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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 02-114 WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, RESOLUTION SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 47 Proposition 47 - the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002 -provides $13 billion in bonds to relieve overcrowding, accommodate new enrollments, make safety repairs and upgrade California's elementary, middle and high schools, community colleges, and universities; and California's independent Legislative Analyst reports, "About one in three California school children attends an overcrowded school or a school needing modernization'; and Proposition 47 is needed to build new classrooms to relieve already overcrowded schools and accommodate nearly one million new students who will be entering our schools; the Office of Public School Construction data shows California needs 46,000 new classrooms, or 1,175 new schools, in the next five years; and Proposition 47 ensures every critically overcrowded school district is eligible for its fair share of funds to build new classrooms; and many older schools are in dire need of repair and upgrading and Proposition 47 is needed to fix leaky roofs, repair broken bathrooms, upgrade inadequate electrical and fire alarm systems, install heaters and air conditioning, improve earthquake safety in our schools, upgrade college laboratories and research facilities, and wire classrooms for the technology and computers our children need to meet academic standards and compete in the modem workforce; and Proposition 47 provides matching funds to school districts that have already or will soon pass local school construction bond measures; and the California Taxpayers' Association supports Proposition 47 because funds must be spent on school construction or renovation, and must not be wasted, and projects must comply with strict accountability requirements, including mandatory audits, to safeguard taxpayer dollars; and