HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 79-87RESOLUTION NO. 79-87
RESOLUTION REGARDING FEES PROPOSED TO
BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE SAN JOAQUIN
LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
WHEREAS, as a result of Article XIIIA of the California
Constitution, commonly known as "Proposition 13", the San Joaquin
Local Health District is in critical financial straits; and
WHEREAS, the San Joaquin Local Health District has im-
posed service fees prior to the addition of Article XIIIA to the
Constitution of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, in the absence of collateral funding by the
State of California Legislature from tax reserves previously exacted
from the People of the State of California, the San Joaquin Local
Health District is attempting to expand its scope of operation in order
to execute health and environmental promulgations mandated by the
State of California; and
WHEREAS, the San Joaquin Local Health District estimates
that the proposed fees will raise between $500, 000. 00 and $750, 000. 00
from business entities in San Joaquin County, and that these amounts
will not be sufficient to sustain the District's financial needs; and
WHEREAS, Article XIIIA Section 4 of the Constitution of the
State of California specifically and expressly prohibits any county,
city, or special district to levy any fees in the absence of a favorable
vote of two thirds of the qualified electorate;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Lodi does hereby determine that it is imperative to
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receive the opinion of the Attorney General on whether or not said
proposed fees will violate the substative law created in Constitutional
Article XIIIA, Section 4, before adopting said proposed fees;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Lodi does hereby determine that the proposed fees will immedi-
ately be levied to the general public who have already paid sufficient
taxes to sustain governmental endeavors;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Lodi does hereby urge the San Joaquin County Board of
Supervisors to reject the subject fee proposal in its entirety;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Lodi does hereby urge the Board of Supervisors to send an
urgent message to California State Legislators requesting immediate
financial bailout or State loans to sustain the San Joaquin Local Health
District;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Lodi does hereby urge the Board of Supervisors to appoint a
committee including at least one elected city councilman from each in-
corporated area in San Joaquin County to work with the San Joaquin
Local Health District in a streamlining program;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Lodi does hereby urge that the Board of Supervisors direct the
Local Health District to reject any and all further health or environmen-
tal enforcement mandates in the absence of full funding necessary to
implement the administration and enforcement of said mandates.
Dated: June 20, 1979
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 79-87 was passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held
June 20, 1979 by the following vote:
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Ayes: Councilmen - Hughes, McCarty, Pinkerton and
Katzakian
Noes: Councilmen - None
Absent: Councilmen - Katnich
ALICE M. R IMCHE
CITY CLERK
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