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'A ., ORIGINAL RESOLUTION NO. .58Zj__ RESOLtrrION or THE COUNCIL OP T....--CITY OP PALO ALTO CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION POR NOVEMBER 4, 1980, FOR SUBMITTAL OF AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO THE ELECTORATE REGARDING THI YACHT BARBOR LOCATED IN THE CITY OF PALO ALTO BAYLANOS, RBQOBSTING THE SERVICES OF THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS FOR SAID ELECTION, ANO ORDERING THE CONSOLIDA- TION OP SAID ELECTION WHEREAS, an initiative petition has been ~resented to this Council in accordance with the requireaents of Article VI, Section 2 of the Palo Alto Charter and a request has been made on the pe- tition for a special election; and WHEREAS, this Council has concluded that it wishes to submit said initiative to the electorate of the City of Palo Alto for consideration1 and WHEREAS, Section 22003 of the Elections Code empowers this Council to request the assistance of the County Registrar of Voters to provide election services to Cityr and WllEREAS, this Council is empowered by Section 23302 of the Elections Code to request consolid~tion of a special election with other elections1 NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. A special eZVtction is hereby called for the City of Palo Alto to be held on November ~, 1980, for submittal of the initiative measure, attached hereto as Exhibit •A• and incorpo- rated her~in by reference, to the electorate. The City Clerk ia directed to do all things required by law to effectuate such elec- tion. SECTION 2~ Pursuant to the authority of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Citt Council submits the following measure for an initiative action to the electorate: CITY OP PALO ALTO MEASURE Shall an ordinance be enacted which (1) adds a policy to the City of Palo Alto Co11Prebensive Plan to state .that the Palo Alto Yacht Barbor shall continue in operation by allowing and encouraging the County of Santa Clara, under the eKiatin9 lease, to dredge and aaintain the harbor as a regional facility for the uae of eaall boats and pleasure craft and tbe enjoyaent of tbe~general public, (2) provide• for the utilisation of yacht harbor dredged apoil• aa impermeable cover for the sani- tary land fill (dump) before utilizing cover •• .. , . materials from other sources, and (3) rescinds the City Council action liaiting Yacht Harbor dredging by Santa Clara County to one aore f !nal tiae? ror the Measure Against the Meaeure ------ If a majority of the qualified voters votinq on such measure shall vote in favor of City of Palo Alto Measure , it shall be deemed ratified and shall read as follows: ~ •sECTION 1. The Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan is amended by the addition of Policy Noe 6, page 35 (Schools and Parks), as follows: "Poli~ 6: Continue in operation the Palo Alto Yacht Har r by allowing and encouraging the County of Santa Clara, under th~ existing lease, to dred9e and maintain the harbor as a regional facility for the use of S1U1l boats and pleasure craft and the enjoyment of the general public. •sECTION 2. It shall be the policy of the City of Palo Alto to provide for the utilization of yacht harbor dredged spoils as impermeable cover for the sanitary land fill (dump) before utilizing cover aaterials frOll other sources. •sECTION 3. The action of the City Council of June 2, 1§80, which liaits the County's dredging of the yacht harbor to 'one 1tOre final time' is re- scinded.• SECTION 3. Pursuant to Section 22003 of the California Elec- tions COde, tlie Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby requests the Board of Super~isors of Santa Clara County to permit the Reg- istrar of Voters to render services to the City of Palo Alto re- lating to the conduct of said City's aunicipal election which is called to be held Noveaber 4, 1980. The services shall be of the ty~ noraally performed by the Registrar of Voters in assisting the Clerks of the 1111nicip•lities in the conduct of elections in- cluding, but not limited to, checking registrations, •ailing bal- lots, hiring election officers, and arranging for pollin9 places, providing and distributing election supplies, publishing, and fur- nishinq votoaatic machines. "'"· Subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clar• County of the foregoing requests, the City Clerk ia hereby authorised to engage the services of the Registrar of Voter• to aid in the conduct of said election and the City Controller ia authorised ~nd directed to pay the cost of said aervicesr provided tbat, no payment shall be for services for which the Registrar of Voters ia otber~ise required by law to per- fora. ~be City Clerk is directed to submit.a certified copy of this Resolution to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara. -2- > ·~ • I • . . , SECTION 4. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 23302 of the Elections Code, this Council requeata the special election of the City of Palo Alto on November 4, 1980, which will submit the above measure to the electorate, be consolidated with the general election. The City Clerk is directed to file a copy of this re- quest with the Board of Supervisors and the County Clerk of Santa Clara County. SECTION 5. The Council of the City of Palo Alto finds that this is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, no environaental impact assessment is neces- sary. SECTION 6. This resolution shall be effective ifDDlediately in that Tt relates to elections. INTRODUCED AND PASSED; August 11 • 1980 AUS: Brenner, Fazzino~ Fletcher, Henderson~ Levy, Renzel, Sher NOES: Witherspoon ABSTENTIONS: None ABSENT: Eyerly APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORH: Zr e . a1.xa.,.1.,, City~ torney I -l-