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MTG. 6/24/86 LEGISLATION -SB 2543
SITING OF COUNTY JAIL
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Resolution No. fr,..) 'J_ supporting City concurrance in the
siting of jail facilities.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The City of Santee has asked the City Council to adopt the attached
Resolution that urges City Council approval of jail sites within a
City. The County of San Diego is proposing to locate a jail facility
in Santee in a locatfon which the City deems unappropriate.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No direct impact.
EXHIBITS:
1. Resolution No.
2. Letter from City of Santee dated June 9, 1986
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Oty Manager
Ron.Id L. ll.ll■rJ CiTY OF SANTEE
Oty Council
Jack Doyle, Mayor
Jim Bartell
Mike Clark
Pat Gallardo
Gerry Solomon
June 9, 1986
Honorable Mayor and Members of the Council City of Carlsbad
1200 Elm Avenue
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Dear Mayor and Members of the Council:
Your support is urgently needed on a critical issue of local control
affecting cities throughout the counties of San Diego and Los Angeles.
Currently before the State Legislature is SB 2543 {Presley) which allo-
cates the Proposition 52 state bond funding for jail construction. This
bill was recently amended with special legislation for San Diego and
Los Angeles Counties to require city council approval for all new county jail projects within their jurisdictions.
At the core of these amendments is the issue of local control and whether
a county should have totally unrestricted powers in siting jail facilities
within incorporated cities, despite strong opposition from those jurisdic-tions.
The City of Santee is currently facing a county jail facility proposal
for the Santee Town Center, the City's major redevelopment area project.
The type of facility being proposed would resemble a concentration camp
in designw-with 19 prefabricated meta1 barracks, guard towers, and barren
unlandscaped grounds encircled by 12-foot chain-link fences topped with
sp"iraling strands of barbed wire. This jail proposal is also located
within one-third mile of an elementary school and within one mile of five
other schools. Just last fall, the City of Santee issued a $6.4 million
bond on this redevelopment project. Now, because of the location of this
proposed county jail facility, the very economic future of the City is at risk.
The purpose of these amendments would be to protect municipalities from
the serious socio-economic impacts of county jail facilities inappropri-
ately sited within their jurisdictions, without regard to city efforts to revitalize their communities.
10765 Woodside Avenue• Santee, f.alifornia 92071-3198 • (619) 562-6153
June 9, 1986
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As Santee 1 s appointed 11 anti-jail 11 task force members, we strongly urge
you to contact your legislators in support of the recent amendments to
SB 2543 to provide local veto power over inappropriately placed county
jail projeccs. Substantial support will be required to pass these vital
amendments through the State Legislature and the Governor's office.
Sincerely,
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Mayor
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Council Member
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RESOLUTION NO. 8637 -------
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL APPROVAL
FOR COUNTY DETENTION FACILITIES
WHEREAS, existing law provides that counties have the
5 authority to site detention facilities within city boundaries
6 despite formal opposition from the affected city government; and
7 WHEREAS, the inappropriate siting of county detention
8 facilities could have serious social 3nd fiscal impacts u~on the
9 public welfare, safety and economic viability cf these communities;
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11 WHEREAS, some county detention facilities are proposed
12 for city redevelopment project areas financed through tax increment
13 funds, and the resulting property devaluation may affect the City's
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14;' ability to finance necessary public improvements and revitalization
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16 WHEREAS, SB 2543 (Presley) would provide the state bond
17 funding for the construction of new county jail facilities; and
18 WHEREAS, Assemblyman Larry Stirling has sponsored
19 amendments to SB 2543 to require City Council approval in the
20 Counties of San Diego and Los Angeles for all county jail facilitie
21 fvnded through the state-wide jail construction bonds; and
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WHEREAS, these amendments address the critical issue of
over vital matters affecting the social and economic control
well-being of a community, such as the siting of a county detention
facility;
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l b.i.T, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
2 tl\e City of Carlsbad, California, does hereby support the proposed
3 amendments to AB 2j43 to provide for local control over the siting
4 of county detention facilities, and we do hereby urge the State
5 Legislature to approve these amendments.
6 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of
7 the Carlsbad City Council held on the
8 1986 by the following vote, to wit:
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AYES: Council Members Casler, Lewis, Kulchin, Chick and Pettine
r.•mss: None
ABSENT: None
MARYH.ASLER, Mayor
ATTEST:
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(SEAL)