CC Resolution No. 3356 • . •
RESU:GUTION No. 3356
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY ~.JUivCTL OI' THE 'CITY OF CUPERTINO IN
~ SUPPORT OF THI: 19 72 CO?
4~IIJV?'TY COLLEGE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
BOND ACT TO B~ VOT':Cn UPUN ON NOV'r~IBER 7, 1972
WEIER~AS, eighty-seven pecceczt of all freshman and sophomore students
attending college in California are enrolled in a community college; and
WHEREAS, the one-half million students now enrolled in California com-
munity colleges are expected to double in the next ten years; and
WHEREAS, funds are needed now to provide the classrooms, laboratories,
vocational sh~~ps and other facilities to meet this expanding enrollment; and
WHEREAS, state funds from previous higher education bond acts earmarked
for community college construction have now been exhausted; •and
WHEREP.S, the State LegislaturP, by unanimous vote, and the Governor
have placed on the November ballot a$160 million community college construc-
tior. bond' issue to provide necessa.ry ~dditional funds; and
WHEREAS, this continues the concept of state assistance to community col-
leges for building ccnstruction, equipment, and site acquisition orginally out-
Zined in the California riaster Plan for Higher Education in ~960 and_in the
1962, 1964, and 1968 higher education bond acts which earmarked state funds
for community college construction; and ~
Tn'HEREAS, this will provide taa--relief for local property owners who ha~e
assumed the major bur.den for providing community college facilities even treugh
the community coll.eges enroll twice the combined enrollments of state colleges
and the various campuses of the University of California;
~ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the~ City Council of the City of Cuper-
tiuo hereby declares its endorsement of the 1972 Community College C~nstruction
Program Bond Act oa the November 7 ballot and urges the coters of the state to
give approval to this important measure.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of ttie City
of Cupertino on the 2nd day of October , 1972, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen - I'-'Win, Jackson, Meyers, Sgarks, Frolich '
NOES: Councilmen - None
ABSENT: CouncilR~en - None ~
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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