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DATE: July 19, 2010
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council through City Manager
FROM: Claire Cooper, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Resolution Approvng.Draft Argument for a Ballot Measure Extending the
Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) Expiration from. December 31, 2018 to
December 31, 2025', To Be Submitted to the Voters. at the November 2, 2010
General Election and Determining the Order of Signatures on the Argument.
RECOMIVIENDATION:
It is recommended that the Gity Council adopt the attached Resolution Approving Draft
Argument for a Ballot Measure Extending the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) Expiration from
December 31., 2018 to December 31, 2025, To Be ,Submitted to the Voters at the November 2,
2010 General Election and Determining the Order of Signatures on the. Argument.
BACKGROUND:
At the June 21., 2010 meeting, the City Council voted to have asub-committee of Council
comprised of Mayor Torliatt and Council Members .Harris and Babbitt compose the argument in
support of the Ballot Measure Extending the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) Expiration from
December 31, 2018 to December 3..1,.2025 as well as a rebuttal to the argument.against the
measure, should one be filed.. Staffwas directed to present a draft argument in favor of the
measure to Council for approval at a public meeting.
Any Council Members authorized by the City Council to sign the argument in favor of the
measure may do so. At the June 2.1, 2010 meeting, all Council Members expressed a desire to
sign the argument. In accordance with Election. Code §9283, only the names of the first five
Council Members to sign the ballot argument will be printed in tl"e .ballot pamphlet with the
argument. It is recommended that Council determine the .order in -which they`will sign the
argument. Additionally,,, should .an, argument against, the measure be filed, -Mayor Torliatt and
Council Members Harris ancl:Rabbtt will author a:rebuttal to that.argument. Council agreed at
the June 21, 2010 meeting that tfie order of'signatures on any rebuttal argument would be
reversed from the order of signatures on fhe argument in favor, thereby allowing every Council
Member's name to appear at least once in~ the printed ballot pamphlet. An approved argument
must be submitted to the City Clerk's Office. before 5:00 p.rri. on Monday, August 16, 2010,
accompanied by the printed names and signatures of those Council Members signing the
argument.
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The City Clerk will provide copies of the argument in favor to the authors of the argument
against (should one be filed) and vice versa.. The argument will then be sent to the Sonoma
County Registrar of Voters for inclusion in the ballot pamphlet.
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FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
The cost of placing this item on the November 2010 ballot is estimated between approximately
$10,000 and $17,800. These estimates include approximately $1,400 in legal support, $700 in
City Clerk time, and County election charges ranging from $7,900 to $15,700. Monies are
budgeted in the City Clerk's budget to support this cost. Estimated City costs are related to
procedural aspects of complying, with Elections Code provisions and actions to place the
measure on the ballot. They do not include any use of. City resources for preparation of the
ballot argument, which has been prepared by a subcommittee of the City Council, for the rebuttal
argument if one is needed, or for advocacy in favor of or against the measure..
Total Cost of Proposal or Project: $10,,000 to $17,800
Amount Budgeted: $80,000
Name of Account: Legal Services; City Clerk/Elections/Regular Salary
Full-Tame, and Other Operating Services.
Account Number: 1100.1131..0:54120; 1100.11321.51110; 1100.11321.54310
Current Account Balance: $80;000 for FY 2010-2011
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Draft Argument in Favor of a Ballot Measure Extending the Urban Growth Boundary
(UGB) Expiration fromDecember.3l, 2018 to December 31, 2025, To Be Submitted to
the Voters at the November 2, 20;10 General Election.
2. Resolution ApprovingDraft Argument .for a Ballot Measure Extending the Urban Growth
Boundary (UGB) Expiration from December 31, 2018 to December 3:1, 2025, To Be
Submitted to the Voters aYthe November 2,.2010 General Election and Determining the
Order of Signatures on the Argument.
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ATTACHAAENT 1
Argument in Favor'of.Nleasure
Final edits to this document are still berng made by the
ubcommittee of Council who are drafting the argument'. A draft
argument will be available on Monday, July 19, 2010.
ATTACHMENT 2
Resolution No. 2010-XXX N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California.
APPROVING DRAFT ARGUMENT FOR A BALLOT MEASURE
EXTENDING T>EIE URBAN GROWTI~ BOUNDARY (UGB) EXPIRATION
FROM. DECEMBER 31, 2018 TO DECEMBER 31, 2025,
TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT THE NOVEMBER 2, 2010 GENERAL
ELECTION AND DETERMINING THE ORDER OF SIGNATURES ON THE
ARGUMENT
WHEREAS, on December 21,.2009, the City Council adopted Resolution 2009-204
N.C.S. Ordering Submission to the Qualified Electors of the•City of an Ordinance to Extend the
Urban Growth Boundary Expiration Date to December 31, 2025 at the General Municipal
Election to Be Held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010; and,
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2010, the City Council. directed asub-committee of the City
Council comprised of Mayor Pamela Torliatt and Council Members Mike Harris and David
Rabbitt to compose an argument in support of the Ballot Measure Extending the Urban Growth
Boundary (UGB) Expiration from December 31,:2018 to December 31,.2025 as well as a
rebuttal to any argument against the measure, should one be filed; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the draft argument prepared by Mayor
Torliatt and Council Members Harris and Rabbitt.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council approves the draft
argument in support of the Ballot Measure Extending the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)
Expiration from December 31, 2018 to December 31, 2025 attached as Exhibit A to this
Resolution, and directs the City Clerk to submit the argument to the .Sonoma County Registrar of
Voters for .inclusion in the November 2, 2010 General Municipal Election ballot pamphlet.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all Council Members may sign the,argumerit, in
the following order: ,
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should an argument against the measure be filed,
Mayor Torliatt and Council Members Harris and' Rabbitt shall author a rebuttal to that argument,
and all City Council members may sign the rebuttal with the 'signatures appearing in the reverse
of the order of signatures for the argument in favor.
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Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: i hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the Approved as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 19`h day of July, 2010, form:
by fhe following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Mayor
City Attorney
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