HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09102004 - 71-489 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Expressing }
Appreciation to Former } RESOLUTION NUMBER 71/489
Supervisor Raymond S. Taylor. }
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WHEREAS this Board of Supervisors has been concerned
for an extended period about the need to provide expanded Juvenile
Hall facilities for delinquent children; and about the means by
which such facilities might be financed without imposing an
additional heavy burden upon property taxpayers; and
WHEREAS pay-as-you--go financing of said facilities
would result in a significant property tax rate increase and bond
financing failed by a narrow margin to receive the required two-
thirds Favorable vote of the electorate on two separate occasions;
and
WHEREAS the use of a non--profit corporation procedure
of deferred financing as permitted by the California statues was
deemed by this Board to be the best means of paying for the
construction of the essential. Juvenile Hall addition;. and
WHEREAS in connection with said procedure it was
necessary to have five public-spirited citizens form the non--
profit corporation and former Supervisor Ray ons S. Taylor
volunteered as one of those to act in that capacity and became a
member and also Secretary' of the Board of Directors of the
corporation known as the Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall
Facilities Corporation,
NOW$ THEREFORE, BE IT BY T.HE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIFORNIA RESOLVED that it expresses
deep appreciation to former Supervisor Raymond S. Taylor for his
cooperation and assistance in providing appropriate ,financial
arrangements for the construction of urgently needed Juvenile Hall
facilities and hopes that his efforts will be rewarded by a
significant decline in youth delinquency in the years ahead.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of July, 1.971 by the
following vote of the Board:
AYES., Supervisors A. M. Dias, J. E. Moriarty,
W. N. Boggess, F. A. Linscheid, J. P. Kenny.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 71/489