Resolution 12554CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12554
SUPPORTING SENATE BILL 174
(PUBLIC LIBRARY LEARNING AND LITERACY EXPANSION ACT OF 1994)
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda's Carnegie Main Library is
91 years old and in extremely poor and crowded condition; and
WHEREAS, a new or expanded library would provide the type
of accessible library service our diverse community needs and
deserves; and
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WHEREAS, the Library Board and City Council have agreed
rn 'Othat the existing Main Library facility is too small and inadequate
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for present day use; and
WHEREAS, local funds are not sufficient for
construction/renovation; and
WHEREAS, the public library is a supplement to the formal
system of free public education, a source of information and
- inspiration to persons of all ages, races, and economic
backgrounds, a resource for continuing education and re-education
beyond the years of formal education, and needs to be preserved and
maintained and therefore deserves adequate financial support from
governments of all levels; and
WHEREAS, Senator Milton Marks introduced Senate Bill 174
which would enact the Public Library Learning and Literacy
Expansion Act of 1994 which, if adopted, would authorize the
issuance pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law of bonds
for the purpose of financing a specific library construction and
renovation program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Alameda
hereby endorses and supports the passage of SB 174 (Marks) by the
Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby
directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the
Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro tempore of
the Senate, Senate Minority Leaders, Assembly Minority Floor
Leader, Senator Marks, Assemblywoman Barbara Lee, and Senator
Nicholas Petris.
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 19th day of
July , 1994, 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 set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 20th day of July , 1994.
Diane 1. Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda