HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 4255RESOLUTION NO. 4255
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL REQUESTING THE
LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY OF
MARIN TO EXCLUDE THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL FROM THE
PROPOSED MARIN COUNTY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT
WHEREAS, there exist within the City of San Rafael open spaces and
open areas characterized by great natural scenic beauty
and whose existing openness, natural condition or present
state of use if retained, will enhance the present or po-
tential value abutting or surrounding urban development
and will maintain or enhance the conservation or natural
and scenic resources; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael has been subject to high degree of
developer activity which threatens for all time the avail-
ability of open space areas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Rafael has an assessed
valuation equal to some 22% of the assessed valuation of
the County of Marin which enables the City of San Rafael
to finance an open space acquisition program adequate to
meet the community's needs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Rafael has set a special
election for September 19th, 1972 to ask the voters of San
Rafael to approve a 10� per hundred dollars of assessed
valuation tax levy to finance a bond issue on the order
of some $2,250,000 for the acquisition of open space; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin are in the
process of forming an agency to levy a tax of up to 10� per
hundred dollars of assessed valuation which would be an un-
necessary duplication of taxation and the open space acquisi-
tion program of the City of San Rafael.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
San Rafael unanimously requests that the Local Agency For-
mation Commission of the County of Marin take the action
necessary to exclude the City of San Rafael from the proposed
Marin County Regional Park District.
I, MARION A. GRADY, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify
the the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly intro-
duced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of
said City held on Monday , the 19th day of June ,
1972, by the following vote, to -wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Barbier, Jensen, Miskimen, Mulryan and Mayor Bettini
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
MARION A. GRADY, City Clerk