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RESOLUTION NO. 14-C78
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
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 TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS AT THE MARCH 3, 2015
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Azusa, California
on March 3, 2015, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following measure:
"Shall an ordinance amending the Azusa
Municipal Code be adopted to increase the
rate of the Transient Occupancy (Room) Tax
from 7.5% to 10%, and to apply the Tax to all
rent charged by hotel operators, including
online travel companies, for the transient
occupancy of any hotel room, to help maintain
general City services such as police and fire
protection, street operations and maintenance,
and library, parks and recreation services?"
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Primary Arguments. That the City Council authorizes (i) all members 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 thereof 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 December 1, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. Each argument
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.
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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
December 11, 2014 at 5:30 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. March 3, 2015 Election. That the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 shall
apply only to the election to be held on March 3, 2015, 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 17th day of November, 2014.
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/Oseph'Romero Rocha
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 14-C78 was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 17`" day of
November, 2014, by the following vote of Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GONZALES, CARRILLO, MACIAS, ALVAREZ, ROCHA
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
I fr L ce Cornejo, Jr,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mato A. Marti ez
Best Best & Kri er LLP
City Attorney
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