Resolution 1975-46
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RESOLUTION NO. 75-46
RESOLUTION OF THE GILROY CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING SANTA CLARA COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' CHANGE OF PARKS ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT
POLICY.
WHEREAS, in the course of determining to acquire Grant
Ranch for public park purposes the Santa Clara County Board of
Sup8rvisors, without prior hearing and without referral to the
Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Commission, determined to
spend the approximate sum of $3,500,000. for acquisition of another
park in the Berryessa-Aborn Road area of San Jose; and
WHEREAS, the action of the Board was contrary to the Board's
established policy of arriving at decisions of such importance only
after thorough planning study, referral to the Parks and Recreation
Commission, and request for advice from the general public and all
cities, to be obtained in the course of public hearings; and
WHEREAS, the decision appears to violate long-established
County policy to provide parks in a rural setting and to allow
cities to fulfill their responsibility to provide urban parks to
meet the local recreational needs of their inhabitants by construc-
tion of urban parks using municipal funds; and
WHEREAS, the decision, if put into effect, would work an
injustice as to the cities which have, at considerable expense to
their taxpayers, already provided city parks for the use of their
citizens; and
WHEREAS, to the best of the City's knowledge the decision of
the Board of Supervisors concerning the San Jose park was arrived
at without due deliberation and without full public deliberation,
customary for decisions of such importance; and
WHEREAS, in our opinion, this acquisition would constitute
a violation of the most recent County-wide Bond Election Proposition
for parks.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City
of Gilroy requests that the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
rescind its action declaring an intention to spend $3,500,000. for
an urban park intended specifically for the needs of the inhabitants
of a limited portion of San Jose, and follow its established proce-
dures of public hearing and debate, first to determine whether to
depart from its policy of using such funds for non-urban parks, and
RESOLUTION NO. 75-46
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy~ do
hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 75-46 is an original
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a
regular meeting of saidCounci 1 held on the 3rd
day of November
, 19 L2...., at wh i ch meet i n9 a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 5thdayof November
, 19 75.
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, .tity Clerkof the CIty 0 G lroy