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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5670 RESOLUTION NO. 5670 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 WHEREAS, a Special Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Arcadia on September 15, 1992, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following measure: SHALL THE ARCADIA CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED BY ADOPTION OF REVISIONS TO VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER, AS FOLLOWS: (1) Require that a person reside in the city and be a registered voter and elector of the city when nomination papers are issued for Councilmember eligibility. (2) Authorize the city Council to determine when to reschedule a meeting which falls on a holiday. (3) Requires a City officer or employee to give up that position if elected to a City of Arcadia office. (4) Regarding City Boards and Commissions authorize action by a majority vote of a quorum. (5) Delete language that accords membership on the Recreation , Commission to representatives of agencies that contract with the city relating to recreation or parks. (6) Delete language that calls for a personnel representative in the Classified Service. (7) Eliminate all reference to specific gender by the substitution of councilmember for Councilman. 1 5670 (8) Authorize that violations of the Municipal Code be misdemeanors or infractions and prescribe the misdemeanor penalty to be that which is authorized by state Law. YES NO NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the City Council authorizes the Arcadia City Council, Mayor George Fasching, Mayor Pro Tern Joseph Ciraulo, Councilman Robert Harbicht, Councilman Dennis Lojeski and Councilman Bob Margett, members of that body, to file written arguments in favor of the City measure as specified above in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 5 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. SECTION 2. That the City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the measure to the City Attorney, unless the organization or salaries of the office of the city Attorney are affected. 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. If the measure affects the organization or salaries of the office of the City Attorney, the City Clerk shall prepare the impartial analysis. The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the city Clerk for the 2 5670 filing of primary arguments. SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. Passed, approved and adopted this 19th da ATTEST: cit f Arcadia 3 5670 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 5670 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 19th day of May, 1992 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmember Ciraulo, Harbicht, Lojeski, Margett and Fasching NOES: None ABSENT: None of Arcadia 4 5670