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RESOLUTION # '8"::L
(Series of 2006)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, IN
SUPPORT OF THE 2006 PITKIN COUNTY BALLOT ISSUE KNOWN AS "BALLOT
QUESTION 1A DEDICATED PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITY
FUND," DEDICATED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A STABLE
FUNDING SOURCE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY
NON-PROFIT PROGAMS.
WHEREAS, The Healthy Community Fund is a dedicated source of funding that
provides financial support to non-profit organizations that offer critical health and human
services to the residents and workers of Pitkin County and the City of Aspen; and
WHEREAS, the Healthy Community Fund is supported by a dedicated property
tax levy and 100% of the funds are distributed to area non-profits agencies through an
annual grant process; and
WHEREAS, the Healthy Community Fund supports programs for children, youth,
adults, and seniors such as support for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault,
care for the terminally ill, mental health counseling for individuals and families, drug and
alcohol counseling and prevention, services for adults and children with development
disabilities, public health services including prenatal care, family planning,
immunizations and communicable disease control, programs that conserve a healthy
environment, prevention, intervention and support services for children, youth, and
families; and
WHEREAS, the Healthy Community Fund supports non-profit organizations that
strengthen and enrich the quality of life in Pitkin County and the City of Aspen. Seniors
receive regular check-ins and nutritional meals through "Meals on Wheels", people with
addictions work toward sobriety, hospice patients receive quality end-of-Iife care, new
moms and moms-to-be become skilled at parenting, and young people learn to make
good choices and resist drugs and alcohol; and
WHEREAS, the Healthy Community Fund supports Aspen organizations such as
Alpine Legal Services, Aspen Camp for the Deaf, Aspen Given Foundation, Aspen High
School Project Graduation, Aspen Youth Center, Challenge Aspen, Computers for Kids,
Grass Roots Television, Healthy Mountain Communities, KAJX Public Radio,
RESPONSE, Roaring Fork Hospice, Shining Star Foundation, Valley partnership for
Drug Prevention, Wilderness Workshop, and YouthZone; and
WHEREAS, if the dedicated property tax levy for the Healthy Community Fund is
not reauthorized, support for human services and community non-profits will decrease
significantly. Only services mandated by law will be funded and a few essential services
for public health, mental health, and senior services will receive limited funds. Funding
to all others will have to be cut.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL supports
the ballot question known as "Pitkin County Ballot Question 1A", which increases the
Pitkin County property tax levy, dedicated for the sole purpose of providing funding for
health and human service and community non-profit programs benefiting the citizens of
Aspen and Pitkin County, and urges the electors of the City of Aspen to support said
proposed ballot question and to vote "Yes" on its passage.
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Dated: Ai f2A.rV}f A P 4-) ~ I am h
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing is a
true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of
Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting held September 25, 2006.