HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 1985-41 MICROFILMED AUG 81
RESOLUTION NO. 85-41
A RESOLUTION URGING BREVARD COUNTY NOT TO
CLOSE THE CAPE CANAVERAL PUBLIC LIBRARY;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO SEND COPIES
OF THE RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE
STAFF; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Cape Canaveral has provided its
citizens with a library for seventeen years; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cape Canaveral has funded said library,
first through City general funds and then through the County ad
valorem tax for libraries; and
WHEREAS, the City has supplemented that funding dramatically
in the recent past again with general funds due to the financial
crunch the libraries have been in; and
WHEREAS, the City Council and the citizens are seriously
concerned about any cultural loss to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has a large percentage of elderly citizens
and children which would be unable to use the Cocoa Beach
Library; and
WHEREAS, the City is actively pursuing funding to construct
a new, centrally located library; and
WHEREAS, the City' s library over the past year has had the
highest percentage increase of circulation of any library in the
County; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Cape Canaveral are paying
significant tax dollars for the operation of a library; and
WHEREAS, the City would like to continue a contractural
process between the City and Brevard County considering library
operations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. The City of Cape Canaveral urges the Brevard
County Board of Commissioners to disregard that section of their
recent library study which recommends the phasing out and
eventual closing of Cape Canaveral Library and reestablishing it
as an intregal part of the County library system.
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SECTION 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to mail this
resolution to the Board of County Commissioners and the County
administrative staff.
SECTION 3 . This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this 20th day of August , 1985.
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