2004-119-Supporting Measure H The West Valley Mission Community College District Renovate And Repair Bond Measure On The November 2004 BallotRESOLUTION 2004 -119
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF'THE
TOWN OF LOS GATOS SUPPORTING MEASURE H THE WEST VALLEY-
MISSION COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT RENOVATE AND REPAIR
BOND MEASURE ON THE NOVEMBER, 2004 BALLOT
WHEREAS, the West Valley-Mission Community College District
(WVMCCD) includes all of the Town of Los Gatos; and
WHEREAS, many residents of Los Gatos have attended and continue to
attend West Valley College and Mission College; and
WHEREAS., WVMCCD provides excellent academic educational
opportunities as well as awealth ofstate-of-the-art vocational j ob training programs and
a broad range of :community education courses for seniors, youth and other special
populations in our community; and
WHEREAS, the California community college system is the largest system
of higher education in the world and is funded lowest of all 50 states; and
WHEREAS, WVMCCD has never passed a bond issue while every other
community college district in the South Bay has passed one or two bond issues in recent
years; and
WHEREAS, WVMCCD has aging and deteriorating infrastructure, 35 year
old portable buildings that exceeded their life expectancy 25 years ago, leaking
classroom ceilings and bathrooms and a variety of other capital improvement and
infrastructure repair needs that cannot be financed from the WVMCCD operating
budget; and
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WHEREAS, the WVMCCD Governing Board has placed a $235 million
dollar bond issue on the November ballot for the District's highest priority academic
needs..
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Los Gatos Town Council does
support Measure H, the WVMCCD bond measure, on the November ballot.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos, California, held on the 4`h day of October, 2004 by the following
vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Sandy Decker, Diane McNutt, Joe Pirzynski, Mike Wasserman,
Mayor Steve Glickman.
NAYS : None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: ~ None
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.:SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
AT~TE/ST:
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CLERK Cs~r' 'THE TOWN O OS ATOS
LOS GAi'OS, CALIFORNIA
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