1983-018-Expressing Opposition Yo Use Of Guadalupe College Site As A PrisonRESOLUTION NO. 1983 -18
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL EXPRESS-
ING OPPOSITION TO USE OF GUADALUPE COLLEGE
SITE AS A PRISON.
1. The Town Council has learned that the Commission on California State
Government Organization and Economy, commonly known as the Little
Hoover Commission, is reviewing, at Senator Alfred Alquist's request,
the Guadalupe College site as a prison; and
WHEREAS:
2. The Town Council wishes to inform the Little Hoover Commission, the
State Senate, the State Assembly, and Governor Deukmejian that the
Guadalupe College site is totally inappropriate for use as a prison;
THE TOWN COUNCIL THEREFORE RESOLVES:
1. That the use of Guadalupe College as a prison raises vital concerns
to the people of Los Gatos and the State of California for the
following reasons:
a. Violations of the Town's General Plan;
b. Inadequate access to the site, requiring a large expenditure
of State funds to construct anew access road;
c. Immediate proximity to residential property;
d. Geological problems, including inability to meet State and
local seismic standards;
e. Incompatability with hillside standards established by the
Town and County of Santa Clara;
f. Continuing the investigation of this site for a prison
facility after the State Department of Corrections declared
the property inappropriate for such use is an obvious waste
of State revenues;
g. Inadequate Grater and sewer services;
h. Negative impact on property values;
i. Negative impacts on existing drainage patterns, biotics, and
visual aesthetics;
j. Inadequate access for public safety services;
k. A negative impact on services provided by Town Government;
1. Unknown future State uses for the site;
m. Unknown effect on municipal and private insurance rates.
2. Based on the foregoing concerns, and others, the Town Council hereby
resolves to do the following:
a. Notify appropriate State officials of their error in pursuing
the Guadalupe College site;
b. Monitor with due diligence the work of the Little Hoover Commis-
sion; and
c. If the Hoover Commission recommends the site, the Council will
actively lobby the Legislature and Governor to stop any attempt
to pursue the use of the facility as a prison facility.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos, California, held this 17 day of January
1983, by the following vote:
AYES:
COUNCIL
MEMBERS
Joanne Benjamin, Terrence J.
Daily, Thomas J.
Ferrito, MarLyn J. Rasmussen
& Mayor
Brent N.
Ventura
NOES:
COUNCIL
MEMBERS
None
ABSENT:
COUNCIL
MEMBERS
None
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL
MEMBERS
None
ATTEST:
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DEPUTY CLERK OF THE TOWN0F LOS GATOS
SIGNED:}, �s
MAT UK OF Ift TOWN UF LOS GATOS
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