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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25' <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />RESOLUTION NO. R-41-09 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON <br />AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COOPERATE WITH THE LEAGUE <br />OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES IN LITIGATIONS <br />CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ANY SEIZURE BY STATE <br />GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY'S STREET MAINTENANCE FUNDS <br />WHEREAS, the current economic crisis has placed cities under incredible financial <br />pressure and caused them to make painful budget cuts, including layoffs and furloughs of city <br />workers, decreasing maintenance and operations of public facilities, and reductions in direct <br />services to keep spending in line with declining revenues; <br />WHEREAS, since the early 1990s the state government of California has seized over <br />$10 billion of city property tax revenues statewide, now amounting to over $900 million each <br />year, to fund the state budget even after deducting public safety program payments to cities by <br />the state; <br />WHEREAS, in his proposed fiscal year 2009-2010 budget, the Governor proposed <br />transferring $1 billion of local gas taxes and weight fees to the state general fund to balance <br />the state budget, and over $700 million in local gas taxes permanently in future years, <br />immediately jeopardizing cities' abilities to maintain City streets, bridges, traffic signals, <br />streetlights, sidewalks and related traffic safety facilities for the use of the motoring public; <br />WHEREAS, the loss of local gas tax funds will seriously compromise the City of <br />Colton's ability to perform critical traffic safety related street maintenance, including, but not <br />limited to, drastically curtailing patching, resurfacing, street lighting and traffic signal <br />maintenance, payment of electricity costs for street lights and signals, bridge maintenance and <br />repair, sidewalk and curb ramp maintenance and repair and more; <br />Resolution No. R-41-09 <br />- 1 - Council Special Meeting, June 23, 2009 <br />