HomeMy WebLinkAbout638 - Library - Urging Increased FacilitiesRESOLUTION NO. 638
A RESOLUTION Or TAE: CITY COHNCIL O' TWE CITY OF COSTA MESA
i1RGTNa THF 9PARD OF S' PERVTSORS Or T'TN 00'INTY OF ORANCE TO
MAYE POSSTPLE THE PROVISTON OF ADEQUATE COiiNTY LIBRARY
BACII,TTIES TR THE CITY OF COSTA MESA.
�■^+ YInEPF,AS, the rapid increase in population of the City of Costa Mesa has
Lrendered inadeouat- the existing facilities of the Orange County Branch Library in
said City; and
WHEREAS, the circulation of said Branch Library has more than doubled in
the last five years, and is currently in excess of 12,000 volumes monthly; and
WiTREAS, the existing space available for reading and reference purposes
is insufficient to accomodate even a fraction of the residents and students who
desire to make use of the library facilities, and daring the school year students
are corpelled to use the library on a "standing room only" basis; and
WHEREAS, the importance of adequate library facilities is generally rec-
o�rized in the City of Costa Mesa and the County of Orange;
NOW, THFRFFOPE, BE IT PRSOTATF:D, by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange be, and said Board is hereby,
urged and requested to make provision within the current fiscal year for the construct-
ion of adequate facilities for the Costa Mesa Branch of the Orange County Library;
and
BE IT F',TPTM,i RESOLVED, that the City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa is
hereby instructed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Orange.
PASSEL) AND ADOPTED, this 17th day of August, 1059.
Ma of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, A. C. SIfARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify
that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 638 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Fesa at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 17th day of August, 1050, by the following roll -call vote:
AYES: C09NCTL;`EN - REA, "'ETERS, PINKLEY, S. SYTTH
NOES: COUNPTTYEN - NONE
ABSENT: C0T'NCTLMEN - H. Sn"STH
TN WITNESS WHEPEOF, T have hereunto set my hand and afffixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa, this 18th day of August, 1/059.
City Clerk and ex-offia4o Clerk of the
City Counci_1 of th e City o9 Costa Mesa
Chief Deputy