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RESOLUTION NO. 769
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SANTA
CLARA COUNTY- TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF A
SPECIAL MUNICIPAL BOND ELECTION AND A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION WITH THF STATE OF CALIFORNIA DIRECT PRIMARY
ELECTION TO BE tlELD ON JUNE 8, 1976
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Saratoga
proposes to adopt an ordinance calling a special municipal bond
election to be held in the City of Saratoga on Tuesday, June 8,
1976, at which election will be submitted to the oualified
electors of the City the following measure, to wit:
MEASURE ( ): Shall the City of
(Park and Recreation Saratoga incur a
Facilities) bonded indebtedness
in the principal
amount of $2,000,000 for the acquisition of
the following municiDal improvement, to wit:
Park and recreation ~acilities, comprising
the acquisition of approximately 400 acres
of land located in the Saratoga hillside area
for open space mreservation, generaliv being
a portion Of those lands in and about the
western foothills of Saratoga from Hakone
Gardens north to the Parker Ranch?
AND ~{EREAS, the City Council of the City of Saratoga
has adopted a resolution calling a special municipal election
to be held in the City of Saratoga on Tuesday, June 8, 1976,
at which election will be st~bmitted to the oualified electors
of the City the following measure, to wit:
MEASURE ( ): Shall the maximum
(Maximum T~x Rate tax rate of the
Increase) City of Saratoga
be increased by
One Dollar Thirty Cents ($1.30) for each
One Hundred Dollars ($100) of assessed
valuation of all taxable Droperty within
the City, such increased rate to be in
effect either for Fiscal Year 1976-1977
or Fiscal Year 1977-1978, the revenues
of which are to be used to acquire aDproxi-
mately 400 acres of land located in the
Saratoga hillside area for open space
Dreservation, generally being a portion of
those lands in and about the western foot-
hills of Saratoga from Hakone Gardens north
to the Parker Ranch?
AND WHEREAS, a State of California Direct Primary
Election will be held on Tuesday, June 8, 1976, and it is
the desire of the Council that both of said special municipal
elections be consolidated with said Direct Primary Election;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Saratoga, as follows:
Section 1. The Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara
County is hereby requested to order the consolidation of both
of said special municipal elections with said Direct Primary
Election to be held on Tuesday, June 8, 1976, insofar as the
City is concerned, and to further provide that within the
territory affected by said order of consolidation, to wit,
the City, the election precincts, polling Dlaces and voting
booths shall in every case be the same and there shall be only
one set of election officers in each of said precincts, and to
further provide that said measure for incurring bonded indebt-
edness hereinabove set forth and said measure for a maximum
tax rate increase hereinabove set forth shall be set forth
in each form of ballot to be used at said election insofar as
the same is held within the City. The Board of Supervisors of
Santa Clara County is further requested to order the Registrar
of Voters of the County (i) to set forth on all samDle ballots
relating to said consolidated elections, to be mailed to the
qualified electors of the City, said two measures hereinabove
set forth, and to mail with said sample ballots to said electors
printed copies of arguments (if any) for and against said
measures, and a copy of the tax rate statement for said bond
measure, and (ii) to provide absent voter ballots for said
Direct Primary Election and said special municipal elections
consolidated therewith for use by qualified electors of the
City who are entitled thereto, in the manner provided by law.
Section 2. The Registrar of Voters of Santa Clara
County is hereby further authorized to canvass, as provided
by law, the returns of said special municipal elections with
respect to the votes cast on each of said measures and to
certify such canvass of the votes cast for and against each
of said measures to the Council.
Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to certify to the due adoption of this resolution and
to transmit a copy hereof so certified to the Board of Super-
visors of the County and to file copies hereof so certified
with the County Clerk of the County and with the Registrar
of Voters of the County
PASSED AND ADOPTED March 23, 1976, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmen Bridges, Kraus, Brigham, Corr, Matteoni
NOES: None
Mayor of the City 0f~Sara~a
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