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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 9278RESOLUTION NO. 27 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY REAFFIRMING THE DESIRE OF THE CITIZENS OF NATIONAL CITY TO LOCATE THE NEW STATE MENTAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ON THE OTAY MESA SITE AND URGING GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO APPROVE THE MONIES BUDGETED BY TIC LEGISLATURE FOR THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SAID SITE The City Council of the City of National City does hereby resolve as follows: WHEREAS, the State Department of Corrections ex- pended nearly three years of time and money to determine an optimum location for a new and vitally needed state mental correctional facility in the San Diego County area, and WHEREAS, various substantial citizens' committees, including the Chamber of Commerce and members of the National City Council, have strongly urged the location of said facil- ity to be on the now adopted site in Otay Mesa, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National City has heretofore, by Resolution No. 8886 adopted on the 20th day of April, 1965, and by Resolution No. 8925 adopted on the 25th day of May, 1965, urged the location of said facility on said site, based both upon theecOnomy of acquisi- tion and land development and the efficient transportation provided by the new freeway system, which would make the facility accessible to the new State university, and WHEREAS, the Otay Mesa site, after careful analysis, was approved by the Director of the State Department of Cor- rections, Mr. Walter Dunbar, and the State Legislature, and the State Legislature appropriated $1,210,000 to acquire and develop the site, and purchase contracts have been prepared, and WHEREAS, the urgent need for such been clearly demonstrated by the increasing a facility has crime rate, so aptly critized by Governor Reagan, and by the exemplary per- formance of the State Department of the State Department of Corrections in decreasing the numbers of probation violators and repeat criminals as a result of special treatment centers, and WHEREAS, this facility will constitute the most ad- vanced step in handling law breakers and achieving a real breakthrough in solving the crime problem in the State of California, and is therefore properly considered a matter of top priority in the program of the new State Administration, and WHEREAS, the State Department of Finance has placed a stop order on the approval of the funds appropriated for this project by the legislature, in the interests of economy, and WHEREAS, while fully respecting the obvious need for economy moves on the part of the new administration, the City Council of the City of National City considers the devel- opment of the mental correctional facility on the Otay Mesa site as a measure of vital importance to the problem of crime correction in the State, and also to be in the best interests of the entire San Diego County area by increasing mental health and research facilities and improving the eonomic well- being of the entire area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of National City respectfully urges that Governor Ronald Reagan carefully re-evaluate the decision of the State Department of Finance in withholding its approval of this capital outlay, and in the interests of fulfilling the goals which the Governor has outlined in combating crime and in enhancing the economic wellbeing of the State, direct that these funds be approved at the earliest possible date. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of National City, which has been in the forefront of the fight to secure this facility, strongly reaffirms its previously adopted position. 3E IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of National City, be andshe is hereby directed to for- ward certified copies of this resolution to all members of the new administration of the State of California and to members of the State Legislature, who are vitally interested in this project. PASSED AND ADOPTED this ATTEST: CITY CLERK day of January, 1967.