HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992 Resolution No. 084RESOLUTION NO. _]!)_
SERIES OF 1992
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AM ENDM E T NO. 6, TH E COLORA .1 O CHILDR EN FIR ST
ACT OF 1992.
WHEREAS, the City Co uncil o f the City o f Englew ood ha s des ignated the 199 0's as
TH E DECADE OF THE CHILD; and
WHEREAS, the Cit y Council o f the Cit y o f En glew ood s upport s th e "COLORADO
2000 COMMUNITIES" in a committed effort to obtain Pres id ent Bu sh's NATIONAL
EDUCATIONAL "GOA LS 2000;" and
WHEREAS, public education is the co rnerstone of a democrati c government and a
fr ee society; and
WHEREAS, the children of Colorado and their educational progress are vitai to the
economic well-bein g of our community and our nation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Englewood is on public record supporting
legislation that would adequately fund our public schools by passing Re soluti on No. 75,
Seri es of 1991 ; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado State Legi slature has repeatedly foiled to implement
adequate funding for Public School s, thus creating a fin ancial crisis for Englewood Students
that will resul: in an approximate 12 percent reduction in school financing in the State of
Colorado and in the school districts serving Englewood r.itizens; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Englewood deplores the utilization of
sales tix revenues to fund educ:ition; however, it recogniz es the crisis situation created by
the inaction of the stale legislature, and finds that il is vital lo the well being of children
and the community that public schools be adequately funded;
N OW, TH EREFO RE, BE IT RESO LVED BY THE CITY COUN CIL OF THE CITY OF
ENG LEWOOD, COLORADO, THAT:
The City Counci l o f the City of En gle w ood su ppo rt s The Co lorado Children's Firs t
Act a nd Initia ti ve Ballot, Pro posa l Nu mber 6.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED th is 19th day of Octobe r, 1992.
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Patri ciJ H . Crow, City Clerk
I, Pa tri cia H Crow, Ci ty Clerk fpr t e Ci ty of En glewood, Co lorado, hereby ce rtify the
Jbuve is i1 tru e copy 1)f R~s olution No._)_, Series o f 1992 .
P,1lricia H Crow , Cit y lerl.