HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 18-52RESOLUTION NO. 18-52
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, SETTING DEADLINES AND PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN
ARGUMENTS REGARDING THE CITY INITIATED TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY
TAX MEASURE AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Elections Code section 9287, the City Council
is given first priority to submit an argument in favor of a proposed City Council initiated
measure and to select its member(s) to draft the argument; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Elections Code section 9280, the City Council may direct
the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis of the measure; and
WHEREAS, a pursuant to Resolution No. 2018-51, the City Council ordered
submittal to the Tustin voters the following measure (hereafter, the "Measure") at the
November 6, 2018 General election:
Shall the measure to provide police, fire, emergency medical and rescue
protection, to prevent fires and power outages, to maintain parks and YES
roads, and to provide other local services and improvements in the
community by raising the transient occupancy tax (paid by short-term
hotel and other guests) from 10% to 13% until ended by voters, providing
approximately $480,000 annually, with audits, all funds only for Tustin,
be adopted? NO
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, DOES
RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Elections Code §9282 and §9286, the deadline for
submitting direct written arguments in favor of and arguments against (not to exceed 300
words) the Measure to the City Clerk for transmittal to the County Registrar of Voters is
hereby set for August 6, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. Subdivision (a) of Elections Code §9285
relating to rebuttal arguments shall not apply.
SECTION 2. That the City Council authorizes the member(s) of its body identified
below to file a single written argument not exceeding 300 words, including title, in favor
of the Measure as specified above, 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. The arguments may be changed or withdrawn
until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk after which no arguments for or against
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the City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk. The authorized members of the
City Council are:
Mayor Murray
Mayor Pro Tem Gomez
The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are authorized to invite the Chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce to join in the ballot argument in favor of the measure. If he or she accepts, the
City Clerk is authorized to include that Chairman in the ballot argument.
SECTION 3. That in the event more than one direct argument is submitted in favor
of or in opposition to the Measure, pursuant to Elections Code §9287, the order of priority
for the City Clerk in selecting the argument shall be: (1) the City Council, or member(s) of
the City Council authorized by the City Council to submit the argument in favor; (2) an
individual voter or bona fide association of citizens, or combination thereof, who are the
bona fide sponsors or proponents of the measure; (3) bona fide association of citizens;
and (4) individual voters who are eligible to vote on measure.
SECTION 4. That pursuant to Elections Code §9280 the City Clerk is directed to
transmit a copy of the Measure to the City Attorney and the City Attorney is hereby
directed to prepare an impartial analysis of the Measure (not to exceed 500 words),
showing the effect of the Measure on the existing law and the operation of the Measure,
and shall submit such analysis to the City Clerk for transmittal to the County Registrar of
Voters by August 6, 2018.
ELWYN . MUR ,
Mayor
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ERICA N. YAsuQA,
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, ERICA N. YASUDA, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of
the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 18-52 was duly passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 17th day of July,
2018, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Murray, Gomez, Bernstein, Clark (4)
COUNCILMEMBER NOES: (0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: (0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: Puckett (1)
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ERICA N. YASU ,
City Clerk
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