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HomeMy WebLinkAbout23001 RESOLUTION NO. 23001 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE AT THE NOVEMBER 8, 2011, GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS. WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Palm Springs, California on November 8, 2011, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following question and measure: Shall an ordinance to provide funding that cannot be taken by the YES State and help preserve Palm Springs' city services, including without limitation police, fire, library, parks, streets/pothole repair, acquisition and development of garages and parking facilities, installation and maintenance of improvements and facilities for the implementation of the Museum Market Plaza Specific Plan, by enacting a City of Palm Springs 1% sales and use tax, for 25 NO years,subject to independent annual audits, be adopted? WHEREAS Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the California Elections Code provides for the filing of written arguments and rebuttal arguments for City measures submitted at municipal elections. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council authorizes any and all members of the City Council to file a written argument in Favor OR Against the City Measure, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the person(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, 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. No argument shall exceed 300 words in length. Resolution No. 23001 Page 2 SECTION 2. Pursuant to Section 9285 of the Elections Code of the State of California, when the City Clerk has selected the arguments for and against the measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the City Clerk shall send copies of the argument in favor of the measure to the authors of the argument against, and copies of the argument against to the authors in favor. The authors may prepare and submit rebuttal arguments not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the person(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, not more than 10-days after the final date for filing direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it seeks to rebut. SECTION 3. Any written argument or rebuttal argument filed with the City Clerk shall be accompanied by the Statement of the Author Form required by Section 9600 of the California Elections Code. The City Clerk shall provide such form upon request. SECTION 4. The City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the measure to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure, not to exceed 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 5. The City Clerk shall print, or cause to be printed, in the Official Sample Ballot, the entire text of the arguments for or against the measure, and the rebuttal arguments, in uniform type, style and spacing. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL THIS 20TH DAY OF JULY, 2011. DAVID H. READY MANAGER ATTEST: MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK Resolution No. 23001 Page 3 CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Resolution No. 23001 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on July 20, 2011, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Mills, Mayor Pro Tern Weigel, and Mayor Pougnet. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. AMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK City of Palm Springs, California 0,7 5�to!