Resolution No. 727154
RESOLUTION NO. 727
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
OBJECTING TO CURRENT APPLICATION OF THE FIELD ACT AND
RECOMMENDING THAT THE STATE REVIEW THE ACT AND ITS
APPLICATION IN LIGHT OF CURRENT CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, a recent ruling of the Attorney General that School Board
members are individually financially responsible for liability resulting
from earthquake damage is creating a condition that is exerting undue
pressure upon said school board members; and
WHEREAS, this pressue is causing actions that have the potentiality
to bankrupt many of the school districts in the State; and
WHEREAS, the taxpayers are becoming increasingly relunctant to approve
bond issues for new construction due to growth in the community because
they observe on the other hand wanton destruction of older buildings under
the Field Act, which often appear to have been more sturdily built than
the new construction; and
WHEREAS, present interpretation of the Field Act is probably more far
reaching than the act intended when drafted in 1933; and
WHEREAS, present structures have withstood earthquakes of near
magnitude and intensity to the Long Beach earthquake, which brought about
the passage of the Field Act; and
WHEREAS, there is no guarantee that an earthquake of sufficient
magnitude and intensity to topple the present buildings would not also
level the new structures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress that the officials of the City of Cypress, while favoring safety
for the children of this community nevertheless, feel that the situation
has progressed from the sublime to the ridiculous with observed incidents
of wreckers having extreme difficulty destroying buildings declared unsafe
by the engineers conducting Field Act inspections and they entreat the
Governor and the Legislature to take steps to modify or amend this act and
related legislation including that imposing individual liability on school
board members before further waste is accomplished.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at a
regular meeting held on the 10th day of October, 1966.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE Y OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the said
City Council held on the 10th day of October, 1966, by the following vote:
AYES: 3 COUNCILMEN: Harvey, McCarney, and Noe
NOES: 2 COUNCILMEN: Bowen and Kanel
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
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CITY CLERK OF E CITY OF CYPRESS