HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2019-C55RESOLUTION NO. 2019-055
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 AT THE MARCH 3, 2020 GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Azusa, California
on March 3, 2020, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following measure:
"To maintain City of Azusa police, firefighter and paramedic
staffing levels, 9-1-1 emergency response services, gang Yes
enforcement and neighborhood patrols; address homelessness to
maintain public health/safety; repair parks, library, community
centers; and maintain graffiti removal, senior services including No
meals on wheels, afterschool programs and other City services, shall
a measure be adopted establishing a 3/4¢ sales tax providing
approximately $4,500,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring
annual independent audits with all funds benefiting Azusa
residents?"
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) 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 December 12, 2019, at 5:30 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 which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the Clerk shall send copies
of the primary argument in favor of the Measure 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 Monday
December 23, 2019, 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, 2020 Election. That the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 shall
apply only to the election to be held on March 3, 2020, 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 18th day of November, 2019.
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Josep omero Rocha
Mayor
ATTEST
I;AIw oimej o, Jr.
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 2019-055 was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof held on the 184' day of
November 2019, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GONZALES, CARRILLO, MACIAS, ALVAREZ, ROCHA
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
Je e r ornejo, Jr.
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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