HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution No. 281-06 10-24-2006 • RESOLUTION NO. 281-06
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND
HILLS, TEXAS SUPPORTING THE $128.6 MILLION
BOND PROPOSALS FOR THE BIRDVILLE
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (BIRDVILLE
ISD) ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 7,
2006.
WHEREAS, the City of Richland Hills supports the Birdville Independent
School District preparing students to succeed in school and in life by providing them with
an outstanding educational framework from a premier school district; and
WHEREAS, in the spirit of cooperative partnership between the City of Richland
Hills and the Birdville Independent School District; and
WHEREAS, the Community Bond Advisory Committee comprised of parents,
community and business leaders was created to ensure that the Birdville Independent
School District continues to provide its 22,400 plus students with needed facilities and
up-to-date technological opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the Committee recommended a school bond election be held on
November 7, 2006; and
• WHEREAS, voters will be asked to consider a proposition totaling $128.6
million to build replacement campuses at Jack C. Binion and Stowe elementary schools
to alleviate the overcrowding; each middle school will receive four-lane tracks and new
and renovated locker rooms to enhance physical education and athletic instruction;
renovate and expand Haltom High School to eliminate the need for portable classrooms;
build a replacement campus at Richland High School; build a new Career and
Technology Center to provide much needed space to accommodate the many students
seeking to enroll in these programs.
WHEREAS, School property taxes were recently reduced by the state legislature,
which permits Birdville ISD voters to approve this bond package and still benefit from a
property tax rate lower than it was in the previous year.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Richland Hills
supports this effort and urges voters to support the Birdville Independent School
District's Bond election propositions included on the November 7, 2006, special election
ballot.
FURTHERMORE, that the City of Richland Hills urges that the Birdville
Independent School District's student population be provided with continued
opportunities for educational excellence in the areas of academics, athletics, fine arts, and
• career and technology education.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills,
Texas, by a vote of 5 ayes, ~ nays, and ~ abstentions, on this the
241h day of October 2006.
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