HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 017-1999RESOLUTION NO. 17-1999
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME URGING
SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUE MEASURE TO BE
PLACED BEFORE THE VOTERS ON MAY 11, 1999,
BY THE SAN MATEO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the San Mateo Union High School District provides quality educational
programs and services at Aragon, Burlingame, Capuchino, Hillsdale, Mills, and San Mateo High
Schools; and
WHEREAS, the high schools in the District serve the communities of Burlingame, Foster
City, Hillsborough, Millbrae, San Bruno, and San Mateo; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo Union High School District has been a vital partner with the
City of Burlingame in providing recreation and educational programs and facilities to the
community; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Board of the San Mateo Union High School District has
placed a General Obligation Bond on ballot for May 11, 1999, to raise local funds to repair and
renovate the high school buildings; and
WHEREAS, the additional funds will be used to expand school libraries, update science
and computer labs, rewire classrooms for technology, repair leaky roofs, replace heating,
plumbing, and electrical systems, renovate student restrooms, and add classrooms to
accommodate increasing enrollment,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1. The City Council urges citizens to vote in favor of the General Obligation Bond
Measure for the San Mateo Union High School District, and support the renovations and repairs
that will be funded by that measure.
Mayor
SCHOOL BOND MEASURE
I, Judith A. Malfatti, 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 1st
day of March 1 1999, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GALLIGAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, OWAHONY, SPINELLI
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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SCHOOL BOND MEASURE
San Mateo Union High School District
General Obligation Bond
Fact Sheet
On May 11, 1999, the voters in the San Mateo Union High School District will be asked to consider a general
obligation bond in the amount of $190 million dollars, less any money received from State Proposition 1A
funds. These funds will allow the school district to repair and renovate its six comprehensive high schools:
Aragon, Burlingame, Capuchin, Hillsdale, Mills and San Mateo High Schools.
The six schools are 40-75 years old. Funds from the bond measure will:
• Update science and computer :abs.
• Rewire classrooms to provide better access to technology.
• Expand school libraries.
• Repair leaky roofs.
• Replace inefficient heating, plumbing and electrical systems.
• Renovate student restrooms.
• Add permanent classrooms to replace portables, reduce class size and accommodate enrollment
where it emerges.
The School Board is appointing an Oversight Committee to monitor all expenditures from the bond
measure and to report to the public. A Planning Review Committee, composed mainly of industry experts,
will advise the District on planning the scope and sequence of all projects.
Science and computer labs will be updated. Bond funds will be used to improve and expand science and
computer labs that are old and need to be upgraded. Funds will also allow the district to make sure every
classroom is ready for the technology students today must master.
School libraries need to be expanded. Current library space is not sufficient for the educational needs of students
today. Bond funds will be used to expand libraries to improve student access to research materials and computers.
The ballot measure provides that part of the funds will be used to repair and replace leaking and
deteriorating roofs. All of the schools in the district have served the community for more than 40 years — some
for more than 70 years. The roofs on many school buildings must be repaired or replaced.
Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems in some schools are old and inefficient. After years of use,
schools have heating and air conditioning systems which need to be replaced. The district will replace these
systems with energy efficient systems which will save money in future utility bills.
Construction costs cannot be paid for by lottery funds. State law (Government Code Section 8880.5) forbids the
use of lottery funds for school construction.
None of the money will be used for school administrator or teacher salaries. All of the money generated by the
school bond will pay for school construction projects. Bond money cannot be used for school administrator or
teacher salaries. No bond money will be used for District Office renovation or relocation. The measure will
cost property owners a yearly average of $26 per $100,000 of assessed valuation (not market value).
A detailed project list will be available for review at each school in the district by March 1.