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11 <br />21 <br />41 <br />7 <br />W <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 />K-1-1 <br />RESOLUTION NO. R_i i _qR <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON, <br />CALIFORNIA OPPOSING THE "GOVERNMENT COST SAVINGS AND <br />TAXPAYERS PROTECTION AMENDMENT" <br />WHEREAS; Every day billions of dollars of critical buildings, engineering and design <br />projects are underway from seismic retrofitting to flood control to schools and hospitals; and <br />WHEREAS; State, regional and local governments are currently allowed the flexibility to <br />contract with private firms, on a competitive basis, to design these projects; and <br />WHEREAS; This process allows government the essential flexibility to use private firms to <br />deliver a project on time and cost effectively; and <br />WHEREAS; The so-called "Government Cost Savings and Taxpayers Protection <br />Amendment" completely changes the process by giving the state bureaucracy a virtual <br />monopoly on designing every project; and <br />WHEREAS; This will thereby force cities, counties, schools, special districts, regional <br />governments and even many private businesses to use the state bureaucracy to design roads, <br />parks, hospitals, health clinics, schools, water treatment facilities, flood control walls and <br />other critical structures — including all engineering, design, geological and environmental <br />work; and <br />WHEREAS; Virtually every school and hospital has been designed by private firms, not <br />state government; and <br />WHEREAS; The proposed initiative eliminates local control and forces communities to <br />rely on the out-of-town state bureaucracy for their design work; and <br />WHEREAS; Local governments would not be able to hold the state bureaucracy <br />accountable; and <br />