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<br />Transportation <br /> <br />AS 642 (WoIk): Allows cities to use design-build contracting for building construction projects as <br />well as wastewater facilities, solid waste management facilities, or water recycling facilities for <br />more efficient, cost-effective public works projects. (Support) <br /> <br />AS 983 (Ma): Requires cities to provide full, complete, and accurate plans, including cost- <br />estimates on all public wortcs projects, which would reduce incentives for contractors to report <br />errors in plans during bidding because additional expenses could be recouped through change- <br />order daims against the public agency. (Oppose) <br /> <br />Menifee to Become 480th City in California <br />June 3 Election Also Makes VIctorville, Cansbad Charter Cities <br /> <br />On Oct. 1, Menifee Wl11 officially become California's 480th city. <br /> <br />Voters in Riverside County approved cityhood for Menifee with 61 percent of the 8,507 votes cast <br />in favor of incorporating the 48-square-miIe areas of Menifee, Sun City, Quail Valley and parts of <br />Romoland. The new municipality will be home to about 60,000 residents. <br /> <br />Voters approved the name of Menifee over Menifee Valley and also chose to elect council <br />representatives by districts rather than at-Iarge. <br /> <br />In February, Riverside County voters approved the incorporation of Wildomar, a community of <br />about 29,000. WIdomar wiD officially become the state's 4791h city on July 1. <br /> <br />The cities of VICtoMlle and Cartsbad also voted on Tuesday to become "charter' cities rather than <br />remaln "general law" cities. Becoming a charter city allows voters to determine how their city <br />government is organized and. with respect to mooicipal affairs. enact legislation different than that <br />adopted by the state. <br /> <br />Information about the differences betweeil generalJaw' and charter cities is available on the <br />league's Web site at \l\.11MN.cadties.orq and click on "All About Cities." <br /> <br />Public-Private Partnerships Conference Registration Opens <br /> <br />Registration is now open for"Performance-Bas Infrastructure: Making Public-Private <br />Partnerships Work for Caflfomia- This infamative conference that wiD help city \eaders explore <br />the possibilities avatlable With publio-priYate partnerships is slated for Friday, July 18 from 8 a.m.- <br />4 p.m. at the San Jose City Hall. The event is organized by the Silicon Valley leadership Group <br />and is ~sponsored by the League of California Cities. <br /> <br />CaIifomia is facing an estin.ated $500 billion infrastructure shortfall over the next 20 years. Public- <br />private partnerships are one way for cities to get more for the money when building libraries, fire <br />stations, transit lines, schools and other infrastructure. <br /> <br />Through public-private par1nerShipS, governments can shift some of the risk to private sector <br />partners for financing. designing, constructing, and sometimes operating and maintaining public <br />improvements. Done right, the partnerships pay off in lower costs, better desegn, faster <br />construction and better performance. <br /> <br />Attendees at the Juty 18 conference willleam about: <br />. V\Ihat authority local governments have now to use public-private partnerships; <br />. How pubIic-private partnerships might address infrastructure needs in your community; <br />. \M1en and where the traditional methods for public proje.ds sli8 work best: <br />. Arguments being made by unionized workers pressing for and against greater use of <br />such partnerships; and <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />8A <br />Page 5 <br />