RESOLUTION NO. 2022-144
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF PRIMARY AND REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS AND SETTING RULES FOR THE FILING OF WRITTEN ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE TO BE SUBMITTED AT THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Pomona, California on November 8, 2022, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following measure:
“Shall the City of Pomona adopt the measure enacting a $0.15 per gross square foot special tax on industrial parcels located within the City, subject to annual CPI adjustment, generating approximately $14,000,000 annually in dedicated revenue that may be used solely for the capital improvement, operation, maintenance, repair and/or restoration of Pomona public streets, roadways, sidewalks, roadway lighting, traffic signals or other right of way improvements that implement a Complete Streets Plan, until ended by voters?” Yes
No
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Primary Arguments. That the City Council authorizes (i) the City Council or any member(s) of the City Council, (ii) any individual voter eligible to vote on the above measure, (iii) a bona fide association of such citizens or (iv) any combination of voters and associations, to file a written argument in favor of or against the City measure, 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, and to change the argument until and including the date fixed below by the City Clerk, after which no arguments for or against the City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
The deadline to submit arguments for or against the City Measure pursuant to this Resolution is declared by the City Clerk to be Friday, August 19, 2022. Each argument shall not exceed 300 words and shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, and include the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers who is the author of the argument.
If the City Council chooses to file an argument in favor of the ballot measure, it hereby designates the following Councilmembers to author the argument on behalf of the City Council:
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Section 2. Rebuttal Arguments. Pursuant to Section 9285 of the Elections Code of the State of California, when the City Clerk has selected the primary arguments for and against the City Measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the Clerk shall send copies of the primary argument in favor of the Measure to the authors of the primary argument against, and copies of the primary argument against to the authors of the primary argument in favor. The authors or persons designated by them may prepare and submit rebuttal arguments not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk not later than Monday, August 29, 2022. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the primary arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the primary argument which it seeks to rebut.
Section 3. November 8, 2022 Election. That the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 shall apply only to the election to be held on November 8, 2022, and shall then be repealed.
Section 4. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of August, 2022. ______________________________ TIM SANDOVAL, MAYOR ATTEST:
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ROSALIA BUTLER, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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SONIA CARVALHO, CITY ATTORNEY
I, Rosalia Butler, City Clerk of the City of Pomona, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is the actual resolution duly and regularly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting on the 1st day of August, 2022, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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Rosalia Butler, City Clerk
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