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RESOLUTION NUMBER o?cIl.() l-
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL 8EACH, CALIFORNIA, ENDORSING PROPOSITION ONE,
THE $250 MILLION PARKS AND RECREATION 80ND ISSUE
ON THE JUNE 4TH STATEWIDE BALLOT.
nearly 1,000,000 people had to be turned away from parks and
beaches in California last year, because of overwhelming demands
being made on outdoor recreation; and
WHEREAS, almost 90% of the visitors to California's parks and beaches
are residents of this State; and
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS, Proposition 1 on the June 4th statewide ballot will prOVide
$250 Million for new facilities and the development of existing
reSQurces, for histQrical features of the State Park System and
for fish and wildlife conservatiQn; and
WHEREAS, $90 MilliQn Qf this will be granted directly tQ all CalifQrnia
counties fQr the use Qf lQcal gQvernment, which throughQut the
State is in dire need of park funds, while the demand fQr local
parks has increased in urgency because Qf the energy crisiS; and
WHEREAS, if Proposition 1 is approved by the voters, the City Qf Seal Beach
would receive over $69,000 fQr beach development; and
WHEREAS, these local parks will be created and developed at no CQst to
the property taxpayer; and
WHEREAS, ProPQsition 1 is a bond issue that will be repaid by more than
Qne generation Qf park users; and
WHEREAS, the need fQr immediate action is accentuated by threatened lQSS
of PQtential parkland tQ development and the increasing CQst of
land;
NOW, THEREFORE, 8E IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal Beach,
California, hereby endorses ProPQsition 1, fQr the preservation of our State's
natural environment in the face Qf the current park crisis, and calls on all
Californians tQ cast a resounding YES vote fQr PrQPosition 1 on June 4, 1974.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City CQunctt~f the City~al 8each,
California at a meeting thereQf held Qn the ~ day of ______I.~ .
1974, by the fO~lOWing 1J-:e: -I ~l!~.
AYES: councllmen~~~~fL!l-~
NOES: councllmen~
ABSENT: councilme~
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