HomeMy WebLinkAbout1311 - TO STATE THE CITY COUNCIL’S SUPPORT FOR THE CITY’S PARTICIPATION THE PROPOSED BOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTRESOLUTION 1311
A RESOLUTION TO STATE THE CITY COUNCIL’S SUPPORT FOR THE
CITY’S PARTICIPATION THE PROPOSED BOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY
DISTRICT, AND SETTING FORTH RELATED DETAILS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO FINDS AND
RECITES THAT:
A.A group of voters submitted a petition to the Board of County Commissioners of
Boulder County (BOCC) to create a ballot item to form and fund the Boulder Public Library
District after Boulder County voted against a resolution to form a library district in cooperation
with the City of Boulder.
B.The petition identifies City of Boulder, along with Boulder County, as the
governmental units establishing the proposed library district, citing Resolution 1305, adopted by
City Council on April 5, 2022, to form a library district cooperatively with Boulder County.
C.The Boulder County Clerk and Recorder’s Office certified the petition “Library
District serving the City of Boulder and surrounding unincorporated Boulder County areas” on
May 31, 2022.
D.The BOCC is scheduled to set the November 2022 ballot title on August 16, 2022.
E.Colorado Library Law, C.R.S. § 24-90-106(1) requires that, as a governmental
unit that provides library services within the service area of the proposed library district, the
Boulder City Council must act by resolution whether to participate in the proposed Boulder
Public Library District.
F. Pursuant to Colorado Library Law, C.R.S. § 24-90-106(1) this Resolution will
constitute the city's written notice whether it has decided to participate in a library district if the
voters approve the formation of a library district and the tax measure to fund the district.
BASED ON THE FINDINGS MADE IN THIS RESOLUTION, ABOVE, BE IT
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO,
THAT:
1. The City of Boulder shall participate in the proposed Boulder Public Library District if
the electors approve the formation of a library district.
2.If participation in the library district is to be funded by any amount of tax levy not
previously established by resolution nor previously approved by the electors of the
proposed district, the electors of the library district must approve that levy before the city
will participate in the library district.
ADOPTED this 14th day of July 2022.
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Aaron Brocket,
Mayor
Attest:
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Elesha M. Johnson,
City Clerk