PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 02/03/20
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT FOR THE WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S BOND MEASURE R ON THE MARCH 3, 2020 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2019-21 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Build a Healthy Community: Policy No. 100.3 - Foster College and Career Readiness, Education, Youth Leadership, and City/Contra Costa College/WCCUSD Partnerships are adopted policy items contained in the FY 2019-21 Council Adopted Workplan, effective March 1, 2019.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA
BACKGROUND
On November 20, 2019, the West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Trustees passed Resolution No. 43-1920, placing a $575 million bond measure, Measure R, on the March 3, 2020 state-wide ballot (see Attachment).
WCCUSD Bond Measure R
According to the West Contra Costs Unified School District (WCCUSD):
Measure R is a classroom modernization and safety update measure to repair, upgrade neighborhood schools, modernize core classrooms; provide safe, secure school environments, including updated technology and air conditioning, that improve academic achievement and provide relevant career pathways for all students, by issuing $575 million of bonds, at legal rates, averaging $34.48 million annually while bonds are outstanding, at 6? per $100 assessed value, with strict citizens' oversight, annual audits and all money for local schools.
Under the State of CA Constitution, bond funds are to be spent on "the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of school facilities, including the furnishing and equipping of school facilities, or the acquisition or lease of real property for school facilities." (CA Constitution, Article XIIIA, Section 1).
In accordance with the WCC...
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