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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 007-1964RESOLUTION N0, 7- 64 URGING THE GOVERNOR TO INCLUDE LEGISLATION PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE COLLEGE IN SAN MATEO COUNTY IN HIS PROCLAMATION CALLING THE 1964 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame, California, that: WHEREAS, legislation for the acquisition of a site and the location of a State College within the County of San Mateo, although passed by both houses of the state legislature in the 1963 regular session of the legislature, was not signed into law; and WHEREAS, this City Council is informed of the need for such an educational facility within the County of San Mateo and has been advised that the County of San Mateo will, alone, produce approximately 8500 high school graduates each year and thus provide students sufficient in number to support a four-year State College; and WHEREAS, it is evident that the two State Colleges in ad- jacent counties, i.e., San Jose State College and San Francisco State College, have each reached their capacity in expansion and, therefore, afford no solution to the problem of the in- creased number of students from San Mateo County and neighboring counties; and WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of State Colleges has recog- nized the great need of such an educational facility in San Mateo County by assigning to said county a first priority classifica- tion for new facilities and has recommended, in fact, that such a facility should have been commenced in 1963; and T-MFRFAS, the present insufficiency of four-year college educational facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area is clear - 1 - and apparent, and since construction of a college facility or- dinarily endures five years from date of commencement of construc- tion; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, FOUND, ORDERED AND DETERMINED as follows: 1. That the Honorable Edmund G. Brown as Governor of the State of California is hereby urged to include in the Proclamation for the 1964 Extraordinary Session of the Legislature an item providing for the site acquisition and construction of a four- year State College to be located in San Mateo County. 2. That the City Clerk of the City of Burlingame be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to send certified copies of this Resolution to Edmund G. Brown, Governor of the State of California, to Senator Richard J. Dolwig, and to Assemblymen Carl A. Britschgi and Leo J. Ryan. Mayor / I, Herbert K. White, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, I do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of January, 1964, and adopted thereafter by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen: Crosby-Diede.richsen-George-Johnson-Martin I Noes: Councilmen: None Absent Councilmen: None Herbert K. White, City Clerk - 2 -