HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012001 - 2001-605 RESOLUTION ENDORSING RESOLUTION NO. 2001/605
EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK
DISTRICT'S PROPOSED PARCEL
TAX MEASURE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTENANCE
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County and the East Bay Regional Park District maintains a Liaison Committee
which meets several times each year in order to maintain policy level communication regarding projects,
programs and other issues of mutual interest and concern between the two regional agencies; and
WHEREAS,The Contra Costa County/East Bay Regional Park District Liaison Committee last met on
September 24, 2001 and discussed, as one of the agenda items, a detailed overview of the East Bay Regional
Park District's proposal to place a parcel tax measure on the March 2002 ballot in order to raise needed
additional funds for maintenance and operations of Regional Parks and Trails;
WHEREAS, The Regional Park District has expanded by more than 26,000 acres of parkland and shoreline in
the last 12 years, however, the ongoing maintenance needs of the Regional parks have increased at a rate that
far out strips the growth in the Park District's general fund revenues; and
WHEREAS, The East Bay Regional Park District's ballot measure would fund four major Park District needs:
environmental maintenance public safety, resource protection/restoration, and public access; and
WHEREAS, The members of the Contra Costa County/East Bay regional Park District Committee recommend
that Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County endorse the East Bay Regional Park District's proposed
parcel tax measure to appear on the March 5, 2002 ballot.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County does
hereby endorse the East Bay Regional Park District's proposed parcel tax measure which will be placed on the
March 2002 ballot in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
PASSED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS 18TH DAY
OF DECEMBER, 2001.
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JO N GIOIA DONN G RBER
District I Supervisor District upervisor
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MARK DESAULNIER FEDEkAL D. G17ONPER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
AYLE B. UI MA, Chair
District II Supervisor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order
entered into the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
John Sweeten,County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
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Deputy lerk