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RI.SOLUTIOU NO. 5246 -----
RLSOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF TUE CITY OF PALO ALTO
SllBMIT.i:'ING TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 2, 1976,
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO Tl4E CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
PAJ:.O ALTO TO COUFORM TIMING OF RECALL AND INITIATIVE
ELECTIONS WITH S'i"ATE Alm FEDERAL LAWS, AND REQUESTING
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONSOLIDATE SAID ELECTION
WITli THE GEUI:RAL ELlX.I'ION TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 2 1 1976
WHLREAS, the City Council, as provided in Section 3 of
Article XI oC the Constitution of the State of California, desires
to submit to tile electors at the 1976 general election a proposal
for amentiments to the Charter of the City of Palo Alto1
NOW, TliEREFORE, the CoWlcil of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION l. That the following measure shall be submitted
to the electors of the City of Palo Alto at a spec~al election
to be held November 2, 1976, to be designated as City of Palo
Alto Measure :
CITY OF PALO ALTO MEASURE
Shall Article VI, Section 1, of the Cha~ter of
the City of Palo Alto be amended to establish
the period for holding a recall election and
nominations for candidates as that provided in
the general laws of the State of California, and
to amend Section 2 of Article VI of the Charter
of the City of Palo Alto to require regular and
special elections for ordinances presented by
initiative to be held within the period provided
by the general laws of the State of California?
For the amendment
Against the amendment
SECTION 2. If a majority of the qualified voters voting
at said election shall vote in favor of CITY OF PALO ALTO
MEASURE , it shall be deemed ratified, and paragraph 8 of
Section 1 (Recall) of Article VI of the Charter of the City of
Palo Alto shall, upon filing with the Secretary of State, be
amended to read as follows:
"If the petition shall be found to be sufficient,
the clerk shall submit the same to the council without
delay, and the council shall thereupon order and fix
a date for holding the said election within the time
set by the general laws of the State of California.
Candidates for this election shall file with the
city clerk within the period set by the general laws
of the State of California.•
and paragraph 8 of Section 2 (Initiative) of Article VI of the
Charter of the City of Palo Alto, ohall upon filing with the
Secretary of State, be amended to read as follows:
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"If the petition accompanying the proposed
ordinance be signed by qualified and registered
electors equal in number to six percentum of the
number of registered voters at the last general
municipal election, the council must either pass such
ordinance without alteration or submit the same to
the electorate at the next general municipal election
that shall occur at any time after forty-fi•re
days from the date of the clerk's certificate of
sufficiency. But if such petition is signed by
qualified and registered electors equal in number
to twelve percentum of said number of registered
voters at the last general municipal election and
contains a request that such ordinance be submitted
to a vote of the people at a special election, then
the council must either pass the ordinance without
alteration or submit the same to the electorate at a
special election to be called within the period pro-
vided by the general laws of t:he State or California,"
S~C'I'ION 3. The City Clerk hereby is directed to cause said
proposed charter amendment 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 publica-
tion, said advertising in said newspaper to be completed not
less than forty (40) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the
date fixed for said election;
Said City Clerk hereby also is directed to cause copies of
said charter amendment 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 said City Clerk also shall publish all such other notices
and do all such other things as may be required to submit such
measures to said electors at said election.
SECTION 4. The Board of Supervisors of the County of
santn Clara hereby is requested to order the consolidation of
said election with the general election to be held on November 2,
1976, and to authorize the registrar of voters of Santa Clara
County to provide necessary services relating to the election.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: August 9, 1976
AYES: Beahrs, Berwald, Carey, Clay, Eyerly, Norton
NOES : Comstock
ABSENT: Sher, Witherspoon
ABSTAINED: None
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