HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 069-1972RESOLUTION NO. r--72
ENDORSING AMENDMENT TO SAN MATEO COUNTY CHARTER,
PROPOSITION A, PARK AND OPEN SPACEACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, pursuant to recommendation of the San Mateo
County Regional Planning Commission, after investigations and
studies, and the recommendations of other governmental or public
agencies and of private citizens, the Board of Supervisors has
caused Proposition A, a proposed San Mateo County Charter amend-
ment, to be placed upon the ballot for vote of the electorate of
San Mateo County at the general election to be held on November
7, 1972; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment provides for the estab-
lishment of a county park and open space acquisition and develop-
ment fund in the county treasury; and
WHEREAS, such fund, if established, will allow for the
acquisition and development of real properties for beaches,
parks and open space within the county over a period of 10 years;
and
WHEREAS, opportunities for picnicking, swimming, camp-
ing, hiking, riding, nature study, and similar recreational and
educational activities will be increased by the acquisition of
additional land areas for these purposes; and
WHEREAS, regional parks, coastal beaches and other
recreational areas are essential to the people of San Mateo
County and to all of the people of the San Francisco Bay Area;
and
WHEREAS, preservation of existing areas for recreational
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uses within the confines of economic feasability appears neces-
sary and convenient to the public good.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURLINGAME RESOLVES that it approves and supports said Proposi-
tion A, and recommends its adoption at the polls.
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I, HERBERT K. WHITE, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
2nd day of October , 1972, and adopted thereafter
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: --"-Crosby-Cusick-Mangini-Martin
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEN; Amstrup
CITY CLERK
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