 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 13th day of June 2017.
Executed this 13th day of June 2017.
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Donna R. Norris, MC, City Clerk