HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-11 - 1998 Legislative Advocacy Agenda• RESOLUTION NO. 98 -11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH APPROVING A LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY AGENDA FOR 1998.
WHEREAS, the City Council historically has promoted various legislative
actions important to the goals and functions of the City; and
WHEREAS, such support typically requires a separate City Council action to
approve individual items related to legislation; and
WHEREAS, such individual approvals may delay important actions necessary
to expedite the passage or defeat of legislative actions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to efficiently and expeditiously pursue a
legislative agenda critical to the goals and functions of the City,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council that the Mayor,
individual Council Members and the City Manager are authorized to make statements
and write letters necessary to support the following legislative actions during calendar
year 1998. All correspondence prepared on the City's behalf will be forwarded as an
informational item to Council members.
• I -- FINANCE. The City's objective is to protect existing revenues and pursue
opportunities to mitigate the impact of the ever increasing cost of government upon the
taxpayers and business community of Newport Beach. Therefore, the City shall:
(a) Oppose any measure that would make cities more dependent on the State for
financial stability and policy direction.
(b) Support measures leading to a greater financial independence from the State and
which would result in greater stability and predictability in local government
budgeting.
(c) Oppose measures that would impose state and federal mandated costs for which
there is no guarantee of local reimbursement or offsetting benefits.
(d) Support measures that ensure the retention of existing local legal revenue
sources, including the city share of property tax, sales tax, vehicle license fees, or
other State subventions.
(e) Oppose measures which alter the "situs" distribution of sales tax revenue.
(f) Support measures to reform California's tort system to curtail unreasonable liability
exposure for public agencies and restore the ability of public agencies to obtain
affordable insurance.
II -- REGIONAL GOVERNANCE AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT. The City's
objective is to promote opportunities for regional cooperation that do not infringe on
local areas of authority without offsetting financial benefit. Therefore, the City shall:
(a) Support reform of existing state, regional, and local planning processes only if
• directly linked to reforms in the current revenue and tax structure of state and local
governments.
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(b) Support proposals that provide funding for effective implementation of agreed
upon goals.
• (c) Oppose measures that create or grant powers to sub - regional or regional bodies
that would infringe on clearly local concerns.
III -- LABOR RELATIONS. The City's objective is to respect both the working
conditions, benefits, and rights of Newport Beach employees and the conservative
fiscal management principles of the Council and the community. Therefore, the City
shall:
(a) Oppose any measure that would impose compulsory and binding arbitration with
respect to public employees.
(b) Oppose any measure that imposes upon local government mandated employee
benefits that are more properly decided at the local bargaining table.
(c) Oppose efforts that reduce local control over public employee disputes and
impose regulations of an outside agency.
(d) Oppose any measure that would grant public employees the right to strike.
(e) Support measures to reform current worker's compensation formulas to rely on
higher thresholds for compensability or a proportionate exposure formula.
(f) Support workers compensation reform which curtails stress claims by stipulating
that benefits can only be paid when it can be shown that a sudden and
extraordinary job event was the predominant cause of the stress injury and would
repeal the minimum rate law.
(g) Oppose workers compensation reform that would exclude police officers,
firefighters, and others with life- threatening jobs from the increased proof stress
threshold.
• IV — SURFACE TRANSPORTATION. The City's objective is to expand
transportation opportunities and to remove obstacles for effective implementation of
transportation policies, programs and services. Therefore, the City shall:
(a) Support measures that would enhance the ability of local agencies to finance
local transportation facilities.
(b) Oppose measures that would impose additional requirements for State and
Federal review of projects that are predominantly of regional or local significance.
(c) Support measures which would afford local agencies greater discretionary
authority to expend available transportation funds.
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V -- PLANNING AND ZONING. The City's objective is to promote opportunities to
protect and strengthen local land use authority, including zoning, incorporation,
annexation, and community development. Therefore, the City shall:
(a) Support efforts to strengthen the legal and fiscal capability of local agencies to
prepare, adopt and implement plans for orderly growth, development,
beautification and conservation of local planning areas, including but not limited
to, regulatory authority over zoning, subdivisions, and annexations.
(b) Support efforts that are consistent with the doctrine of "home rule" and the local
exercise of police powers over local land use, including expanding cities' ability to
regulate the placement of neighborhood -based residential treatment centers.
(c) Oppose development agreements in cities' spheres of influence in undeveloped
areas that do not conform to city standards.
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-- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. The City's objective is to pursue effective and
• efficient measures to improve the environmental concerns, including water quality,
solid
waste, hazardous materials clean -up, and ocean, beaches and bay protection.
(a)
Support measures that would increase water supply and improve water quality in
this region.
(b)
Support measures that permit the sale, lease, exchange or transfer of surplus
water within the State.
(c)
Support measures that maintain and enhance local authority and flexibility to
regulate solid waste and recyclable materials.
(d)
Support legislation that limits local government liability as a third party in
Superfund cleanup litigation.
(e)
Support measures providing funds or other capabilities to maintain and protect the
ocean, beaches, harbor and bay.
(f)
Pursue legislative and executive action that provides funds or services to enhance
and protect the Upper Newport Bay.
(g)
Pursue legislative and executive action to continue the annual Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) offshore petroleum drilling moratorium and pursue the establishment
of a permanent wildlife preserve off the Orange County Coast.
VII — AIR TRANSPORTATION. The City's objective is to actively participate in the
local and regional planning and operation of commercial airports in Orange County.
(a) Support measures promoting the ability of local airport operators to impose
aircraft noise controls.
• (b) Support legislative and executive actions that preserve the John Wayne Airport
(JWA) Settlement Agreement.
(c) Support legislative and executive actions that promote the use of Marine Corps
Air Station (MCAS) El Toro as an additional commercial airport.
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I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 98 -11, was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 26th
day of January, 1998, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Thomson, Debay, O'Neil, Hedges, Glover, Noyes, Mayor Edwards
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 27th day of January, 1998.
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