HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1969-5349RESOLUTION NO. 5349
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
ENDORSING THE SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND
ISSUE AT THE SPECIAL ELECTION ON OCTOBER 7, 1969
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby resolve as
follows:
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Sweetwater Union High School
District has authorized a bond issue of $6,500,000.00 and a maximum state
aid loan of $6,500,000.00 to be submitted to the voters at the special
school election on October 7, 1969, and
WHEREAS, the last bond election for the Sweetwater Union High School
District was held on October 17, 1967, and
WHEREAS, the Sweetwater Union High School District kept faith with
voters by not only providing all classrooms and facilities promised,
but in addition had enough funds left from the previous bond. money to
provide additional classrooms and facilities, and
WHEREAS, the student enrollment will have increased from 16,879 in 1967
to approximately 20,602 in 1972, based on pupils currently enrolled in the
elementary grades, and
WHEREAS, student enrollment will continue to increase further with
population growth and there will be a need to provide additional school
housing, and
WHEREAS, the successful passage of these bond issues will enable the
Sweetwater Union High School District to continue to participate in the
state aid program and thereby to maintain the present building tax rate
at an average of $:45 per $100.00 assessed valuation, and
WHEREAS, the said bond issues are deemed essential in providing the
construction of the additional school classrooms necessary to house
adequately the increasing number of children who are, and will be attending
the schools of the Sweetwater Union High School District, thus avoiding
half day sessions, and
WHEREAS, it is the duty of the Board of Trustees to see that educational
facilities keep pace with the Sweetwater District area's phenomenal growth
making necessary this school building program, and
WHEREAS, a two-thirds majority vote on October 7, 1969, is required to
authorize this bond issue and state loan, making it imperative that all
qualified voters be informed of the urgent needs of our school children
so that they will go to the polls on election day and vote in favor of the
school bond issue and the state aid loan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Chula Vista that the City Council does hereby endorse the school program
of the Sweetwater Union High School District, and hereby urges its members
to publicize as far as possible, the urgency of this program to assure a
majority vote in excess of the required two-thirds vote in favor of the
$6,500,000.00 bond issue and a maximum state aid loan of $6,500,000.00.
Presented by
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Daniel A. McCorquodak Mayor of the
City of Chula Vista'
Approved as to form by
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George D. indberg, City Attorn
ADOPTED AP'D APPROVED by the CITY COUDTCIL of the CITY OF CEULA VISTA
CALIFORNIA, this 2nd day of September , 19 69 by the followine vote,
to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Scott, Sylvester, McCorquodale, McAllister
NAYES: Councilmen None
APSEidT: Councilmen Hamilton
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I, KENNETI? P. CAMPBELL, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, CalLro~nia,
DO IiEREL•Y CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and come: t c:~nz• ~~1
and that the same has not been amended
or revealed.
DATED
City Clerk
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