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Honorable City
Council
FROM:
Kim C. Chudoba,
Senior Management
Analyst 111111e,
DATE: April 8, 2005 (CC Meeting of 4/20/05)
SUBJECT: Consider 2005 Legislative Program
BACKGROUND
The City Council adopts an annual Legislative Program outlining the
City's position on key municipal issues. If a measure is consistent
with the Legislative Program, the Mayor is authorized to send a
letter indicating the City's position. If a measure is not
addressed by the Legislative Program, or if a staff recommendation
differs from the Legislative Program, the Budget and Finance
Committee will review the measure and recommend a position for City
Council consideration.
DISCUSSION
This year the Legislative Program provides sufficient guidance on
key municipal issues, so staff recommends just two additions
consistent with past City Council actions:
6. General Government
C. Support legislation that limits libraries'
contributions to the Educational Revenue
Augmentation Fund.
D. Oppose legislation that reduces funding for
libraries including Public Library Funds.
The Budget and Finance Committee (Mayor Hunter and Mayor Pro Tem
Harper) concurs with this recommendation.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adopt 2005 Legislative Program.
Attachment l: 2005 Legislative Program
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CITY OF MOORPARK
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
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The following Legislative Program was developed to allow the City to
respond to state and federal legislation in a proactive manner. The
Mayor (or Mayor Pro Tem in the Mayor's absence) is authorized to
sign correspondence expressing the City's position on pending
legislation consistent with the Legislative Program and /or other
positions approved by the City Council. The Budget and Finance
Committee will also periodically review legislation for
recommendation to the City Council.
Staff will monitor the League of California Cities' Priority Focus
and other sources to identify pending legislation that may impact
the City. Letters expressing the City's position will be drafted
for the Mayor's signature, and copies will be distributed to each
Councilmember. Pending legislation not addressed by the Legislative
Program, or staff recommendations that deviate from the Legislative
Program, will be agendized for Budget and Finance Committee review
and City Council consideration.
PLATFORM STATEMENTS
1. Local Government Finance
A. Support legislation that limits cities' contributions to
the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) and
directs the repayment of past contributions.
B. Oppose legislation that eliminates or restricts the
taxing authority of cities over development; weakens
existing Government Code Section 66000 fee authority; and
redefines any development tax, condition, or other
monetary charge as development fees.
C. Support legislation requiring the state and federal
governments to provide full cost reimbursement to cities
for all mandated programs and for all programs resulting
in revenue losses.
D. Support legislation that safeguards existing City revenue
sources from preemption or seizure by the state or
county.
E. Oppose any change in revenue allocations that would
negatively affect the City of Moorpark, including but not
limited to the redistribution of sales tax, property tax,
transient occupancy tax, and vehicle in -lieu fee.
F. Oppose legislation that restricts or limits a city's
ability to use tax - exempt debt for the purchase or
construction of public purpose improvements.
G. Support measures that provide greater fiscal independence
to cities and result in greater stability and
predictability in local government budgeting.
H. Support efforts that provide greater accountability on
the part of counties for the distribution of funds back
to municipalities, including, but not limited to, fines
and forfeitures.
I. Oppose any measure that makes local agencies more
dependent on the state for financial stability and policy
direction.
J. Support efforts to reduce the fiscal impact of
Proposition 218 on cities.
K. Support the establishment of a constitutionally - protected
funding structure for local government.
L. Support legislation that closes the loophole that allows
companies currently doing business in California to
create dot -com subsidiaries to avoid collection of sales
taxes on Internet commerce.
M. Support legislation that authorizes a statewide ballot
measure to restore the requirement for a simple majority
of voters in a city or county to approve an increase in
taxes or issue general obligation bonds.
2. Labor Relations
A. Oppose legislation that would restrict a city's ability
to use its own employees on public works projects when
such projects have previously been advertised for bid.
B. Oppose legislation that requires the use of city
employees rather than contracting out.
C. Oppose any legislation that would grant employee benefits
that should be decided at the local bargaining table.
D. Oppose legislation that removes or reduces management
rights, such as deciding staffing or service levels,
either by direct action or increased liability.
E. Support legislation that would reform the Workers'
Compensation system to reduce employer cost through the
reduction of system abuse.
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4.
F. Support legislation that limits the ability of employees
to receive Workers' Compensation benefits for
occupational injuries /illnesses that result from stress,
disciplinary action, or performance evaluation
consultations.
G. Oppose legislation that expands or extends any
presumptions of occupational injury or illness.
H. Oppose any measure that imposes compulsory and binding
interest arbitration.
I. Oppose efforts that reduce local control over public
employee disputes or impose regulations of an outside
agency on such disputes.
J. Oppose a mandatory Social Security tax for public
employers and public employees.
Transportation
A. Oppose legislation that redirects local transportation
funds away from cities.
B. Support legislation that would provide additional
resources to cities to finance local transportation
systems, facilities, and improvements.
C. Support legislation that provides greater flexibility for
the use of local transportation funds for both public
transit and street maintenance and construction purposes.
D. Support legislation that will help reduce non -local
commercial vehicle traffic on SR -118 through the City.
E. Oppose legislation that limits and /or decreases the
existing amount of retention proceeds withheld from any
payment by a public entity to the contractor on a public
project.
Environment
A. Support legislation that streamlines the state's
environmental review process and maintains public
participation.
B. Support legislation that would eliminate unfunded
mandates such as the water course pollution prevention
programs.
C. Support legislation that reduces or eliminates local
government's owner /operator Superfund liability.
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D. Support legislation to either consolidate or streamline
the federal and state Clean Air Acts without reducing air
quality standards.
E. Support air quality efforts that emphasize use of
advanced technologies and market incentives, including
use of alternative fuels and development of an
infrastructure for alternative fuel vehicles.
F. Support legislation that reimburses cities for revenue
losses stemming from environmental decisions made without
city participation.
G. Support legislation that provides money to local
governments for energy conservation programs.
5. Waste Management
A. Support legislation that provides cities with financial
assistance for programs designed to provide for the safe
disposal of solid, hazardous, and special waste.
B. Support legislation that strengthens cities' ability to
direct municipal solid waste flow to designated solid
waste facilities.
C. Support legislation that streamlines AB 939 tracking and
reporting requirements.
D. Support legislation that would make grants available to
local agencies for programs that encourage the
recycling /reclaiming of resources.
E. Support legislation that promotes source reduction
measures without creating an unfunded mandate.
F. Oppose legislation that would restrict or limit local
government's ability to franchise refuse and recycling
collection services, to direct municipal solid waste flow
(flow control), or to contractually require haulers to
guarantee achievement of AB 939 goals.
G. Support legislation that promotes recycling and expands
the market for recycled materials.
H. Support new resource recovery and conversion
technologies, such as bio- diesel from organic waste.
I. Support legislation that implements the concept of
extended manufacturer responsibility for electronic waste
and other material types requiring incentives for
recycling.
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6. General Government
A. Support legislation that ensures cities receive a
proportionate share of property taxes upon withdrawal
from a county library services district.
B. Support legislation that provides financial assistance
for local public libraries without the imposition of new
taxes.
C. Support legislation that limits libraries' contributions
to the Educational Revenue Auqmentation Fund.
D. Oppose legislation that reduces funding for libraries
including Public Library Funds.
GE. Support legislation that reinstates effective local
regulation of the cable television industry and other
deregulated utilities, including financial reimbursement
for use of public right -of -ways.
-BF. Oppose legislation that restricts or weakens a city's
ability to regulate smoking areas.
-E-G. Support legislation limiting a city's liability
associated with hazardous recreational activities, such
as skateboarding and in -line skating.
-FH. Oppose legislation that increases local government's
exposure to litigation.
GI. Support maximum local flexibility in contracting for
services.
44J. Oppose efforts to cut funding for Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) programs and other community services
and workforce assistance programs to serve low- income
and /or other disadvantaged residents.
-I-K. Support legislation to give non - entitlement cities the
same rights as entitlement cities in CDBG program
administration.
4L. Support legislation that makes funds available to
refurbish and improve parks.
-KM. Support legislation that promotes low -cost or no -cost
spay and neuter programs.
-I:rN. Support legislation that holds animal owners accountable
for injuries or property damage caused by animals under
their care or control.
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7. Public Safety
A. Support legislation that would provide cities with a
greater share of fines and forfeitures.
B. Support legislation that would provide additional
resources for commercial truck safety inspections and the
enforcement of commercial truck vehicle codes.
C. Oppose legislation that weakens enforcement of, and
penalties for, commercial truck violations.
D. Support legislation that would provide cities with
contract law enforcement a proportionate share of
Proposition 172 sales tax revenues for public safety.
E. Support legislation that increases local law enforcement
resources without increasing taxes.
F. Support legislation that would provide a greater share of
seized assets to cities.
G. Support legislation that allows use of state and federal
public safety grants for maintenance efforts in addition
to service increases.
8. Land Use Planning
A. Support legislation that reforms annexation law by
strengthening cities' authority over spheres of influence
and ensures that fair property tax agreements can be
obtained.
B. Support legislation that provides for shared land use
determinations between counties and cities when the
General Plan of the city establishes a planning area
consistent with Government Code provisions.
C. Support legislation that enhances local control and
diminishes litigation surrounding adult entertainment
facilities.
D. Support legislation that strengthens local control to
prepare, adopt, and implement fiscal plans for orderly
growth, development, beautification, and conservation of
local planning areas, including, but not limited to,
regulatory authority over zoning, subdivisions,
annexations, and redevelopment areas.
E. Support efforts that are consistent with the doctrine of
"home rule" and the local exercise of police powers,
through planning and zoning processes, over local land
use.
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F. Oppose development
the cities' spheres
city standards.
9. Housing
10.
agreements for undeveloped areas in
of influence that do not conform to
A. Support legislation that addresses occupancy levels and
strengthens cities' ability to reduce overcrowding in
residential housing.
B. Support efforts to develop federal, state, and county
participation, financial support, and incentives for
programs that provide adequate, affordable housing for
the elderly, handicapped, and low- income persons
throughout the community.
C. Oppose legislation that expands the state Department of
Housing and Community Development's review role for local
Housing Elements.
D. Support Housing Element reform legislation that provides
greater local control and flexibility, simplifies the
process, and improves its effectiveness.
E. Support legislation that eliminates the current Regional
Housing Needs Allocation process and defines a more
equitable process to determine a "fair share" of new
housing needed to respond to growth trends in the region.
F. Oppose legislation that expands the state exemption for
second dwelling units in single family zones.
Redevelopment /Economic Development
A. Oppose legislation that further weakens a city
redevelopment agency's authority to use eminent domain.
B. Oppose legislation that would prohibit or limit the
establishment of new redevelopment project areas and /or
the expansion of existing project areas.
C. Oppose legislation that reduces the amount of gross tax
increment allocable to redevelopment agencies.
D. Support legislation that reforms reporting requirements
for redevelopment agencies by simplifying the process and
eliminating reporting confusion.
E. Oppose legislation that adds
requirements regarding closed
acquisition, use of eminent
property.
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F. Oppose measures that would diminish the current authority
or financing capabilities of redevelopment agencies.
G. Support legislation that gives cities resources to
finance economic development efforts, such as business
attraction, retention, and growth, as well as marketing
and tourism.
H. Support legislation that simplifies and streamlines the
process for foreign trade.
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