HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1992-16762 RESOLUTION NO. 16762
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN
ARGUMENTS REGARDING CITY MEASURES AND DIRECTING THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Chula
Vista, California on November 3, 1992, at which there will be submitted to the
voters the following measures:
Measure J: Runoff Elections: Shall Section 300 be amended to
provide that, if a municipal election does not
produce a majority winner and a special election
is required among the two highest candidates, the
third highest candidate shall be given the
opportunity to participate in the runoff election
if one of the two runoff election candidates dies
more than ninety days preceding that election;
and to allow election of the remaining candidate
by operation of law if the candidate receiving
the third highest number of votes declines to
run?
Measure K: Vacancies: Shall Section 303 be amended to
provide that a Councilmember's Office becomes
vacant if a Councilmember, without excuse granted
contemporaneously, is absent from four
consecutive regular meetings scheduled and held;
to require Council to grant excuse for temporary
illness disabling the Councilmember's attendance;
and to require Council to declare such vacancy as
soon as practicable, and use its best efforts to
appoint a replacement within thirty days, or call
a special election?
Measure L: Appointive Boards and Commissions: Shall Section
600 be amended to allow Council to provide
additional powers for Charter-created boards and
commissions; authorize Council to delegate
decision-making authority to such boards and
commissions and to any boards and commissions it
creates by ordinance; and to exempt advisory
committees from certain Charter requirements
applicable to boards and commissions?
Measure M: Appointments, Terms and Vacancies: Shall Section
602 of the Charter be amended to allow initial
terms of less than two years to be disregarded
for the purposes of the two-term limit on service
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by members of boards and commissions, in the same
manner as currently allowed for persons appointed
to fill a position with an unexpired term of two
years or less?
Measure N: Public Works Contracts: Shall Section 1009 be
amended to increase the amounts which trigger the
application of existing, increasingly stringent,
bidding procedures required of the City Manager
and City Council to award Public Works contracts
and to allow the City Council to waive any
defects in bids if, in a public hearing, the
Council finds such waiver is in the public
interest?
WHEREAS, on January 10, 1978 by Resolution No. 8967, the Council adopted
provisions allowing for rebuttal arguments.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, DOES RESOLVE,
DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council authorizes:
Tim Nader, Mayor, and all 4 Councilmembers In favor Measure J
Tim Nader, Mayor, and all 4 Councilmembers In favor Measure K
Tim Nader, Mayor, and all 4 Councilmembers In favor Measure L
Tim Nader, Mayor, and all 4 Councilmembers In favor Measure M
Tim Nader, Mayor, and all 4 Councilmembers In favor Measure N
to file a written argument regarding 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, August 24,
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 measures 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. The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set
by the city clerk, August 24, for the filing of primary arguments.
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SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions,
Presented by Approved as to form by
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, California, this 18th day of August, 1992, by the following vote:
YES: Councilmembers: Horton, Malcolm, Rindone, Nader
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Moore
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
Tim/~der~ Mayor
ATTEST:
Beverl~y~. A'uthelet, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 16762 was duly passed, approved,
and adopted by the City Council held on the 18th day of August, 1992.
Executed this 18th day of August, 1992.
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~. A~thelet, City Clerk