Resolution 14265CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14265
SUPPORTING MEASURE WW, THE EXTENSION OF THE REGIONAL OPEN
SPACE, WILDLIFE, SHORELINE AND PARKS BOND
WHEREAS, the East Bay Regional Park District has expanded by more
than 34,000 acres of parkland and shoreline in the last 20 years, largely as a
result of funding provided by the 1988 voter approved bond Measure AA which
also provided $60 million in funding for local parks and recreation projects; and
WHEREAS, in response to continuing community interest, the East Bay
Regional Park District Board of Directors approved placing a bond measure on
the November 4, 2008, ballot to extend the Measure AA program; and
WHEREAS, the proposed measure would replicate and extend the
successful $225 million Measure AA bond passed in 1988; and
WHEREAS, the proposed issuance of bonds is structured to retain the
property tax rate at or below the existing tax rate of $10 per $100,000 of
property value for property owners; and
WHEREAS, the $500 million bond initiative must be approved by two-
thirds of voters in Alameda and Contra Costa counties in November 2008; and
WHEREAS, $125 million of the bond proceeds will fund local park and
recreation projects through a per-capita allocation to cities and other local
agencies; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda would receive $3,465,489 in funding
from the bond extension measure; and
WHEREAS, $375 million of the bond proceeds will fund regional park
acquisitions, open space preservation, park development, habitat restoration
and an emergency reserve, including projects at Alameda Point and Crown
Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
of Alameda supports Measure WW, the East Bay Regional Park District's
extension of the Regional Open Space, Wildlife, Shoreline and Parks Bond.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the 16th day of September, 2008, by the following vote to
wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 17th day of September, 2008.
Lara Weisiger, City
City of Alameda