Resolution 12555CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12555
SUPPORTING ASSEMBLY BILL 61
(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
WHEREAS, the Library Board and City Council have agreed
that the existing Main Library facility is too small and inadequate
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 thereors deserves adequate financial support from
governments of all levels; and
WHEREAS, Assemblywoman Deirdre Alpert introduced Assembly
Bill 61 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 AB 61 (Alpert) 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 Leader, Assembly Minority Floor Leader,
Assemblywoman Deirdre Alpert, 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 . Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda