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CC Resolution No. 9206 RESOLUTION NO. 9206 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO SUPPORTING THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE "A" ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT RELATING TO LIBRARY FUNDING WHEREAS, over the past two years the State Legislature and the Governor have taken forty percent of local library funds to balance the State budget; and WHEREAS, this action has required the Free Library District of Santa Clara County, of which the Cupertino Library is a part, to reduce library hours by thirty percent so that the Cupertino Library is now open only five days a week for a total of thirty-four hours, exclusive of Sunday hours funded directly by the City; and WHEREAS this action has required the Library District to cut its budget for new books, reference and materials by seventy-five percent so that the Cupertino Library has a book and materials budget of a mere $96,000 a year; and WHEREAS, this action has required a reduction of sixty percent in children's libraries programs; and WHEREAS, the County of Santa Clara, in cooperation with the communities of Alum Rock, Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, San Martin, and Saratoga, have placed on the ballot in November an advisory measure (Measure A) which, if passed, will restore and maintain library hours, book and materials budgets, and children's libraries programs in all communities; and WHEREAS, in order to restore and maintain our community libraries Measure A would allow an assessment of $2.75 a month on each single family residence in Cupertino and other communities; and WHEREAS, Measure A includes an assessment increase cap of two percent per year, an expiration date of ten years, a guarantee that all the funds will go for library services, a guarantee that all funds currently allocated by the county for library services will remain, and a guarantee that through the creation of a new Board of Directors, local communities will govern the community library system in the future. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Cupertino wholeheartedly endorses the passage of Measure A and urges all registered voters of Cupertino to become familiar with the provisions of Measure A and its many benefits to the Cupertino Library and to vote on November 8th in favor of Measure A. Resolution No. 9206 Page 2 PASSED AND ADOYfED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of , Cupertino this 3rd day of October , 1994, by the following vote: Vote AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Members of the City Council Bautista, Burnett, Dean, Sorensen, Koppel None None None APPROVED: /s/ Barb Koppel Mayor, City of Cupertino ATIEST: /s/ Kim Marie Smith City Clerk