HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 87-076RESOLUTION N0. 87-76
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PALM OESERT, CALIFORNIA. OPPOSING
SENATE BILL 87 (BOATNRIGHT)
MHEREAS, several courts have held that "Public Health,
Safety, and Welfare", the reason required for the State
Legislature, includes the work done by Landscape Architects; and
WHEREAS, Landscape Architects are the classffication of
deslgn professlonals that are most frequently involved with the
environment; they are hired by developers to ensure compliance
with environmental laws and conditions and are hired and depended
on by governmental agencies to ensure compliance wlth those same
laws; and
MHEREAS, environmental laws and regulations require
lmplementation by competent professionals, the quality of the
work product is the only assurance that these lews w111
accomplish their objective, and Landscape Architects are the
prime professionals working in this area; and
NHEREAS, state and local governments require landscape plans
for commercial/residential developments, signed by a licensed
Landscape Architect; without licensure, state and local
governments would have to create a costly system of independently
judging plans for parks, housing developments, hlghway
landscaping, commercial developments, and all projects which
impact the e�vironmental �equirements; and
WHEREAS, the cost to the pubiic of inadequate or incompetent
landscape design is a real concern; liability due to bad design
can be transferred to local and state governments; a�d
HHEREAS, there is nc
SB87 and its costs to
profession in view of the
1981 Sunset Report and
Carpenter's bill SB744
licensure bill), with
included in that bill; and
good reason to subject California to
the public as well as harm to the
extensive study of the subject in the
the unanimous approval of Senator
in 1984 (revision of the original
;he results of hearings and studies
IiHEREAS, the State of Oregon took the action proposed by
SB87, and after less than one year, the bad results were so
obvtous that they reenacted the licensure law the next year.
Resoluti�n No. 87-76
NON, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS NEREBY ORDERED AND RESOLVED
that the City Counci 1 of the City of Palm Desert, Cal ffornla,
does hereby support the professionai licensing of Landscape
Architects, that the City Council opposes SB87, and that the City
Counc.il urges the State Senate and Assembly to vote no on S887.
PASSED. APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the
City of Palm Desert, California, this 23rd dey of JUIy, 1987, by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Benson, Snyder, Wilson, Kelly
NOES: None
ABSENT: Crites
ABSTAIN: None
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