HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-12-10 - AGENDA REPORTS - PETITIONS RESID CONTROL SYSTEM (2)CONSENT CALENDAR
DATE: . December 10, 1991
AGENDA REPORT
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City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
City Clerk
SUBJECT: CERTIFICATION OF SUFFICIENCY OF PETITIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL
CONTROL SYSTEM
DEPARTMENT: City Clerk
BACKGROUND
On August 9, 1991, a citizen group, filed with the City Clerk a Notice of
Intention to circulate petitions for a residential growth control system in the
City of Santa Clarita. On November 12, 1991, the citizen group completed the
circulation and filed the petitions with the City Clerk for verification.
Verification of the signatures was completed on December 4, 1991, with 6644
signatures verified. In order to.qualify for the ballot on April 14, 1992, the
signatures required were 1OX of the registered voters. Therefore, this petition
was required to have 5757 signatures verified.
Elections Code 3707 states that the City Clerk must' certify the sufficiency of
the petitions to the City Council at the next regular meeting. Attached is the
certification for Council acceptance.
RECOMMENDATION
Accept certification
ATTACHMENT
Certification of City Clerk
Exhibit A
Letter from Registrar/Recorder
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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION OF SUFFICIENCY OF PETITIONS
FOR THE MEASURE ENTITLED "RESIDENTIAL GROWTH CONTROL SYSTEM"
FOR THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
I, Donna M. Grindey, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita,
California, do hereby certify that pursuant to Sections 3707 and 4009, Elections
Code of the State of California, the following facts relate to the General
Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, April 14, 1992:
As of 5:00 p.m. on December 4, 1991, verification of
signatures were completed by the Los Angeles County
Registrar/Recorder, Charles Weissburd and received
by the City Clerk on December 5, 1991, with the
following results:
Signatures filed 9839
Signatures verified 9839
Signatures qualified 6644
Signatures not qualified 3195
9839
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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CHARLES WEISSBURD
REGISTRAR RECORDERi COUNTY CLERK
December 4, 1991
Donna M. Grindey, City Clerk
City of Santa Clarita
23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 300
Santa Clarita,. CA 91355
Dear Ms. Grindey:
Enclosed are 428 petition sections pertaining to an initiative
measure relating to the Residential Growth - Control System
submitted.for signature verification on November 14.
The results of the signature verification are as follows:
Number of signatures filed 9,839
Number of signatures verified 9,839
- Number of signatures.qualified 6,644 (67.52%)
- Number of signatures not qualified 3,195
Total 9,839
As a related matter, the number of registered voters in the City
of Santa Clarita reported to the Secretary of State on February
23 and September 14, 1991 was 57,569 and 58,.306 respectively.
One of these figures should be used in determining the number of
signatures required for petition certification in accordance with
Elections Code Section 4008.
Please call Alice Rivers of the Election Coordination and
Legislation Section at (213) 725-5813 if you need any additional
information.
Very truly yours,
CHARLES WEISSBURD
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
DATE: December 6, 1991
TO: Mayor & Councilmembers i
FROM: on a rindey, City Clerk/ E j~
%a ; gton, City Attorney
SUBJECT: RESIDENTIAL GROWTH CONTROL INITIATIVE
On November 12, 1991, the proponents of.the above initiative, filed with the
City Clerk, petitions containing 9839 signatures. On December 5, 1991, the
City Clerk received from the County.of Los Angeles Registrar/Recorder's Office
all petitions verified. Of 'the 9839 signatures, 6644 qualified as valid
signatures of registered voters of the City. The validated signatures
constitute 11.52 of the voters of the City according to the last report of
registered voters by the County Clerk to the Secretary of State. The City
Clerk will certify the sufficiency of the signatures at the, December 10, 1991,
regular Council meeting as stated in Section 3707 of the Elections Code.
The City Council has three alternatives as to their action:
1. Introduce the ordinance without alteration at the regular meeting
at which it is presented or within 10 days after it is presented.
(Election Code Section 4011)
2. Submit the ordinance without alteration to the voters at the.next
regular municipal election (Election Code Section 4011)
3. Refer the initiative measure to any City agency or agencies for
a report on any of the following:
(a) its fiscal impact
(b) its effect on the internal consistency of the City's
general or specific plans including the housing
element, consistency between planning and zoning
(c) any other matters Council requests in the report
The report shall be presented to the Council within the.time
prescribed by the Council, but no later than 30 days after the
City Clerk certifies to the Council the sufficiency of the
petition. (Election Code Section 4009.5, attached)
If Council requests a staff report pursuant to Election Code Section 4009.5,
they will need to adjourn to a meeting no later than January 9, 1992, which is
the 30 day limit. At that time, the City Council would take an action
pursuant to numbered paragraph I or 2 above.
Should Council desire any further information, the City Clerk or the City
Attorney will be pleased to provide it.
Attach: EC 4009.5