Resolution 12465CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12465
DESIGNATING OCTOBER 27, 1993
AS "NATIONAL UNFUNDED MANDATES DAY" (NUMD)
WHEREAS, over the past several years the U.S. Congress
has passed dozens of pieces of legislation creating hundreds of
costly regulations which must be satisfied by local governments;
and
WHEREAS, the costs of implementing the regulations
imposed by all of this legislation have not been assumed by the
federal government and instead have been passed on to local
governments; and
WHEREAS, federal unfunded mandates have accompanied key
urban spending reductions over the past fifteen years; and
WHEREAS, the cost of unfunded federal mandates falls
disproportionately on the nation's local governments; and
l WHEREAS, a sampling of unfunded federal mandates
0 _< identified by The United States Conference of Mayors cost the City
zjir-c of Alameda in excess of $7 million in fiscal year 1993; and
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WHEREAS, a sampling of unfunded federal mandates
identified by The United States Conference of Mayors is projected
to cost the City of Alameda in excess of $30 million between fiscal
year 1994-1998; and
WHEREAS, Washington's practice of imposing, but not
funding, costly mandates on local governments, coupled with the
dramatic cuts in federal urban aid over the past decade, is now
adding significantly to the already serious financial problems of
these governments; and
WHEREAS, the underlying foundation of federalism in this
nation is a working partnership among the federal, state and local
levels of government, a partnership of shared responsibility and
accountability; and
WHEREAS, the current practice of imposing, but not
funding, federal mandates reflects neither shared responsibility
nor shard accountability and acknowledges that our national
legislature can dictate how local government revenues will be
spent; and
WHEREAS, the nation's mayors have called on the Congress
and the President to oppose any regulation, policy proposal or
legislative bill which mandates programs and responsibilities on
state and local governments without full federal funding; and
WHEREAS, the Conference of Mayors and other concerned
national organizations have named October 27, 1993 National
Unfunded Mandates'Day, a day on which government leaders at all
levels will alert their citizens to the financial burdens being
imposed on them by unfunded mandates.,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Alameda
designates October 27, 1993 as National Unfunded Mandates Day and
joins cities throughout the nation in a national public education
campaign to increase understanding of the local impact of unfunded
federal mandates.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of Alameda
does hereby officially authorize the Mayor of Alameda to conduct
and participate in the national and local activities designed to
heighten awareness of the cost impact of unfunded. federal mandates
on the City of Alameda.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Alameda will work
with the U.S. Conference of Mayors and other national organizations
on passage of legislation that will require reimbursement of local
governments for the costs of complying with federal mandates.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 19th day of
October , 1993, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
Councilmembers N?Dezzato, Arnerich, Lucas, Roth
and President Withrow - 5.
None.
None,
None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 20th day of October , 1993.
DianeT B. Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda