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RESOLUTION NO. 11815
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO PROPOSITION 36
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, Proposition 36 would exacerbate the unequal
taxation between pre-1978 property owners and post-1978 property
owners by refunding a portion of the taxes collected for 1975-77
for pre-1978 owners while raising the taxes of post-1978 owners to
cover resulting shortages in debt service funds, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 36, due to its fee limitations, may
affect the ability of government agencies to sell revenue bonds to
construct necessary improvements because investors typically
require evidence that an agency issuing bonds has the power to
raise fees as necessary to payoff the bonds, and
WHEREAS, proposition 36 would result in a further shift
of power away from local control of local affairs to state control
because it would cost local governments and school districts ap-
proximately 2.3 billion during its first year leading to the spec-
tre of another state "bailout" to maintain local services, and
WHEREAS, proposition 36 would limit the ability of the
City to establish benefit assessment districts to provide services
such as flood control, street lights and fire protection even
where the majority of the local residents support these districts,
and
WHEREAS, proposition 36 will impair the ability of local
government to require that people who directly benefit from
services pay their cost and thereby shift the cost of services to
the general taxpayers, and
WHEREAS, proposition 36 will impair the ability of local
government to require that future development pay its own way
thereby shifting the costs associated with future development to
present residents of the City, and
WHEREAS, proposition 36 purports to be retroactive which
raises a great number of legal issues with regard to the validity
of contracts entered into in the past insuring a period of con-
fusion and litigation to clarify the rights of parties to these
contracts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Chula vista does hereby oppose Proposition 36.
Presente9 and Approved as to form by
ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this
30th.
day of
October
,
19 84
, by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Counai~men Cox, McCandliss, Scott, Moore
NAYES: Counai ~men None
ABSTAIN: Counai ~men None
ABSENT: Counai~men Malcolm
ATTEST
Mayor
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Deputy City C~erk
R.~
e City of Chu~a Vista
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
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ss.
I, PATRICIA A. GUARDACOSTA, DEPUTY CITY CLERK of the City of Chu~a Vista.
Ca~ifornia. DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a fu~~. true
and aorreat aopy of
RESOLUTION NO. II Y l,j-
. and
that the same has not been amended or repea~ed.
DATED
Deputy City C~erk
( SEAL)
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