HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2006 2522 2006 1004RESOLUTION NO. 2006 -2522
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING APPROVAL
SUPPORTING FULL FUNDING OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOUNDATION (PLF)
WHEREAS, the governor and state legislature established the Public Library
Foundation (PLF) in 1982 to support public library baseline services with an annual
revenue allocation from the general fund starting in fiscal year 1983/84 ; and
WHEREAS, the legislature found and declared that it is in the interest of the
people and of the state that there be a general diffusion of information and knowledge
through the continued operation of free public libraries. Since diffusion is a matter of
general concern inasmuch as it is the duty of the state to provide encouragement to the
voluntary lifelong learning of the people of the state; and
WHEREAS, the legislature further found that the public library is a supplement to
the formal system of free public education and a source of information and inspiration to
persons of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and economic statuses, and a resource for
continuing education and reeducation, and as such deserves adequate financial support
from government at all levels; and
WHEREAS, library usage in California is at an all time high and up 10% per
capita in the last five (5) years throughout the entire state of California and 13% in
Ventura County; and
WHEREAS, Public Library Foundation allocates revenue to the 180 public
libraries based on a formula that includes population and inflation, but has never been
fully funded and in fiscal year 2005/06 per capita spending was less than it was 20
years ago; and
WHEREAS, between fiscal years 2000/01 and 2004/05 funding was slashed by
75 %; and
WHEREAS, in 2005/06 PLF funding was $14.4 million vs. a full funding figure of
$89.5 million, the realized impact to the Moorpark City library would have been $14,040
at the current funding of $0.39 per capita vs. $86,400 at the proposed fully funded level
of $2.40 per capita;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Effective immediately the City Council of the City of Moorpark
urges the Governor to make libraries a priority by fully funding the Public Library
Foundation in the 2007/08 budget; and
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FURTHER request that the California State Assembly Members and Senators
who represent the City of Moorpark make libraries a priority and support full funding for
the Public Library Foundation.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk sh the adoption of this resolution and
shall cause a certified resolution to b ed in the book f original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPT this 4th day of Octob 2006
ATTEST:
untjr, Mayor
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Deborah S. Traffenstedt, O Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss.
CITY OF MOORPARK )
I, Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do
hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 2006 -2522 was
adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 4th
day of October, 2006, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Harper, Mikos, Millhouse, Parvin, and Mayor Hunter
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 11th day of October,
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Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
(seal)