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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 768 CITY OF SARATOGA RESOLUTION NO. 768 A RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF SARATOC~ FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF SAID CITY TItE MEASURE OF INCREASING THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF SAID CITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF APPROXIMATELY 400 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SARATOGA HILLSIDE AREA FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION; FIXING THE DATE OF SAID ELECTION, THE MANNER OF HOLDING THE SAME, PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THFREOF, AND CONSOLIDATING SAID SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DIPECT PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD ON JUNE 8, 1976 BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, as follows: Section 1. A special municipal election shall be and is hereby ordered and will be held in the City of Saratoga (hereinafter called "the City:) on Tuesday, June 8, 1976, at which election shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City the question of increasing the maximam tax rate of the City for the object and purpose set forth in the following measure, to wit: MEASURE ( ): Shall the maximum (Maxi'~ Tax Rate tax rate of the Increase) City of Saratoga be in. creased by One Dollar Thirty Cents ($1.30) for each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of all taxable property 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 acC.uire aDDroxi- mateiV 400 acres of land located in the Saratoga hillside area for open space preservation, generally being a portion of those lands in and about the western foothills of Saratoga from Hakone c~ardens north to the Parker Ranch? Section 2. The City Council does hereby submit to the qualified electors of the City at said special municipal election said measure set forth in Section 1 of this resolution, and designates and refers to said measure in the form of ballot hereinafter prescribed for use at said election. (a) Said special municipal election shall be held and conducted, and the votes thereof canvassed, and the returns thereof made, and the result thereof ascertained and determined, as herein provided; and in all particulars not prescribed by this resolution, said election shall be held as provided by law for the holding of municipal elections in the City. (b) All persons qualifiedto vote at municipal elections in the City upon the date of the election herein provided for shall be qualified to vote upon the measure sub- mitted at said special municipal election. (c) The polls at the polling places hereinafter designated shall be opened at 7:00 o'clock A.M. of said day of election and shall be kept open continuously thereafter until 8:00 o'clock P.M. of said day of election, when the polls shall be closed (except as provided in Section 14436 of the Elections Code), and the election officers shall thereupon proceed to canvass the ballots cast thereat. (d) Said special municipal election hereby called shall be and is hereby consolidated with the State of California Direct Primary Election to be held in the City on June 8, 1976, all as required by and pursuant to law; and the election pre- cincts, polling places and officers of election within the City for said special municipal election hereby called shall be the same as those selected and designated by the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County for said Direct Primary Election and set forth in the notice of election officers and polling places for said Direct Primary Election published or to be published by the County Clerk of said County, as required by law, to which notice reference is hereby specifically made for a designation of the precincts, polling places, and election officers of the special municipal election hereby called. Only qualified voters of the City shall be permitted to vote at said special.municipal election. The Registrar of Voters of said County is authorized to canvass the returns of said special municipal election with respect to the votes cast in the City and to certify the results to the Council. (e) On the ballots to be used at said Direct Primary Election and'said special municipal election hereby consoli- dated therewith, in addition to all other matters required by law to be printed'thereon, shall appear the measure set forth in Section 1 hereof. To vote for or against said measure hereby submitted and to authorize or not authorize, respectively, the maximum tax rate increase in said measure set fort~, each voter shall stamp a mark (0) in the blank space opposite the word "YES" or opposite the word "NO", respectively, on the ballot to th~ right of said measure. On absent voter ballots the cross (+) may be marked with pen or pencil, except that if and to the extent that Votronic ballots are provided for absent voters, each voter shall stamp a mark ($) in the blank space opposite the word "YES" or opposite the word "NO" on the ballot to the right of said measure. Absent voter ballots setting forth said measure shall be issued to qualified electors residing within the City entitled thereto, in the manner provided by law, and such absent voter ballots shall likewise be can- vassed by the Registrar of Voters of Santa Clara County. 3 (f) At the next regular meeting of the Council occurring after the returns of said special municipal election have been canvassed by the Registrar of Voters of said County, and the certification of the results thereof to the Council, or at a special meeting called thereafter for such purpose, the Council shall cause to be spread upon its minutes a state- ment of the results of said special municipal election as ascer- tained by said canvass. Section 3. The Council proposes to use the revenues from the increased maximum tax rate for the object and purpose specified in said measure, if a majority of the qualified electors voting on such measureat said special municipal election shall vote in favor of said measure. Section 4. The City Clerk of the City is hereby directed, upon the passage and adoption of this resolution, to publish the same once a week for two (2) successive weeks in the Sarat~~ News, and such publication shall constitute notice of said election. No other notice of the election hereby called need be given. PASSED AND ADOPTED March 23, 1976, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Bridges, Kraus, BriEham, Corr, Matteoni NOES: None ABSENT: None M~/or 5f"the City of Sar'a~a c 4