HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-16 - Setting Priorities for Filing Written Argument(s) Regarding City Measure Directing City Attorney to Prepare an Impartial AnalysisRESOLUTION NO. 10-16
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING
WRITTEN ARGUMENT(S) REGARDING A CITY MEASURE AND
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS.
WHEREAS, a Special Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Costa
Mesa, California, on June 8, 2010, at which there will be submitted to the voters
the following measure:
Should an ordinance be adopted confirming the General Plan
Y
Designation for the Orange County Fair and Event Center as it is
E
set forth in the General Plan as amended by GP -09-01 which
amended the fairground land use designation in the Land'Use
S
Element of the 2000 General Plan to describe and maintain
current fair and event uses on the site and requiring that further
N
amendment be made only upon majority vote of the electorate.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council authorizes ALL members of the City
Council to file (a) written argument(s) In Favor of or Against City measure(s) not
exceeding 300 words, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of
the author(s) submitting it, in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of
the Elections Code of the State of California and to change the argument until
and including the date fixed by the City Clerk after which no arguments for or
against the City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.]
The arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed
name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf
of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and
signature of at least one of its principal officers who is the author of the
argument. The arguments shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement To
Be Filed By Author(s) of Argument (Attachment 1).
SECTION 2. That the City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy
of the measure to the City Attorney, unless the organization or salaries of the
office of the city attorney are affected. The City Attorney shall prepare an
impartial analysis of the measure not exceeding 500 words showing the effect
of the measure on the existing law and the operation of the measure. The
impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of
primary arguments.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption
of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 16, 2010.
ATTEST:
Ci Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
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Mayor c the City of Costa Mesa
APP OVED AS TO FORM
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City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, JULIE FOLCIK, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 10-16 and was duly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
held on the 16th of February 16, 2010, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Mansoor, Leece, Bever, Foley, Monahan
None
None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 16TH day of February 16, 2010.
(SEAL)
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JULIE FOLCIK, CITY CLERK
Attachment 1
FORM OF STATEMENT TO BE FILED BY
AUTHORS OF ARGUMENTS
All arguments concerning measures filed pursuant to Division 9, Chapter 3
(beginning with § 9200) of the Elections Code shall be accompanied by the
following form statement to be signed by each proponent, and by each author, if
different, of the argument:
The undersigned proponent (s) or author(s) of the (primary/rebuttal) argument (in favor
of/against) ballot proposition (name or number) at the Special Municipal election for the (jurisdiction) to be
held on June 8, 2010, hereby state that the argument is true and correct to the best of (his/her/their)
knowledge and belief.
Sign Name
Editor's (Votes:
Print Name
Date
All Authors must print his/her name and sign this form (EC 9600)
AND
Print his/her name and sign the Argument itself (EC 9283)
AND
Print his/her name and sign the Rebuttal Argument itself (EC 9285)
Further, pursuant to Election Code § 9282, printed arguments submitted to the voters shall be titled either
"Argument In Favor Of Measure _" or "Argument Against Measure _"
Likewise, printed rebuttal arguments submitted pursuant to Election Code § 9285 shall be titled either
"Rebuttal To Argument In Favor Of Measure 11or "Rebuttal to Argument Against Measure _"
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