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RESOLUTION NO. 106-2008
SUPPORTING THE EXTENSION OF MEASURE WW, THE EAST BAY REGIONAL
PARK DISTRICT'S REGIONAL OPEN SPACE, WILDLIFE, SHORELINE AND
PARKS BOND
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville and the East Bay Regional Park District are public
agencies jointly responsible for providing important public services to our resident
constituents; and
WHEREAS, the East Bay Regional Park District has expanded by more than 34,000 acres of
parkland and shoreline in the last 20 years, largely as a result of funding provided by the
1988 voter approved Bond Measure AA, which also provided $60 million in funding for
local parks and recreation projects; and
WHEREAS, in response to continuing community interest, the East Bay Regional Park
District Board of Directors has approved placing a bond measure on the November 2008
ballot to extend the Measure AA program; and
WHEREAS, the proposed measure would replicate and extend the successful $225 million
Measure AA bond passed in 1988; and
WHEREAS, the specifics of the Park District's proposed park bond extension measure are
as follows:
· The proposed issuance of bonds is structured to retain the property tax rate
at or below the existing tax rate of $10 per $100,000 of property value for
property owners.
· The $500 million bond initiative must be approved by two-thirds of voters in
Alameda and Contra Costa counties in November 2008.
· $125 million (25%) of the bond proceeds will fund local park and recreation
projects on a per-capita grant program to cities and other local agencies.
· The Town of Danville would receive $1,948,358 in funding from the bond
extension measure for parks and recreation projects.
· $375 million (75 %) of the bond proceeds will fund regional park acquisitions,
open space preservation, park development, habitat restoration and an
emergency reserve.
· A detailed project list has been compiled which is available to the public.
· The Park District Board of Directors will conduct annual public hearings on
projects to be selected and funded by the measure.
· EBRPD's Park Advisory Committee provides oversight reVIew; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council does hereby support the East Bay Regional
Park District's Proposed Extension of Regional Open Space, Wildlife, Shoreline and Parks
Bond, which will be placed on the November 4,2008 ballot in Alameda and Contra Costa
Counties.
APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on September 16,2008, by
the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
Andersen, Arnerich, Doyle, Shimansky, Stepper
None
None
None
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