HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2005 2400 2005 1005RESOLUTION NO. 2005 -2400
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES
FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS 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 Moorpark, California, on February 28, 2006, at which there
will be submitted to the voters the following measure:
Shall the Ordinance approving the North Park Village and
Nature Preserve Plan on 3,544 acres, including a General
Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Zone Change and
Development Agreement, which together: amend the CURB
Boundary; prohibit development on 434 acres of open space
and a 2,160 -acre nature preserve; permit 1,680 homes, a
recreational lake, and 70,000 square feet of commercial
buildings; and fund new schools, parks, and a fire
station, among other things, be adopted?
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division
9 of the Elections Code of the State of California, the City
Council directs that the arguments for or against the City measure,
as specified above, shall not exceed 300 words in length and 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. Pursuant to Section
9286 of the Elections Code of the State of California, arguments
may be changed or withdrawn by their proponents until and including
the date fixed by the City Clerk, during the normal business hours
of the City Clerk's office as posted, after which no arguments for
or against the measure may be submitted to the City Clerk. The
arguments may not be signed by more than five persons. The
arguments shall be accompanied by the FORM OF STATEMENT TO BE FILED
BY AUTHOR(S) OF ARGUMENT (available from the City Clerk).
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Section 9287 of the Elections Code of
the State of California, if more than one argument for or more than
one argument against the measure is submitted to the City Clerk
within the time prescribed, the City Clerk shall select one of the
arguments in favor and one of the arguments against the measure for
printing and distribution to the voters in accordance with the
preference and priority named in Section 9287. In the case of
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receipt of more than one argument for or more than one argument
against the measure, of the same preference and priority pursuant
to Elections Code Section 9287, the City Clerk shall select the
argument to be printed and distributed to the voters by random
drawing from those arguments of the same preference and priority.
SECTION 3. That 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 showing
the effect of the measure on the existing law and the operation of
the measure, with said impartial analysis being filed by the date
set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary arguments.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of
original resolutions. t
PASSED AND ADOPTED tr
ATTEST:
Deborah S. TraffenstedtPvCity Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA )
CITY OF MOORPARK )
ss.
I, Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk of the City of
Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury
that the foregoing Resolution No. 2005 -2400 was adopted by the City
Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the
5th day of October, 2005, and that the same was adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Harper, Millhouse, Parvin, and
Mayor Hunter
NOES: Councilmember Mikos
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 6th
day of October, 2005.
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
(seal)