98-060RESOLUTION NO. 98R-60
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM OPPOSING PROPOSITION NO. 224
WHEREAS, state, regional and local government currently
possess the flexibility to contract with private firms for the
design of certain capital projects on a competitive basis; and
WHEREAS, this flexibility allows local government the
essential flexibility to contract with private firms to complete
projects on time and in a cost effective manner; and
WHEREAS, Proposition No. 224, the Professional Engineers in
California Government (PECG) sponsored initiative on the June
1998 ballot drastically changes this process by vesting the
design of virtually every project in the state bureaucracy; and
WHEREAS, Proposition No. 224, if adopted, will force local
government entities and many private businesses to use the state
bureaucracy to design roads, parks, schools, water treatment
facilities, flood control walls and other critical structures,
including all engineering, design, geological and environmental
work; and
WHEREAS, the proposed proposition eliminates local control
and forces communities to rely on the state bureaucracy, which is
not accountable to the local government, for design work; and
WHEREAS, the state controller would have to analyze tens of
thousands of proposed contracts per year costing taxpayers
hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars in additional
expense; and
WHEREAS, taxpayers, including taxpayer within the City of
Anaheim would be compelled to bear the extra costs for projects,
lost jobs and more state employees to evaluate projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that due to the potential
negative impact on the City of Anaheim, the City Council does
hereby express its opposition to Proposition No. 224, the
Government Cost Savings and Tax Payers Protection Amendment.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Anaheim this 7th day of April, 1998.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF AN~JqEIM