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RESOLUTION NO . 4 2
S ERIE!: OF' 198 7
II RF.SO LUT ION ENCO URAGI NG TH E ENGLE WOO D RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER AN D
VOTE ON THE I SSU E OF THE CULTUR/\L FA CI LITI ES DISTR ICT REFERENDUM
TO BE II EL D ON NOVEMB ER 8 , 1988 .
WHE RE AS, aft e r near l y f o ur y e ars of nego tiations , lobbying
a nd c o mpr o mi se , H.ll . 113 8 wa s passed by both ho u ses of the
r.eqi s:,1tur e c reati ng a scie ntifi c a nd cultura l fa ci liti es
di s t r :c t i n the ar e a c o mp r is i ng t he De nve r Met ropo litan Area; a nd
WII EREAS, the dis tric t may s ubmit t o th e reg i s tered elec tor s
with i 11 the geog ra p h i ca l houndari~s o f the district the questi o n
o f a 11 niform sales t a x th r ougho ut s aid g eographical di stri c t ; and
WHEREAS, t h e c u ltural dist r ict wou l d p rovi de funding for
zoo~, mus e um s , a nd pe rforming arts p r og r ams ; and
KH!REAS , voting yes fo r t h e Cu ltural Fac ilities District
wo uld mean cont i nu e d su c cess o f gr ea t progr ams suct1 as f r ee
symph n ny c o nc e rt s , f r e e d ays at the zoo , s tudent t ou ring p r og rams
nt thi? Oenve ."." Cente r f or th e Perfor ming Art s , mo ne y for community
~nd neighbo r hood arts p r ojec ts and o ppo r tu n it i es f o r t a l ented
a r tis ~s , a nd new audie nce s ; an d
WHEREAS, t h e p r o posed sa l es tax of .10 o f 1% (10 cent s o n a
$100 ?u rchase) would p r o duce a t ota l o f $13 million fo r o ur
cu l tu r a l comm unit y ;
NOW , THEREFORE, BE IT RES OLVED BY THE CI TY COUNCIL FOR THE
CI TY OF ENGLEWOO D, CO LORADO , THAT:
The Coun c il e nco urage s t he q u a li f i e d e l ectors of the City
of Eng lewood to vo te o n the r e 'erendum of the newly crea t ed
Cultural Faci liti e s Di s trict in th e Den ver Metropolitan Ar ea ,
AD OPTED ~~D APP ROVED t h ~ 20 t h day o f J une , 19 88 .
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Patr1c1a H. Crow, City Clerk
I , Patricia H. Crow, City Clerk for the City of Englewood,
Co l o r ado , hereby certi fy that th e fo rego ing is a true copy of
Reso l ut i on No . 42 , Series o f 1988 , a _ 6-
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