HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution - 73-31- 19731024 - Opposition to CaliforniaRESOLUTION NO.
73-31
RESOLUTION FINDING PROPOSITION NO. 1
INIMICAL TO OPEN SPACE PROGRAMS IN
CALIFORNIA AND URGING ITS REJECTION AT
THE NOVEMBER 6, 1973, SPECIAL ELECTION
WHEREAS, the consultant to the California
Legislature Assembly Select Committee on Open Space Lands
has analyzed Proposition 1, the statewide initiative to
appear on the November 6, 1973, ballot, and observes, if
Proposition 1 passes:
1. State funding of park and open space programs
will be severely curtailed.
2. The initiative will induce or encourage the sale
of publicly held park and open space lands.
3. Demands on local finances to support programs
shifted from state to local government will cause
increased reliance on local property tax revenues.
4. Even though local property tax rates may be fixed,
property tax assessments are not controlled and the
predictable effect of the initiative will be to force
higher property tax assessments.
5. The increased burden on the local property tax
dollar and higher property tax assessments will
create pressure for development in areas which should
be preserved as open space.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors agrees with the
consultant's conclusion that, if the initiative passes, the
first victims of the limitation on governmental services
and programs will be our open space and park programs;
NOW, THEREFORE, the )3oard of Directors of the
Midpeninsula Regional Park District does resolve and find
::that Proposition 1 is inimical to open space and park
programs at both the state and local level and urges its
rejection by voters at the November 6, 1973, special election.
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RESOLUTION NO. 73-31
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the
Midpeninsula Regional Park District on
October 24
at a regular meeting thereof, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
Secretary
1973
President, Board of Directors
I, the Secretary of the Midpeninsula Regional Park District,
hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolu-
tion duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the District by the
above vote at a meeting thereof duly held and called on the above
date.
s .cwt
Secretary