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RESOLUTION NO. 774 <br /> RESOLUTION: OF THE CITY COUNCIL. OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS <br /> HILLS CONDEMNING FOOTHILL COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR. PERMITTING <br /> DETERIORATION OF THE GRIFFIN. HOME AND JAPANESE .:TEA GARDEN, <br /> AND URGING THEIR PRESERVATION <br /> WHEREAS,- it has . come . to..the attention of the City. Council of <br /> the Town of :Los. Altos Hills that the Foothill College District has <br /> allowed, the Willard.M. Griffin Home. and the Japanese .Tea Garden <br /> located on the .Foothill .campus and .constructed in .1901. and 1906, <br /> respectively, to .deteriorate to. the point-where the District is <br /> considering .the demolition. of the Griffin Home and .the deteriorated <br /> condition of the .Japanese .Tea Garden is now apparent; and <br /> WHEREAS, . both the. Griffin Home and the Japanese Tea Garden are <br /> . part- of ,the historical and cultural heritage of- all the residents. <br /> of Los Altos Hills as well as .the students of Foothiil.. College; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Foothill College District .purchased .the Griffin <br /> Home when it-was -in excellent condition, as well .as the Japanese <br /> Tea Garden as part of the property which .has become -the Foothill <br /> campus and with public .funds including those paid by- the taxpayers <br /> of the Town .of Los_ Altos Hills, <br /> • NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: <br /> 1. The. City Council of the . Town of Los .Altos Hills. hereby goes <br /> on record condemning .the Foothill .College District and its admin- <br /> - istrators for allowing -the deterioration- of the Griffin Home and the <br /> Japanese Tea Garden and .failing to preserve for its own students, as <br /> .well as other citizens, .a part of the historical heritage which <br /> surrounds them. <br />