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City Council Minutes 21 June 7, 2005 Council Member Tucker asked if 30 vacant parcels was an estimate, or if it was the actual number. Mr. Reeds stated it was an actual number. It was moved by Council Member Sundberg and seconded by Council Member Tolbert to adopt Resolution 2005-165 approving the provision of City water services to the 30 existing vacant parcels in the Larch Clover area. The resolution to be modified to list each specific parcel number. Roll call found Council Members Ives, Sundberg, Tolbert, and Tucker in favor; Mayor Bilbrey absent. 15. COUNCIL ITEMS A. Consideration of support for the California Reading and Literacy Improvement Public Library Construction and Renovation and Bond Act of 2006 — Dan Hobbs, City Manager, presented the staff report and indicated that Council Member Tolbert had requested the item be placed on the agenda for discussion by the City Council. Extraordinary population growth, combined with local government budget shortfalls, has left many counties, cities and library districts unable to keep up with the increased demand for services and the space in which to provide them. As a result, many California neighborhoods and communities either do not have a local library, or are relying on old library structures, which are in need of upgrading, in order to operate more efficiently and accommodate new technologies. Proposition 14, passed by voters statewide in March, 2000, was a first step in meeting California's need for new libraries. A 2003 state survey revealed 579 unfunded library projects around the state, at a cost of$4.4 billion, with Proposition 14 providing enough money to fund only 45 of these. In response to this continuing need, the State Legislature has placed a $600 million statewide library bond on the June 2006 ballot. This bond will: • Provide a 35 percent local /65 percent state match in funding for grant recipients. • Award grants for a minimum of$50,000 and a maximum of$20 million. • Give first priority to eligible applications not funded in the third application cycle of Proposition 14. The amount awarded for these first priority projects may not exceed 50 percent of the $600 million authorized. • Award the remaining $300 million of funds not awarded for the third application cycle on a statewide competitive basis, and • Make available at least $25 million for joint use projects with one or more public education institutions (K-12 school district, county office of education, community college district, a campus of California State University or a campus of the University of California). Council Member Tolbert stated the services the library provided was a focal point of our community and served a large population of school age children. Council Member Tolbert asked the Council to join her in support of the bond measure of 2006 for library construction and renovation.