HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1986/09/16 Item COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Meeting Date 9/16/86
Unanimous Consent Item
ITEM TITLE: Resolution /a 7aaCalling and Giving notice of the
holding of a Special Mail Ballot Election to be
held in said City on Tuesday, December 16 , 1986
for the purpose of submitting to the qualified
electors of Chula Vista a vote on the Rent Control
Initiative
SUBMITTED BY: City Clerk
(4/5ths Vote: Yes No X )
On Tuesday, August 26, 1986 petitions were filed in this office by
Reverend Robert Flaugher for a Rent Control Initiative . The 437
petitions were purported to contain 11 , 318 signatures of
registered voters in the City of Chula Vista . On August 26, 1986,
the City Clerk submitted the petitions to the Registrar of Voters
for certification of the signatures . A sufficient amount
necessary for a special election has been verified.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the resolution ordering the Special
Mail Ballot Election on December 16 , 1986 .
DISCUSSION:
On February 2 , 1986 , the Registrar of Voters certified to the
Secretary of State that there were 45, 034 registered voters in
Chula Vista . Although this figure did not include the Montgomery
area, it was nevertheless , the figure which had to be used by the
proponents of the Initiative .
To qualify for a Special Election, they had to obtain 6, 756
signatures of registered voters . Because the petitions contained
a number far greater than that, I ordered a 5% random sampling of
the petitions . Election Code 6555. 5 allows that if the number of
signatures affixed to a petition . . . " is 100 or more, the clerk may
use a random sampling technique for verification of the
signatures . . .Upon completion of the verification of signatures in
the sample, the percentage of signatures which are valid shall be
applied and projected to the total number of signatures submitted. "
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Unanimous Consent Item
Verification of the signatures revealed that of the 559 signatures
checked ( 5% of 11 ,183 ) , 439 were found to be valid; therefore , the
petitions , as submitted, do qualify for a Special Election .
The City Council , upon receiving this verification from the City
Clerk shall either : (a) introduce the ordinance without alteration
at the regular meeting at which it is presented and adopt the
ordinance within 10 days after it is presented; or (b) immediately
order a special election to be held not less than 88 nor more than
103 days after the date of the order at which the ordinance
without alteration shall be submitted to a vote of the voters of
the City (between December 13-29 , 1986 ) . Although the Elections
Code gives the City Clerk 30 days in which to verify the
signatures , the staff of the Registrar of Voters ' office completed
the check in 8 days . Therefore, based on this time schedule , the
following will now occur :
September 16 - City Council calls for a Special Election
21 - Publication calling the Special Election
and for setting the deadline arguments
30 - Deadline for submitting arguments
November 17 - Close of registration for this election
December 1 - Sample ballots are mailed
December 16 - Election Day
As in the past, the Registrar of Voters will conduct the election
with the City Clerk handling all of the legal work associated with
same .
FISCAL IMPACT: The Registrar of Voters estimates the cost of a
mail ballot election to be approximately 65% of a regular
election . The last municipal election cost 70 , 000 ; therefore,
the cost of the mail ballot election will be about $45,500 .
0869C
CI1Y OF
CHULA VISTA
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
September 17, 1986
Keith Boyer
Acting Registrar of Voters
P. O. Box 23044
San Diego, CA 92123
You will find enclosed the following Resolutions approved and
adopted by the City Council on September 16:
RESOLUTION 12728 - Calling a Special Mail Ballot Election on
December 16, 1986
RESOLUTION 12729 - Requesting Board of Supervisors to Permit
Registrar of Voters to Conduct the Election
RESOLUTION 12730 - Appointing Registar of Voters Deputy City Clerk
RESOLUTION 12731 - Ordering the Canvass of the Election
Jennie M. Fulasz, CMC
City Clerk
Enclosures
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