HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 064-1968RESOLUTION NO. 64 -68
DECLARING INTENTION TO PARTICIPATE IN
FORMING A COOPERaTIVE LIBRARY SYSTEM
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame,
California, that:
WHEREAS, by the eastablishment of a cooperative library
system formed of the various existing, independent city library
systems in the County of San Mateo, the needs of the public will be
more fully satisfied and library services improved for the benefit
of the people of Burlingame, library patrons residing within its
service area, and the participating cities; and
WHEREAS, by the establishment of such a cooperative sys-
, savings can be effectuated in the cost of performing certain
ations and providing certain services without loss of local
1 and jurisdiction over material and services within the
lingame Library System.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that:
1. The public interest and convenience will be served by
articipating in a cooperative library system and this Council does
declare its intent to enter into a Joint Exercise of Powers
, pursuant to Sections 6500 et seq, of the Government
, for the establishment of a cooperative library system, subj
the following conditions:
(a) The terms of any agreement shall be subject to full
complete review by this Council and this resolution shall not
e construed to obligate the City of Burlingame to execute such
(b) Any agreement prepared shall expressly provide that
City of Burlingame shall retain full, complete and exclusive
over any and all materials selected for its libraries and
)ver the personnel of the library staff.
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(c) The agreement shall provide that the City of
Burlingame shall incur no financial obligations and that the ex-
pense of establishing the cooperative system shall be borne by the
establishment and/or per capita grants from the State of Californi
(d) The agreement shall be for a trial period not to
exceed two (2) years and shall provide that the City of
Burlingame may withdraw from the system on a 30-day notice.
(e) The agreement shall provide that each library par-
ticipating is responsible to the lending library for any books
issued to its card holders.
2. The City Librarian be, and he is hereby ordered, to
proceed with the negotiation of the agreement with other indepen-
dent city library systems in the County of San Mateo, and to make
such applications and prepare such statements of eligibility and a
Plan of Service as may be necessary to secure a grant from the
State of California pursuant to Sections 27144 et seq, of the
Education Code.
Mayor
I. HERBERT K. 1,IHITE, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was in-
troduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
3rd day of September 1968, and adopted thereafter
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Crosby-Diederichsen-George-Johnson-
Martin.
NOES: Councilmen: None.
Absent Councilmen: None.
City Clerk
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