HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 3643 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO. 3643
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF PRIMARY
AND REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS AND SETTING RULES FOR THE
FILING OF WRITTEN ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE
TO BE SUBMITTED AT THE NOVEMBER 8, 2016 GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of San Jacinto,
California on November 8, 2016, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following
measure:
"Shall the City of San Jacinto increase the Transient
Occupancy (Hotel Room) Tax rate from 8% to 12%, Yes
generating approximately $20,000 more annually to
pay for general City services, such as police, fire, and
parks, until ended by voters?"
No
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Primary Arguments. That the City Council authorizes (i) the City Council or any
member(s) of the City Council, (ii) any individual voter eligible to vote on the above measure,
(iii) a bona fide association of such citizens or (iv) any combination of voters and associations, to
file a written argument in favor of or against the City measure, 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 below by the City Clerk, after which no arguments for or against the
City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
The deadline to submit arguments for or against the City Measure pursuant to this Resolution is
declared by the City Clerk to be Thursday, August 22, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. Each argument shall
not exceed 300 words and shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, and include 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.
SECTION 2. Rebuttal Arguments. Pursuant to Section 9285 of the Elections Code of the State
of California, when the City Clerk has selected the primary arguments for and against the City
Measure(s) which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the Clerk shall send copies of the
primary argument in favor of the Measure(s) to the authors of the primary argument against, and
copies of the primary argument against to the authors of the primary argument in favor. The
authors or persons designated by them may prepare and submit rebuttal arguments not exceeding
250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk not later than Tuesday,
September 1, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the
primary arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the primary argument
which it seeks to rebut.
SECTION 3. Prior Resolutions. That all previous resolutions providing for the filing of
primary and rebuttal arguments related to City measures are repealed.
SECTION 4. November 8, 2016 Election. That the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 shall apply
only to the election to be held on November 8, 2016, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 5. Certification. 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 this 8th day of August, 2016 by the following
vote:
AYES: Gagnepain, Ledezma, Miller, Ruiz, Kotyuk
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City of San Jacinto
Andrew F. Kotyuk, Mayor
ATTEST:
n atron, Deputy City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
BEST BEST & KRIEGER
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Jeffrey S. Ballinger, City Attorney
CERTIFICATION
I, Jan Catron, Deputy City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 3643 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of San Jacinto
at a special meeting thereof, held on the 8th day of August, 2016, by the following vote of
Council:
AYES: Gagnepain, Ledezma, Miller, Ruiz, Kotyuk
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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