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RESOLUTION NO. 3961
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AT THE 1967 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING SECTION 1, SECTION 2 AND SECTION 3 OF
ARTICLE VI THEREOF RELATIVE TO THE USE OF THE RECALL,
THE INITIATIVE AND THE REFERENDUM
WHEREAS, the City Council, as provided in Section 8(h) of
Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California, desires
to submit to the electors at the 1967 general municipal election,
on its own motion, proposals for the amendment of the Charter
of the City of Palo Alto,
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. The following proposition shall be submitted to
the electors of the City of Palo Alto at the general municipal
election to be held on May 9, 1967, to be designated Proposition 1:
Proposition 1
Shall Section 1 of Article VI of the Palo Alto
City Charter be amended to provide that the
provisions of general law, as the same now
exist or may hereafter be amended, shall apply
to the use of the recall in the City of Palo Alto?
SECTION 2. If a majority of the qualified voters voting
at said election shall vote in favor of Proposition 1, it shall
be deemed ratified and Section 1 of Article VI of the Charter of
the City of Palo Alto, upon approval by the Legislature of the
State of California, shall be amended to read as follows:
"The provisions of general law, as the same now
exist or may hereafter be amended, shall apply
to the use of the recall in the City. "
SECTION 3. The following proposition shall be submitted to
the electors of the City of Palo Alto at the general municipal
election to be held on May 9, 1967, to be designated Proposition 2:
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Proposition 2
Shall Section 2 of Article VI of the Palo Alto
City Charter be amended to provide that the
provisions of general law, as the same now
exist or may hereafter be amended, shall apply
to the use of the initiative in the City of
Palo Alto?
SECTION 4. If a majority of the qualified voters voting
at said election shall vote in favor of Proposition 2, it shall
be deemed ratified and Section 2 of Article VI of the Charter of
the City of Pilo Alto, upon approval by the Legislature of the
State of California, shall be amended to read as follows:
"The provisions of general law, as the same now
exist or may hereafter be amended, shall apply
to the use of the initiative in the City."
SECTION 5. The following proposition shall be submitted to
the electors of the City of Palo Alto at the general municipal
election to be held on May 9, 1967, to be designated Proposition 3:
Proposition 3
Shall Section 3 of Article VI of the Palo Alto
City Charter be amended to provide that the
provisions of general law, as the name now
exist or may hereafter be amended, shall apply
to the use of the referendum in the City of
Palo Alto?
SECTION 6. If a majority of the qualified voters voting at
said election shall vote in favor of Proposition 3, it shall be
deemed ratified and Section 3 of Article VI of the Charter of
the City of Palo Alto, upon approval by the Legislature of the
State of California, shall be amended to read as follows:
"The provisions of general law, as the same now
exist or may hereafter be amended, shall apply
to the use of the referendum in the City."
SECTION 7. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause said
proposed charter amendments and each of them to be published
once in the PALO ALTO TIMES, a newspaper of general circulation
within the City of Palo Alto, and all editions thereof during the
day of publication, said advertising in said newspaper to be com-
pleted not less than forty (40) nor more than sixty (60) days
prior to the date fixed for said election;
That, in addition, said city Clerk is hereby directed to
cause copies of said charter amendments, and each of them, to be
printed in convenient pamphlet form and in type of not less than
10 point and to cause copies thereof to be mailed to each of the
qualified electors of the City of Palo Alto, and she shall, until
the day fixed for the election upon such charter amendments,
advertise in the Palo Alto Times, a newspaper of general circula-
tion in said city, a notice that said copies thereof may be had
upon application therefor;
And that the City Clerk publish all such other notices
and do all such other things as may be required to submit such
propositions to said electors at said election.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: February 20, 1967
AYES: Comstock, Debs, Flint, Pearson, Sher, Woodward, Worthington.
NOES: Arnold, Beahrs, Cooley, Dias, Rohrs, Rus.
ABSENT: None.
EST: APPROVED:
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AP OVED AS TO FORM:
A.st. City Attorney
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