Reso 1035-06/1997RESOLUTION NO. 1035
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
VALLECITOS WATER DISTRICT
OPPOSING THE
"GOVERNMENT COST SAVINGS AND
TAXPAYERS PROTECTION AMENDMENT"
WHEREAS, every day billions of dollars of critical building, engineering and design projects
are underway from seismic retrofitting to flood control to schools and hospitals; and
WHEREAS, state, regional and local governments are currently allowed the flexibility to
contract with private firms, on a competitive basis, to design these projects; and
WHEREAS, this process allows government the essential flexibility to use private firms to
deliver a project on time and cost effectively; and
WHEREAS, the so-called "Government Cost Savings and Taxpayers Protection Amendment"
completely changes the process by giving the state bureaucracy a virtual monopoly on designing every
project; and
WHEREAS, this will thereby force cities, counties, schools, special districts, regional
governments and even many private businesses to use the state bureaucracy to design roads, parks,
hospitals, health clinics, schools, water treatment facilities, flood control walls and other critical
structures - including all engineering, design, geological and environmental work; and
WHEREAS, virtually every school and hospital has been designed by private firms, not state
government; and
WHEREAS, the proposed initiative eliminates local control and forces communities to rely
on the out-of-town state bureaucracy for their design work; and
WHEREAS, local governments would not be able to hold the state bureaucracy accountable;
and
WHEREAS, the initiative gives one state politician enormous power to decide who gets ten
of thousands of design and building projects worth billions of dollars; 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
expenses; and
WHEREAS, to meet potential workload demands, hundreds, if not thousands, of state
employees would need to be employed and paid, even if no projects were underway; and
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WHEREAS, taxpayers would pick up the tab for billions in extra costs for projects, lost jobs
and more state employees to evaluate projects; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Vallecitos Water District Board of
Directors opposes the so-called "Government Cost Savings and Taxpayers Protection Amendment"
that will cost our cities, counties, special district and economy millions and supports the efforts of the
growing coalition of Taxpayers Fed Up With More State Bureaucracy (Fed Up)!.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Vallecitos Water District Board of
Directors this 25th day of June, 1997, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Cruz, Ferguson, Hannan, Mason
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN: Davy
garet E. Fergus'eln, President
Board of Directors
Vallecitos Water District
ATTEST:
Lafgz, wC29
William W. Rucker, Secretary
Board of Directors
Vallecitos Water District