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Agenda Item No. 5(E) RESOLUTION NO. 2014–XX RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT OF MEASURE H ON THE JUNE 3, 2014, STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT WHEREAS, the West Contra Costa Unified School District serves to educate the children of the City of El Cerrito; and WHEREAS, El Cerrito requires quality schools capable of serving its children and their families; and WHEREAS, the City of El Cerrito seeks to improve safety for students, staff and residents and have school facilities that are accessible to the disabled; and WHEREAS, the City of El Cerrito desires to have school facilities that have energy efficient lighting, heating and ventilation systems; and WHEREAS, the City of El Cerrito seeks to enhance property values in neighborhoods with school facilities that are appealing, durable and accessible to the community; and WHEREAS, the West Contra Costa Unified School District has embarked on an investment program to reconstruct and modernize all of its schools; and WHEREAS, the Board of Education of the West Contra Costa Unified School District has placed Measure H on the June 3, 2014 statewide primary election ballot; and WHEREAS, Measure H is a local construction bond measure that will allow West Contra Costa Unified School District to raise additional funds to continue to repair and rebuild its schools throughout the community; and WHEREAS, West Contra Costa Unified School District bond measures have allowed the district to access more than $161 million in State funding that would not have been provided with the local bond measures; and WHEREAS, local school funds supplemented by state funding have paid to modernize Harding, Madera, and El Cerrito High, with Portola and the El Cerrito fields under construction and will soon build new schools for Fairmont and Cameron as well as permanent classrooms for the 6th graders at Madera; and WHEREAS, the entire community of El Cerrito benefits from investing in our schools and our children. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of El Cerrito that it hereby supports the goals of Measure H and encourages the voters of the City of El Cerrito to review the language and arguments concerning Measure H and thereafter to cast their vote on Measure H at the June 3, 2014 statewide primary election. ---PAGE BREAK--- Agenda Item No. 5(E) I CERTIFY that at the regular meeting on May 20, 2014 the El Cerrito City Council passed this resolution by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on May X, 2014. Cheryl Morse, City Clerk APPROVED: Janet Abelson, Mayor