Resolution 12392CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.
12392
SUPPORTING BENEFIT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
LEGISLATION FOR LIBRARIES
WHEREAS, public libraries throughout California are
experiencing significant budget reductions which threaten the
future of local public library services; and
WHEREAS, the State shift of property taxes to schools is
further affecting the ability of local governments to adequately
finance all public services, including libraries; and
WHEREAS, the California State Library has recently published
a report showing that funding for public library services is
eroding on a statewide basis; and
WHEREAS, the California Legislature has declared that public
libraries are a supplement to the formal system of free public
education and deserve adequate financial support from government at
all levels; and
WHEREAS, a viable statewide system of public libraries is
essential to assist the schools, support children and to serve the
general public in all local communities; and
WHEREAS, public libraries lack sufficient fee authority to
replace lost revenues resulting from the State budget crisis and
need a stable and independent source of financing; and
WHEREAS, the public interest is served by providing adequate
resources to properly fund public library services; and
WHEREAS, the California Library Association and the County of
Los Angeles are co-sponsoring legislation to provide authority for
local agencies to use benefit assessment financing for public
libraries, and Senator David Roberti has introduced SB 566 for that
purpose; and
WHEREAS, approval by the Legislature of SB 566 would provide
an added local revenue option to protect the financial future of
California's public libraries without appropriating additional
State funds or creating a new State mandate on local governments;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Alameda hereby
endorses and supports the passage of SB 566 (Roberti) by the
Legislature, and directs the City Clerk to notify the Speaker of
the Assembly, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the
Governor, Senator Nicholas Petris, and Assemblywoman Barbara Lee,
of its support.
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 regular meeting assembled on the 4th day of
May , 1993, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Appezzato, Arnerich, Lucas, Roth
and President Withrow - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto se- my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 5th day of May , 1993.
Diane B. Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda