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RESOLUTION NO. 6552
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING
WRITTEN ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE AND
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS FOR THE MEASURE
WHEREAS, a Special Municipal Election is to be held in the City of
Arcadia, California, on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at which there will be submitted to
the voters the following measure:
MEASURE B:
Shall an ordinance amending the Arcadia Municipal Code and
Redevelopment Plan to (I) eliminate the use of eminent domain for purposes
of taking private property for private use, (2) promote economic development,
(3) protect existing land uses in the Central Business District Zone, and (4)
preserve the rights of private property owners to reasonably and lawfully use
and develop their property, be adopted?
WHEREAS, the Elections Code allows the City Council, or a member or
members of the City Council authorized by the City Council, to submit an
argument for or against ballot measures; and
WHEREAS, the Elections Code mandates that the City Clerk, as the City
Election Official, when selecting arguments to print in the official election
materials, must give priority to the following arguments in the following order:
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(1) the City Councilor member(s) of the City Council authorized by the
City Council to submit an argument;
(2) the individual voter, or bona fide association of citizens, or
combination of voters and associations, who are the bona fide
sponsors or proponents of the ballot measure;
(3) bona fide associations of citizens; and
(4) individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measures; and
WHEREAS, the Elections Code also authorizes the City Council to direct
the City Attorney to prepare an "Impartial Analysis" of any measure submitted to
the voters.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1,
Written Argument. The City Council authorizes any and
all members of the City Council to file a written argument in favor of or against
the proposed measure as specified above, in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3,
Division 9 of the Elections Code of the State of California, and to change the
arguments until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk for filing primary
arguments, after which no arguments for or against the proposed measure may be
submitted to the City Clerk, pursuant to Section 9286 of the Elections Code of the
State of California.
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SECTION 2,
Format of Written Argument. All arguments concerning
the proposed measure shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed
names and signatures of the authors submitting them, 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 Authors
of Argument.
SECTION 3, Priority of Arguments. The City Council directs the City
Clerk to abide by Section 9287 of the Elections Code when selecting arguments in
favor of and against the proposed measure by giving preference and first priority to
arguments by the City Councilor the member(s) of the City Council authorized by
the City Council to submit arguments.
SECTION 4, Impartial Analvsis, The City Council directs the City
Clerk to transmit a copy of the proposed measure to the City Attorney. The City
Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the proposed measure showing the
effect of the proposed measure on the existing law and the operation of the
proposed measure, The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the City
Clerk for the filing of primary arguments.
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SECTION 5.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
Passed, approved and adopted this 16th day of January ,2007.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies
that the foregoing Resolution No. 6552 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 16th day of January, 2007 and that said Resolution
was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
A YES: Council Member Amundson, Harbicht, Segal, Wuo and Chandler
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ity Clerk ofthe City of Arcadia
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