Resolution 13839CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.1 3 8 3 9
DECLARING SUPPORT FOR MEASURE A, ALAMEDA UNIFI H;D SCHOOL DISTRICT
PARCEL TAX MEASURE
WHEREAS, children need the support of schools and educational programs in order to
thrive; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda Unified School District ( "District ") has been forced to eliminate
and curtail essential educational services and risks losing experienced teachers due to inadequate
funding from the State due to changes in state education funding; and
WHEREAS, the District currently collects a qualified special tax of $109 per year, per
taxable parcel which will expire on June 30, 2007; and
WHEREAS, a District budget committee has concluded that the District must seek additional
sources of revenue in order to continue meeting students' basic educational needs by attracting and
retaining highly qualified teachers, maintaining small class sizes, providing well trained librarians,
computers and to prevent the further reduction of the District's maintenance budget; and
WHEREAS, Measure A, a tax in the amount of $189 per year per taxable parcel, has been
placed on the June 7, 2005 ballot by the AUSD Board of Education to provide local funding to
AUSD for a limited seven year period; and
WHEREAS, proceeds from the parcel tax will be used only for the purposes of retaining
and recruiting quality teachers and staff, preventing further reductions in core educational
programs, and preventing further reductions in student services such as counseling and athletics;
and
WHEREAS, the measure provides an exemption for persons 65 years or older; and
WHEREAS, the use of any local funds raised by such a qualified special tax shall be
reviewed annually by an Independent Fiscal Oversight Committee in order to ensure that all funds
are spent responsibly and according to the proposal placed before the voters; and
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 A, the Alameda Unified School District parcel tax measure.
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 the regular meeting of the City
Council on the 17th day of May, 2005, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, deHaan, Gilmore,
and Mayor Johnson — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
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IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City
this 18th day of May, 2005.
Lara Weisiger, City C
City of Alameda