HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 04-073RESOLUTION NO. 04-073
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
SUPPORTING MEASURE H
WHEREAS, the West Valley-Mission Community College District (WVMCCD)
includes all of the City of Saratoga; and
WHEREAS, many residents of Saratoga have attended and continue to attend West
Valley College and Mission College; and
WHEREAS, WVMCCD provides truly excellent academic educational opportunities as
well as a wealth ofstate-of--the-art vocational job training programs and a broad range of
community education courses for seniors, youth and other special populations in our community;
and
WHEREAS, the California community college system is the largest system of higher
education in the world; and
WHEREAS, the California community college system is funded lowest of all 50
states; and
WHEREAS, California's community colleges have historically been dramatically
underfunded compared to the UC and CSU systems; and
WHEREAS, WVMCCD has never passed a bond issue while every other community
college district in the South Bay has passed one or two bond issues in recent years; and
WHEREAS, WVMCCD has aging and deteriorating infrastructure, 35 year old portable
buildings that exceeded their life expectancy 25 years ago, leaking classroom ceilings and
bathrooms and a variety of other capital improvement and infrastructure repair needs that cannot
be financed from the WVMCCD operating budget; and
WHEREAS, the WVMCCD Governing Board has placed a $235 million dollar bond
issue on the November ballot; and
WHEREAS, this bond measure, Measure H, is financially conservative and prudent,
representing the District's highest priority academic needs and totaling less than one half of all
projects recommended to the Board for bond funds.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saratoga City Council does support, endorse and
recommend the passage of Measure H, the WVMCCD bond measure, on the November ballot.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga
City Council held on the 15`h day of September, 2004 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Norman Kline, Nick Streit,
Vice Mayor Kathleen King, Mayor Ann Waltonsmith
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Stan Bogosian
l
ABSTAIN: None / i~L,
Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor