Resolution 13686E
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CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13 6 8 6
DECLARING SUPPORT FOR MEASURE C -
ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND MEASURE
FOR ALAMEDA SCHOOL REPAIR (MARCH 2, 2004)
WHEREAS, children need the support of schools and educational programs in
order to thrive; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) educates and serves
10,546 students from grades K -12; and
WHEREAS, Measure C has been placed on the March 2, 2004 ballot by the
AUSD Board of Education to provide local funding for Repair and Renovation of
Existing Alameda School Facilities, Construction of a New K -8 School and District -wide
Projects; and
wWHEREAS, the Alameda School Repair Measure will renovate aging
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neighborhood schools, improve student safety conditions, relieve classroom
0 overcrowding, construct, equip and upgrade classrooms, facilities and sites, and qualify
for over $17 million in State matching funds; and
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WHEREAS, the Measure establishes a Superintendent's Oversight and Advisory
Committee to advise the Superintendent and the Board of Education about the proper
expenditure of the proceeds of the Alameda School Repair Measure; and
WHEREAS, the approval of Measure C will enable the Alameda Unified School
District to issue $63 million of school facilities bonds without increasing existing tax
rates and with all funds remaining in Alameda to benefit neighborhood schools.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Alameda, in keeping with the principle of improving the quality of life for children and
youth in Alameda, does hereby endorse Measure C, the Alameda Unified School District
— Alameda School Repair Measure.
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EXHIBIT A
Alameda School Repair Measure. "To renovate aging neighborhood schools, improve
student safety conditions, relieve classroom overcrowding, construct, equip, upgrade classrooms,
facilities and sites, and qualify for over $17 million in State matching funds, shall the Alameda City
Unified School District issue $63 million of bonds at legal rates, with annual audits and citizen
oversight, with no proceeds going to the State and all funds remaining in Alameda to benefit
neighborhood schools without increasing existing tax rates ?"
Bonds - Yes Bonds — No
From:
"Exhibit A" — (Text of School Bond Ballot Measure, March 2, 2004 Election"
Approved by the Alameda Board of Education November 25, 2004
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 17th
day of February, 2004, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Gilmore, , Matarrese, and
Mayor Johnson - 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: Councilmember Kerr - 1.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
18th day of February, 2004.
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Lara Weisiger, City Cl r
City of Alameda