RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASADENA,
CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR THE FILING OF WRITTEN
ARGUMENTS RELATED TO THREE CITY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE
CHARTER AMENDMENT MEASURES AMENDING ARTICLE IV OF THE
PASADENA CITY CHARTER, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY
TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF EACH MEASURE
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Pasadena, to be consolidated with the Statewide General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at which there will be submitted to the voters of said City three local ballot measures in substantially the following form:
Shall amendments to Pasadena City Charter, Article IV, to require special elections: 1) to fill Council District vacancies if two or more years remain on an unexpired term, or 2) if the City Council fails to appoint a replacement to fill an unexpired term of less than two years within 75 days of the vacancy being declared; to establish a 30-day City residency
requirement for appointed office; and to make other
administrative changes, including those relating to Campaign Contribution Limits, be adopted?
YES
NO
Shall amendments to Pasadena City Charter, Article IV,
requiring the Organizational Meeting of the City Council to occur annually in December, the Vice Mayor's election to occur annually at the Organizational Meeting for a term of one year; and creating an Acting Mayor position to serve in the Mayor's role in the event of a Mayoral vacancy, with the Acting Mayor to be chosen from among the remaining
members of the City Council, be adopted?
YES
NO
Shall amendments to Pasadena City Charter, Article IV, to establish term limits of no more than three consecutive terms of office for Mayor and Councilmember, respectively,
requiring at least a four-year hiatus from the elected office held following three consecutive terms in the same office before allowing an additional two terms, for a maximum of five total terms in the same office, be adopted?
YES
NO
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Pasadena does resolve, declare, determine, and order as follows:
1 SECTION 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the following member(s) of its body to file written arguments related to each measure:
Against
Against
In Favor or
In Favor or
In Favor or
In Favor or
In Favor or
Against
Against
Against
Said argument(s) may not exceed 300 words in accordance with the Elections Code of the State of California, Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9, Sections 9280 et seq., and may be changed until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk, August 16, 2024, after which no arguments for or against the measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of each measure to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall cause to be prepared an impartial analysis of each measure showing the effect of each measure on the existing law and the operation of the City. The impartial analyses shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary arguments, August 16, 2024.
Adopted at the regular meeting of the City Council on the _ day of July 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Michele Beal Bagr
CityAttorney/Cij^Pr;
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Mark Jomsky, City Clerk
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