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RESOLUTION NO.' 15-84
Resolution
Regarding Measure "A" : A Measure for
the Preservation and Maintenance of De Anza
and Foothill Colleges
• WHEREAS maintaining the quality of educational resources
like Foothill and De Anza Colleges is important to the.welfare of
the citizens of the City of Los Altos Hills ; and
WHEREAS years 'of deteriorating financial resources have prompted
the Foothill-De Anza Community College District to seek special funding
to preserve the standards of excellence of Foothill and De Anza Colleges;
and
WHEREAS, the Board-of Trustees of the Foothill-De Anza Community
College District has called an election for April 10, 1984, to submit to
the electors Measure A, entitled "A Measure for the Preservation and
Maintenance of De Anza and Foothill Colleges," which proposes that a
special tax be levied in the District; and
WHEREAS the proceeds from the proposed special tax will be used -
exclusively for the limited purposes of buying necessary laboratory,
technical, scientific and other equipment for better transfer and job
training programs, purchasing library books and repairing, maintaining,
and improving college buildings; and
WHEREAS the Board of Trustees of the District can reduce or repeal
the tax if additional funds are found but may not under any circumstances
increase the tax; and
WHEREAS the tax must be returned to the voters at least every four
years and may be repealed by a simple majority vote; and
WHEREAS State funding proposals for community colleges and' the
imposition of tuition on community college students will not meet the
accumulated maintenance, repair, library acquisition and equipment needs
of Foothill and De Anza Colleges;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL RESOLVES that it endorses Measure A
on the April 10, 1984 ballot and encourages voters to vote yes on
Measure A.
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REGULARLY passed and adopted this 7th day of March, 1984.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk