1968/03/04 City Council Resolution (4)RESOLUTION NO. 68-23
RESOLUTION APPROVING ARGUMENTS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL ON PROPS SITION
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SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT THL 1968
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
IT IS RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROHNERT PARK THAT THOSE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF MEASURES
BEING SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF �OHNERT PARK
AT THE 1968 MUNICIPAL LLECTION, COPIES OF WHICH MARKED
EXHIBIT "A" ARE ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THIS
RESOLUTION, BE AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY APPROVED AND SHALL
BE FILED WITH THE CITY -LERK AS THE OFFICIAL ARGUMENTS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED THIS 4tb DAY OF
MARCH, 1968®
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
ME
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AYOR
AYES: Councilmen Buchanan, Roberts, Rogerst
Smith and Mayor Pezonella
NOES: (0)
ABSENT: (0)
ATT-EST:
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ARGUMENTS SUPPORTING PROPOSITION NO. 1
The need for a Community Recreation Building has
been expressed to the City Council and City Recreation,
Commission on several occasions. This type of structure does
not now presently exist within the developed area of our
community. The proposed building will provide a facility for
the social gatherings of all the local civic organizations
such as the Women's Club, Garden Club, Homeowners Association,
Fire and Police Auxiliary, Chamber of Commerce, Teen Club, Boy
Scoots, Cub Packs, Swim Club, etc, Activities that cannot be
held in school buildings or other community facilities may be
held in the Community Recreation Building,
The building complex is much needed to enable the City
to conduct evening and weekend activities for the teenage popu-
lation of the community. The facility will be a place in which
the teenagers of the community can congregate or socialize
during the evening hours. Unlike other cities our size, Rohnert
Park does not now have an acceptable location for evening time
teenage activities.
The building will be designed so that several activi-
ties can take place in it at the same time, it will have
complete kitchen facilities and several meeting rooms,
Planned location of the building is at the intersec-
tion of Burton and Bernice Avenues on the junior High School
property now owned by the Petaluma School District, but which
will be purchased by the City at a cost far below that of other
land in the existing developed area of our community.
The Community Recreation Building is a sorely needed
municipal facility. Ganeral Obligation Bonds represent the
most economical means foT the City to finance it.
ETery voterin support of 01ji roposition is urged in
the interest of the youth of our comovaity.
Respectfully submitted,
ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Mayor
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Ar'" ir
jimmie
Vernon
joseph A. Pezonella
Buchanan
X. Roberts
W. Rogers
1. Smith
ARGUMENTS SUPPORTING 2ROJOSVIOX NV 2
For the past several years the City of Rohnert Park
has attempted to improve the existing neighborhood parks on
a piece meal basis. This attempt has resulted in a patchwork
type effort because of the lack of sufficient amount of funds
to do the entire job< proposition No� 2 will Provide the nec-
essary fz nds to complete the existing neighborhood parks so
that the population of the existing community can enjoy these
facilities and the City can spend the monies that it is noToT
spending on improvements for t o debt service on the general.
obligation bonds� This has the advantage of having the popu-
lation enjoy the neighborhood parks and improvements during
the years in which the community is paying for the facilitiee.
The existing neighborhood parks have master plans for
facilities, such as picnic areas, landscaping, barbeque pits2
bicycle paths, trees, additional recreation facilities, etc.
To be able to install these improvements for the enjoyment of
the community the City must have funds. The large amount of
use that the neighborhood parks receive yore than indicates
that the residents would use the facilit�e-_,even more so if they
were upgraded. Parks for the most part now consist only of
large !awned area housing baseball diamonds and a limited amount
of play equipment,
General Obligation Bonds represent the moot economi"PT
way for the City to finance the improvements to the parks.
To keep Rohnert Park progressive and to provide the
type park facilities our community is entitled to and should
have, a YES vote on proposition No 2 is ur,0
Pespectfully submitted5
,R.�-)H1T1ERT P.ARK CITY COUNCIL
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Mayor Joseph A. Pezonella
Jack D, Buchanan
11-rthur N. Roberts
jiramie W. Rogers
Vernon P Smit1l
DR OF PRIPOSITION NO
ARGUIVE-PINT U �FAV
0,
" 1 recognizes that all
The Robnert Park CitY CO on should be
rs in
public Off a policy mmking Positi
ice 0 the ejeotorate.
elected and directly responsible t is not a policy makin
ver
The office of city Treasu charged with the resPOns
position. The oity Treasurer is funds� He does not determine
istody respon-
billtY OF the C' is Q any way
how the tem. If, as the City
sible for the
Cat accounting sys can be combined with that
grows the office Of City Treasurer and savings can be
of City ymsofficer, greate r efficie ncy
effected. r, the electorate ieldOm has a choice in ele"
Actualljo because there is seldom competition for
ttng a City Treasurer
Since Rohnert Park became a city the first
the positiO" was appoited by the Council, he their, rayrl
City Treasurer n
uncontested in 1964 and there is only one person running for
the p I osition at this election- set list of qualifications
in addition, there is no ave, thus tt is possible that
that the person runningg has tO
h finance could be elected to
someone totally unfamiliar fit ry to the purposes of the City
st� This would be contra:. . appointive the City
the P0 tion. If the positiOn i on, with the proper
Treasurer POs'
Council can make certain that only some
qualifications is appointedg as was done with the appointment
of the Citys first treasurer, 0 control since the
CertainlY the electorate loses n
esponsible body chosen by the people. The
Council is a r intive City Treasurer's in California
approximately 100 appo
attests to this fact. and Santa Rosa have appointive su
The cities of Petaluma
City Treasurers and the retiring Sebastopol c ity Trearer
has recommended to Sebastopol's Council that the position be
made appointive
Keep Rohnert Park Progressive, Vote YES On
proposition No. 3. Respectfully sum ittedf
p,o--� IRT PAFX CITY COUNOIL
Mayor Joseph A. Pezonella
Jack D. Buchanan
Arthur N. Roberts
jimmie W. Rogers
Vernon P. Smitl