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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1154 N.C.S. 08/19/1974INTRODUCED .BY CO1i*LMAN Ono- ORDINANCE' NO. SPONDED BY 1154 S: AN ORDINANCE CALLING .A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL BOND'ELECTION IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA FOR THE PURPOSE-OF SUBMITTING _TO THE ELECTORS OF SAID CITY THE MEASURE OF INCURRING A BONDED INDEBTEDNESS: 'OF SAID CITY FOR THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT, TO WIT; PARK AND RECREAT:I'ON IMPROVEMENTS; DECLARING THE ESTIMATED COST OF SAID MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT, THE AMOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF S'AID.INDEBTEDNESS TO BE INCURRED THEREFOR, AND THE MAXIMUM RATE:OF INTEREST TO BE PAID THEREON; MAKING PROVISION FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF'TAXES;.FIXING THE DATE OF'SAID ELECTION AND THE MANNER OF °HOLDING THE SAME AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF. WHEREAS,,, the Council.of - the City of Petaluma by resolution duly passed and.adopted at a.meeting of the Council duly and ,regularly held, by aff °i'rmative vote of more than two - thirds of all its member's, did determine that the public merest, and necessity demand the acquisi- tion, construction and completion of the municipal improve- menu, hereinafter mentioned, and did further determine that the cost of +said- proposed municipal. will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue: of said municipality and that said municipal improvement will require an expenditure greater than the amount. allowed.there.fore by the annual tax levy, and will require the incurring of a bonded indebtedness therefor, �z? LMAN a �� which resolution was duly entered on the minutes of said meeting of ' the. Council , _ . and is now on file and of record in the Clerk's office of said City; now; therefore; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1 . A special municipal bond election shall be and ishereby ordered .and will be held in the City of Petaluma (the "`City. ") on Tuesday, :November 5, 1974, at which election shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City'the question of- incurring a bonded indebtedness of the City for the object and purpose," set forth in the following'measure, to wit: CITY OF PETALUMA BOND MEASURE e • MEASURE ( ): Sh'all.the City of Petaluma : (Parks and incur a bonded indebtedness Recreation.) in the. principal amount of YES : $;2,20'0.,0.0:0 for the acgui,si- tion, construction and., completion ,of* t;he :following municipal' improvement, to wit: Park and recreation,,improvements, including .acqui- • €sition of land; development of new parks, in- eluding fill, grading, and .other improvements; ; t improvements to'existing parks; 'equipment, ; furniture, landscaping, lands, easements and rights -o.f -way; and other works, property or ; - structures necessary or convenient for park and recreation improvements for the City of NO Petaluma? e • . o • o e • e 2 The estimated cost of the municipal improvement as set -forth in said measure is the sum of.$2,200,000 and the amount of the indebtedness proposed to be incurred for said municipal improvement is the. sum o,f $;2;200,000. The estimated cost hereinabove stated of such municipa'l includes legal and all other fees incidental to or, connected with the authorization, issuance and sale of_ the bonds' evidencing the. indebtedness proposed to be incurred 'for such mu icip_al ;improvement and the costs of printing said bonds and all :other costs and expenses incidental to or connected with the authorization, i- ssuance. sale of said bonds. Section 2. - The Council does hereby submit to the qualified elec�tors 'of: the City at said special municipal bond election said me'asur.e set forth in Section 1 of this ordinance, 'and designates. , and refers to. said,measure as the measure,to be set forth on the ba- 1-lots hereinafter prescribed for : use at said election. (a) Said special municipal `bond election shall be held and, conducted, and the votes thereof canvassed, and the returns .thereof made,- and the result thereof ascertained and determined, as herein provided; and in all particulars not prescribed by this ordinance, said election shall be held as'provided'by law'for the holding of municipal elections in the City. (b) All persons qualified to.vote at municipal elections in the City upon the date of the election herein provided for -shall be qualified to vote upon the measure submitted at said special municipal bond election. (c) The polls at the polling places hereinafter designated-shall-be opened at 7:00 o'clock A.M. of said day of election and,shall be kept open continuously thereafter until 8:0,0 o'clock P.M. of said day of election, when the polls shall be closed (except as provided in Section 14.436 of the Elections Code;), and the election officers shall thereupon proceed to canvass the ballots cast thereat. (d') Said special municipal bond election hereby called shall be and is hereby consolidated with the State of California General .Election to be held in the City on November 5,'1974, all as required`by and pursuant to law; and the election precincts, polling places and officers of election within the City for said special municipal bond election hereby called shall be the same as those selected and.d`esig.nated by the Board of Supervisors of Sonoma County for*said General Election and set forth or to be set forth in the notice of election officers and polling places for amid General.Election published or to be published the County Clerk of said County, as 'required by law,,.to which notice reference is hereby specifically 4 made for a designation -of the precincts, polling.places, and election officers of the special municipal bond elec- tion hereby called. Only qualified voters of the City shall be permitted to vote'at said special municipal bond election. The Board of Supervisors of said County is authorized to canvass, or cause to be canvassed, the.returns of said special municipal bond election with respect to the votes cast in the'City and to certify the results to the Council. (e) On the ballots to be used at said General Election and said special municipal bond election hereby consolidated therewith, in "add?ition to all other matters required by'law'to.be, printed thereon, 'shall appear the measure set forth in Section l' hereof. In any precinct in which Votomat°ic or Accuvote ballot'`cards are used, to vote for any measure hereby submitted and for incurring said bonded 'indebtedness., each voter shall punch the ballot card in the hole after.the word "YES" to the right of said measure,, and to vote against said measure and against incurring said' indebtedness each voter shall punch the ballot card in the hole after the word "NO" to the right of said measure. Where paper ballots are provided for voters, to vote;fo.r anyymeasure hereby submitted and for incurring said ; bonded indebtedness, each voter shall mark an X after the.word "YES`" on the ballot to the right of aid measure, and to vote against said - measure and against incurring said,indebtedness, each voter shall mark an X , after the word "NO on the ballot to' the right of said measure. Absent voter - ballots setting forth said measures; 4 5 and each of .them, shall be issued to qualified electors residing within the City entitled thereto.., in the manner provided by law, and ,such absent voter ballots shall be canvassed or caused to be canvassed by the Board of Super- visors of Sonoma County. (f) At the next regular meeting of the Council occurring after the returns of said special municipal bond election have been canvassed or caused to be canvassed by said Board of.Supervisors and the certification of the results thereof to the Council, or at a special meeting called there- after for such purpose, the Council shall cause to be. spread upon.its minutes a, municipal bond elec Section sell bonds of the not'exceedi'ng the two - thirds of. ithe, statement of the results"of said special ion as ascertained by said canvass. 3.. The Council proposes to issue and City for the objects and purposes, but amount specified in ; said measure, if .qualified' electors voting on said measure at said spec =al. municipal bond election shall vote in favor of said measure. Said bonds.shall be.negotiable in form and of the character known as serial, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed -seven percent (7 %) per annum, payable semi- annually (except that interest for the first year after.the date of said bonds may be made payable at or before the end of -said year):. Provision is hereby made for the payment of the 'principal of and interest on said bonds as follows: At the time -of _making the general tax levy after incurring the bonded indebtedness, and annually thereafter until.the bonds are paid'or until there is a sum in the treasury set apart for that purpose sufficient to meet all payments of principal C ' 1 and interest on the bonds as,they become due, the Council shall levy and collect 'a tax sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds and such part of'the principal as will become due before_the'proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax le will be available; �'I' provided, however, that if said bonds arb'autfiorized'to be issued at said election, and it is expected that all or any part of said bonds will be sold at such time that the principal of or interest on such bonds will become due before the proceeds of a tax levied after such sale would be available to pay.such principal or inter- est, the Council, at the time of fixing the annual tax levy,, may levy a tax in' a amount clearly Sufficient to pay that portion of the principal of and interest on said bonds which it is. expected will become due before the proceeds of the next succeeding tax levy will be availab If the earliest maturity of the bonds is more than one year after the date ' of issuance the Council shall levy and collect annually a tax sufficient to pay the interest as it falls due and to constitute a sinking fund for.th'e payment of the principal on or before-maturity. Such .taxes shall be levied and collected :as other Gity taxes and shall be in addition to all other taxes and shall be used only for payment of the i bonds and the interest thereon. Section 4 , The City Clerk the City is hereby directed, upon the passage and adoption of this ordinance, to publish. the same once a day` for" at least seven (7) days in` the'PETALUMA A.RGUS- COURIER; - which is a. newspaper of general circulation published, at least six '(6) days a week 14 the and such.publicaton shall constitute notice' of said. election. No other notice of.the election hereby called heed'be gi'ven., s 7 I Section 5. This ordinance shall'be forthwith entered upon the minutes of Council and in the Ordinance Book of the City.. This ordinance, being an ordinance call- ing and ordering an election shall take effect from and after its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED .on August 19th.,1974 , . by the following vote,: AYES: Councilmen Cavanagh, Jr., Daly, Mattei, Harberson, Perry, Jr., and Mayor Putnam. NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman Brunner. lap Mayor - of: the City Attest: City Cl rk 8 CLERV'S CERTIFICATE I, MARJORIE J. WILSON ", City Clerk of the City of Petaluma, California do hereby - California, y as follows: The foregoing ordinance is a full, true, 'and correct copy of. " an ordinance introduced and read at a:regular meeting of the Council of said City duly and regularly and legally held on August 5, 1974, and said ordinance was :thereafter duly passed and adopted by a vote of at least two- third's 'of all of` the members' of the Council at a regular meeting of the Council duly and. regularly and Regally held at the' regular meeting place thereof on August. 19', 1974,•, of which meeting all Of^ the members o the, Council had' due n ot, i'ce,, "as , AYES:. Councilmen. Cavanagh., Jr., Daly, Haiberson, Mattei, Perry, Jr., and.Mayor Putnam..„ NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilman, Brunner. ' I have • ca refully 'Compared 'the' same with th original minutes of said ' meeting on file and of record in my office and said duly entered ' in.the minutes of the Council and of;record ordinance is du . "in 'the Ordinance Book of said City, and,. the 'forego;ng is a full, true and correct copy of the o r igin al ordinance adopted at said meeting and entered in said :minutes. and Ordinance Book; { Said ord trance, has not been amended, modified or rescinded since the' date; of �,i -ts passage : and• that ,the; same is now sir. full ,force and effect. Dated,: August 19�, 1914 City Clerk of the City of Petaluma