HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-04-19 - AGENDA REPORTS - STOPPING CRIME VILOLENCE (2)AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
DATE: April 19, 1994
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
Councilmember Carl Boyer
SUBJECT: Stopping Crime and Violence in our Cities and Towns
DEPARTMENT: City Council
The attached resolution urges our Congressional Delegation to move forward on important anti-crime
legislation. The resolution supports legislation to implement short- and long-term solutions to stop
crime and violence in our nation's cities and towns. The National League of Cities has made this a top
priority in 1994.
The resolution resolves immediate legislation so programs, which will result from anti-crime legislation,
can deal immediately with crime. The resolution also resolves a balanced approach, using both
enforcement and prevention programs, the use of block grant anti-crime funds with maximum flexibility
for cities and towns, and creation of a federal anti-crime trust fund financed by dedicated revenues
derived from licensing fees levied on weapons, ammunition, and weapons dealers.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution 94-50, and send copies to our Congressional Delegation, President Clinton, and the
National League of Cities.
ATTACHMENT
Resolution 94-50
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RESOLUTION NO. 94-50
OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
URGING OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
TO PASS LEGISLATION
STOPPING CRIME AND VIOLENCE
IN OUR CITIES AND TOWNS
WHEREAS, America's communities and families are scarred by increasing numbers of
violent crimes; and
WHEREAS, the level of violence associated with criminal acts is increasing; and
WHEREAS, no community or family is untouched by incidents of crime or the fear of
being victimized by crime; and
WHEREAS, reductions in crime and in the fear of crime will require enactment of
meaningful national anti-crime legislation as well as work by local communities and state
governments to develop and implement long-term solutions that deal with both the causes and
effects of crime; and
WHEREAS, implementing short- and long-term solutions to stop crime and violence in our
cities and towns is the National League of Cities' top priority in 1994; and
WHEREAS, the critical nature of the problem demands an end to Congressional gridlock;
and
WHEREAS, achieving an early partnership to reduce crime will require immediate action
by the Congress.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Santa Clarita urgently calls
upon the Congress to enact anti-crime legislation immediately so that the resources and programs
which such legislation will provide can be utilized on a timely basis to deal with this critical
problem now.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that such ant -crime legislation should include:
■ A balanced approach that includes both enforcement and prevention programs.
■ Direct block grant anti-crime funds to cities and towns with maximum flexibility allowed
in the use of those funds.
■ Creation of a federal anti-crime trust fund financed by dedicated revenues derived from
licensing fees levied on weapons, ammunition, and weapons dealers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Santa Clarita rededicates itself to crime
prevention and suppression and calls upon its citizens to assist in these efforts.
RESOLUTION NO. 94-50
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of
1994.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) §
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Donna M. Grindey, City Clerk, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing
Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting
thereof, held on the day of 1994 by the following vote of
Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
City Clerk
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