HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2012 3114 2012 0620 RESOLUTION NO. 2012-3114
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 General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Moorpark,
California, on November 6, 2012,at which there will be submitted to the voters a City ballot
measure question as follows:
Shall the City of Moorpark be authorized to develop, construct, or acquire up
to a maximum of two hundred (200) low rent housing units, affordable to
persons of low income, in the City of Moorpark over a ten (10)-year period
commencing upon the effective date of the authorization ordinance?
NOW,THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council authorizes Mayor Janice Parvin, Mayor Pro
Tempore David Pollock, Councilmember Roseann Mikos,Councilmember Keith Millhouse,
and Councilmember Mark Van Dam to file a written argument with the City Clerk in favor of
the City measure as specified above.
SECTION 2. 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 three hundred (300)words in length
and shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed name(s) and original
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 original signature of at least one of its
principal officers, who is the author of the argument. Pursuant to Section 9286 of the
Elections Code, arguments may be changed or withdrawn by their proponents until and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 (5)
persons. The arguments shall be accompanied by the Argument/Rebuttal Form available
from the City Clerk.
SECTION 3. Pursuant to Section 9287 of the Elections Code, 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 of the Elections Code
and this resolution. In the case of receipt of more than one argument for or more than one
argument against the measure, of the same preference and priority pursuant to Section
9287 of the Elections Code, the City Clerk shall select the argument to be printed and
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distributed to the voters by random drawing from those arguments of the same preference
and priority.
SECTION 4. 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 not exceeding five hundred (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. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and shall enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of June 2012.
�ie S. Parvin, Mayor
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Maureen Benson, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF VENTURA ss.
CITY OF MOORPARK
1, Maureen Benson, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify
under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 2012-3114 was adopted by the
City Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 22nd day of June,
2012, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Mikos, Millhouse, Pollock, Van Dam, and Mayor Parvin
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 22nd day of June, 2012.
Maureen Benson, City Clerk
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