HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 94-39 RESOLUTION NO. 94-39
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
SUPPORTING THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE "A" ON
THE NOVEMBER BALLOT RELATING TO LIBRARY FUNDING
WHEREAS, over the past two years the State Legislature and the
Governor have taken forty percent of local library funds to balance
the State budget; and
WHEREAS, this action has required the Free Library District of
Santa Clara County, of which the Saratoga Community Library is a
part, to reduce library hours by thirty percent so that the
Saratoga Community Library is now open only five days a week for a
total of thirty-six hours, exclusive of Sunday hours funded
directly by the City; and
WHEREAS, this action has required the Library District to cut its
budget for new books, reference and materials by seventy-five
percent so that the Saratoga Library has a book and materials
budget of a mere $75,000 a year; and
WHEREAS, this action has required a reduction of sixty percent in
children's libraries programs; and
WHEREAS, the County of Santa Clara, in cooperation with the
communities of Alum Rock, Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos,
Los. Altos Hills, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, San Martin,
and Saratoga, have placed on the ballot in November an advisory
measure (Measure A) which, if passed, will restore and maintain
library hours, book and materials budgets, and children's libraries
programs in all communities; and
WHEREAS, in order to restore and maintain our community libraries
Measure A would allow an assessment of $2.75 a month on each single
family residence in Saratoga and other communities; and
WHEREAS, Measure A includes an assessment increase cap of two
percent per year, an expiration date of ten years, a guarantee that
all the funds will go for library services, a guarantee that all
funds currently allocated by the county for library services will
remain, and a guarantee that through the creation of a new Board of
Directors, local communities will govern the community library
system in the future.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SARATOGA, that it wholeheartedly endorses the passage of Measure A
and urges all registered voters of Saratoga to become familiar with
the provisions of Measure A and its many benefits to the Saratoga
Community Library and to vote on November 8th in favor of Measure
A.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, at a meeting
thereof held on the 7th day of September, 1994, by the following
vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Councilmembers Jacobs, Moran, Tucker, Wolfe and Mayor Burger
NOES: None
ABSENT: None ~~~_~
ATTEST:
DeputyC~i~y Clerk