HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1987 0415 CC REG ITEM 05B c, MOORPARK
ITEMS'
&•
CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. STEVEN KUENY
Mayor City Manager
ELOISE BROWN P,411110�o CHERYL J.KANE
Mayor Pro Tern Fo°��/`�9z City Attorney
THOMAS C. FERGUSON . �° PATRICK RICHARDS,A.I.C.P.
Councilmember � � Director of
rt
JOHN GALLOWAY �`'. eO Community Development
Councilmember 94� o R.DENNIS DELZEIT
BERNARDO PEREZ 9,T'o J,Js.4 City Engineer
Councilmember JOHN V.GILLESPIE
MAUREEN W.WALL Chief of Police
City Clerk THOMAS P.GENOVESE
City Treasurer
MEMOR AND lJ M
TO : The Honorable City Council
FROM : Maureen W. Wall , City Clerk
DATE : April 15, 1987
SUBJECT : Year of the Reader Proclamation
Councilmember Galloway requested that the City proclaim 1987 as the "Year of the
Reader" in the City of Moorpark in a cooperative effort with the Moorpark Library
to promote the importance of reading. In your audience tonight are representatives
from the Moorpark Friends of the Library to accept this proclamation.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve the proclamation for presentation.
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
of S-/5198_2
ACTION:14 pO.+cfl
By 72i
799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864
A PROCLAMATION OF THE
CITY OF MOORPARK
PROCLAIMING 1987 AS THE
" YEAR OF THE READER "
WHEREAS , the ability to read and write provides knowledge,
pleasure and fulfillment essential to success and accomplishment in every field
of endeavor; and
WHEREAS , a literate, informed society is the cornerstone our
democratic nation depends on as it celebrates the bicentennial of the Constitution
in 1987; and
WHEREAS , the gift of reading is a gift of a fuller future for
any adult or child;
WHEREAS , recent reports have revealed the existence of an alarming
number of people who are not able or motivated to read; and
WHEREAS , according to the Coalition for Literacy, one out of
five American adults cannot read the word "America"; and
WHEREAS , more than 2.5 million adults in California are functionally
illiterate and therefore unable to read or write at a level necessary to meet
the needs of their daily lives; and
WHEREAS , the Public Library, local educational programs and
community groups are responding to the challenge of assisting adults in learning
to read;
NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED , that
the City Council of the City of Moorpark hereby proclaims 1987 as the "Year
of the Reader" in Moorpark and encourages parents, teachers, librarians, government
officials and citizens of Moorpark to observe this year with appropriate programs,
and activities, aimed at rediscovering the pleasure and value of reading in
their daily lives.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of April , 1987.
Clint D. Harper, Mayor
Attest:
Maureen W. Wall , City Clerk