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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 4561.. • ' t. ORIGINAL RESOLUTION NO. 4561 RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AT AN ELECTION TO BE CONSOLIDATED WITH THE 1972 DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO TO INDICATE GENDER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS1 GUIDE INTERPRETATION OF THE CHARTER1 SHORTEN RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR COUNCIL CANDIDATES1 REMOVE INCONSISTENCIES IN THE MANNER OF CREATING AND MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES; PROVIDE FOR FILLING OF LONG-TERM VACANCIES ON COUNCIL BY SPECIAL ELECTION; CLARIFY INITIAiIVE AND REFERENDUM PROVISIONS THEREOF; AND DELETE DESIGNATION OF "INCUMBENT" ON BALLOTS. 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 1972 direct primary election, on its own motion, a proposal for amendments to the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, NOW, THEREFORE, ·~ne 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 direct primary election to be held on June 6, 1972, to be~ . ..designated City of /. . Palo Alto Proposition D: Proposition n Shall the Charter of the City of Palo Alto be amended to provide nomenclature which designates council members as "council 14elllber," •councilman," or "councilwoman• and to delete outdated provisions? Should this proposition and Proposition(s) F and/or G pass, then and in that event·this proposition shall amt=~d the language adopted by Proposition (s) F and/or G. Por the amendment Against the amendment -1 - .. . ' ; J . '. • SECTION 2. If a majority of the qualified voters voting at · said election shall vote in favor of Proposition o, it shall be deemed ratified and Sections 2, 8, 10 and 17 of Article III, Section 10 of Article 'IV, and Section 1 of Article VI, of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall, upon approval by the Legislature of the State of California, be amended to read as follows: Article III. Council •sec. 2. Number; term. Commencing July 1, 1971, said council shall be composed of nine members, each uf whom shall have been an elector in the City of Palo Alto for at least three years next preceding his election. The members of the said council shall be known as councilmen, councilwomen, or council members and their terms of office shall be four years, com- mencing on the first day of July next succeeding their election.· •sec. 8. Mayor; election; duties. The council shall, at its first·meeting in July, elect one of its number as its presiding officer, who shall have the title of mayor, and one of its number to be vice mayor, and who shall serve for one year after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the council, shall ~ign ·all official documents when the signature of the council or mayor is required by law, shall act a.s ·official head of the City on public or ceremonial .. -··-· occasions, shall appoint, subject to the approval of · · the council, members of boards, commissions, and coru- mi.ttees.. The mayor shall not have any regular adminis- trative duties but may act as ex officio member of all boards, commissions and committees. The mayor shall vote as other lr'eD'lbers·of the council, but shall have no power of veto. The mayor shall have the power to ad- minister oaths and affirmations. The .mayo-r shall perform such other duties as from time to time are assigned by the council. When the mayor is absent from any meeting of the council or incapable of per- fonning his or her dutie~, the vice mayor shall, during such time, have the full powers of the mayor. A vacancy in the positions of mayor or vice mayor shall be filled by the council for the unexpired term. "Sec. 10. Vacancy on council~ A vacancy in the council shall be filled by .~lie remaining members 0£ the council, and the appointee shall hold office until the first day of July succeeding the next election at which council members are to be elected. At the next election ·succeeding any vacancy a council member shall be elected to serve for the unexpired term. -2 - • "Sec. 17. Salary of council members; counci-1 members barred from other city office. No member of the council shall hold any other off ice or employment the compensation for which is paid out of the moneys of this City. No member of the council shall be elected or appointed to any city office for which compensation is paid until one year after the termina- tion of membership in the council, either by resigna- tion or expiration of such council member's term. Compensation may be paid council-members in amounts not to exceed those provided by general law. Article IV. Duties of Officers "Section 10. Coercion by council members; campaign funds. No member of the council shall in any manner, directly or indirectly, by suggestion or otherwise, attempt to influence or coerce the city manager in th~ making of any appointment or removal, or in the pur- chase of supplies, or attempt to exact any promise relative to any appointment from any candidate for city manager, or discuss, directly or indirectly, with any such candidate, the matter of appointments to any city office or employment. Any violation of the foregoing provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall work a forfeiture of the office of the offending member of the council, who may be removed therefrom by the council or by any court of competent jurisdiction. Neither the city manager nor any person in the employ of the City shall take part in securing or shall con- tribute any money toward tile nomination or election of any candidate for a municipal office. Article Vl:. The Recall, Initiative and Referendum "Sec. 1. Recall. Proceedings may be commenced for recall of any council member by the service, filing and publication of a notice of intention to circulate ·a recall petition. Proceedings may not be conanenced unless, at the time of commencement, such council member has held off ice for at least six months and no recall petition has been filed against such council member within the preceding six months. The petition demanding the recall of the council member sought to be recalled, signed by registered voters equal in number to at least twelve percentum of the number of registered voters at the last general municipal election, shall be filed with the clerk. One election is sufficient for the recall of one or more council members, but a separate petition is necessary ~o propose the recall of each council member. No signature may be affixed to the petition until the proponents have served, filed and published a -3 - • • notice of intention to circulate a recall petition, containing the name of the council member sought to be recalled, a statement in not more than five hundred words of the 9rounds on which the recall i$ sought, and the name and address of at leant one proponent. The notice of intention shall be served, personally or by certified mail, on the council member sought to be recalled, and a copy thereof with a certificate of the time and manner of service shall be filed with the clerk. Within seven days after the filing of the no~ice of intention, the council member sought to be recalled may file with the clerk an answer in not more than five hundred words to the statement of the proponents and, if an answer is filed, shall serve a copy thereof, personally or by certified mail, on one of the proponents named in the notice of intention. The statement and answer are intended solely for the information of the voters and no insufficiency in the form or substance thereof shall affect the validity of the election or proceedings. The notice, statement and answer, if any, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation. Seven days after the publication of the notice, statement and a.'lswer, if any, the recall petition may be circulated and signed. The petition shall bear a copy of the notice of intention, statement and answer, if any. If the council member has not answered, the petition shall so state. Signatures shall be secured and the petition filed within ninety days from the filing of the notice of intention. If such petition is not filed within the time permitted by this section, the same shall be void for all purposes. The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper, but said petition may be presented in sections. The number of signatures to each section shall be at the pleasure of the person soliciting. signatures to the same. Any qualified voter of the municipality shall be competent to solicit said signatures. Each section shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person soliciting sig- natures to the same, stating that all the signatures to the attached section were made.in his presence, and that to the best of his knowledge and belief each signature to the section is the genuine signature of the person whose name purports tc be thereunto sub- scribed, and no other affidavit thereto shall be required. Each signature, the genuineness of which is riot called in question by the sworn affidavit of the alleged owner thereof, shall be presumed to be genuine. unless and until it be proven otherwise by official inv~stigation, it shall be presumed that the petition presented con- tains the signatures of the requisite number of quali- fied voters. Each siqner of said petition shall add to bis signature the date of signing and his place of residence, giving the street and number. When filed with the clerk, the petition shall have designated -4 - • • thereon the name or number of the respective precinct in which each of the siqners resides. Within ten days from the date of filing such peti- tion, the clerk shall examine and ascertain from the records of registration whether or not said petition is signed by the requisite number of electors entitled to vote, and if necessary the council shall allow the clerk extra help for that purpose, and the clerk shall attach to said petition his certificate showinq the result of said examination. If, by the said certifi- cate, the petition is shown to be insufficient, it may be amended by additional signatures within ten days from the date of said certificate. The clerk shall, within ten days afte~ such amendment, make like exam- ination of the amended petition, and if his certificate shall show the same to be insufficient, it shall be returned to the person filing the same, without preju- dice, however, to the filing of a new petition to the same effect. 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, not less than forty days nor b:>re than fifty days from the date of the clerk's certificate to the council that a sufficient petition is filed. Candidates for this election shall file with the city clerk not less than thirty-five days before the election. The clerk shall mail to each voter a sample ballot and a separate printed copy of the statement of the proponents and of the answer, if any, of the council member sought to be recalled. If the recall of more than one council member is sought, the statement and answer for each shall be printed together and shall be clearly distinguished from those of any other council member. There shall be printed on the recall ballot, as to each council member whose recall is to be voted on, the question: "Shall (name of person) be recalled from the off ice of council member?• followed by the words "yes" and "no". If a majority of those voting on any question voted in favor of t.he removal of an incumbent, such incumbent shall be deemed removed from office upon the qualification of the successor. On the recall ballot, under each question, there shall be printed the names of those persons who have been nominated in the manner provided herein as candi- dates to succeed the incumbent if such incumbent is r~called. _No vote cast ~~all be counted for any candi- date for the off ice unless the voter also voted on the -5 - • question of the recall of the person sought to be recalled from that office. The name of the person against whom the petition is filed shall not appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office. If the vote recalls the council member, the candidate who has received the highest number of votes for the office shall be declared elected for the unexpired term of the former incumbent. If the person who received the highest number of votes failes to qualify within ten days after receiving the certificate of election, the office shall become vacant. Said election shall be conducted, returned, and the results thereof declared, _ in all respects as are all other municipal elections~ provided, that if there be any conflict of provisions this charter shall control. SECTION 3. The following proposition shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Palo Alto at the direct primary election to be held on June 6, 1972, to be designated City of Palo Alto Proposition E: Proposition E Shall the Charter.of the City of Palo Alto be ·amended to provide a section on grammatical interpretation? For the amendment Against the amendment --- SECTION 4. If a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election shall vote in favor of Proposition E, it shall· be deemed ratified and a new section to be enti.tled •section 12" shall, upon approval by the Legislature.~f the State of California, be added to Article VII of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto to read as follows: "Sec. 12. Grammatical interpretation. The following grammatical rules shall apply to this Charter: (a) Gender. Any gender includes the other genders. (b) Singular and plural. The sinqular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. (c) Tenses. Words used in the present tense include the past and the future tenses and vice versa. -6 - • (d) Use of words and phrases. Words and phrases used in this charter and not specifically def inod shall be construed according to the context and approved uaaga of the language." SECTION 5. The following proposition shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Palo Alto at the direct primary election to be held on June 6, 1972, to be designated City of Palo Alto Proposit~on F: PrOFOSition F Shall the Charter of the City of Palo Alto be amended to reduce the residency requirement for City Council candidates to require that the same shall at the time of assuming such office be an elector and shall have been a resident of the City of Palo Alto for one year preceding assumption of office? For the amendment Against the amendment --- SECTION 6. If a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election shall vote in favor of Proposition F, it shall be deemed ratified and Section 2 of Article III of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall, upon approval by the Legislature of the State of California, be amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2. Number: term. Commencing July 1, 1971, said council shall be composed of nine meinbers, each of whom shall at the time of assuming such off ice be an elector and shall have been a resident of the City of Palo Alto for one year preceding assumption of office. The members of said council shall be known as council members and their terms of office sball be four years, commencing on the first day of July next succeeding their election. SECTION 7. The following proposition shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Palo Alto at the direct primary election to be held on June 6, 1972, to be designated City of Palo Alto Proposition G: -7 - • • Proeosition G Shall the Charter of the City of Palo Alto be amended to remove inconsistencies in the manner of creation of boards, commissions and committees and provide for the makinq of appointments thereto by Council appointment? For the amendment Against the amendment SECTION 8. If a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election shall vote in favor of Proposition G, it shall be deemed ratified and Sections 8 and 9 of Article III of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall, upon approval by the Legislature of the State of California, be amended to read as follows: nsec. 8. Mayor1 election; duties. The council shall, at its first meeting in JUly, elect one of its number as its presiding officer, who shall have the titl.e of mayor, and one of its number to be vice mayor, and who shall serve for one year after their election, an~ until their successors are elected and qualified. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the council, shall sign all official documents when the signature of the council or mayor is required by law, and shall act as official head of the City on public or ceremonial oc- casions. Be shall not have any reqular administrative duties but may act as ex officio member of all boards, commissions, and committees. Be shall vote as other members of the council, but shall haye no power of veto. He shall have the power to ad- minister oaths and affirmations. He shall perform such other duties as from timeto time are assigned to him by the council. When the mayor is absent from any meeting of the council or incapable of perfonning his duties, the· vice mayor shall, during such ti.Ille, have the full powers of the mayor. A vacancy in the positions of mayor or vice mayor shall be filled by the council for the unexpired term. "Sec. 9. Officers council; boards, committees, a:~1 comm ss1ons. ·The counc 1 sha appoint a c ty manager, Clerk, attorney, and controller, and, except as "therwise provided, may by ordinance or otherwise create or abolish offices, boards, committees, or commissions, and provide for their manner of appointment, their tenure, and the duties which they shall perform.• SECTION 9. The following proposition shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Palo Alto at the direct primary -8 - • election to be held on June 6, 1972, to be desiqnated City of Palo Alto Proposition H: Proposition H Shall the Charter of the City of Palo Alto be amended to allow a vacancy on the City Council of an unfilled term to be filled by appointment and, should the Council fail to fill such vacancy within 60 days of the effective date of the vacancy, require an election? For the amendment Against the amendment ~~- SECTION 10. If a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election shall vote in favor of Proposition H, it shall be deemed ratified and Section 10 of Article III of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall, upon approval by the Legislature of the State of California, be amended to read as follows: "Sec. 10. Vacanc¥ on council. A vacancy on the council may be filled by a maJority of the remaining members of the council, and the appointee f!hall hold off ice until the fi:t'st day of July succeeding the next election at which council members are to be elected. At the next election succeeding any vacancy a council member shall be elected to serve for the unexpired term. If the council fails to fill such vacancy within 60 days of such vacancy or the council chooses to fill such vacancy by election, it shall forthwith call a special election, at which a council member shall be elected to serve for the unexpired term.• SECTION 11. The following proposition shall be submitted to the e1ectors of the City of Palo Alto at t.~e direct primary election to be held on June 6, 1972, to be designated City of Palo Alto Proposition I: ProPosition I Shall the Charter of ~e City of Palo Alto be amended to delete the designation of •incumbent• following the name of any candidate on the ballot for office of council member? For the amendment Against the amendment -9 - • SECTION 12. ?f a majority of the qualified voters voting at aai.d election shall vote in favor of Proposition I,it shall be deemed ratified and Section 3 of Article VII of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall, upon approval by the Legislature of the State of California, be amended to read as follows: "Sec. 3. Candidates• designation. No ballot used at any municipal election shall cont.~in any referenc::e to a political party, and no designation or symbol shall be placed in connection with the name of any candidate. The order~of listing of candidates' names on the ballot shall be determined by lot." SECTION 13. The following proposition shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Palo Alto at the direct primary election to be held on June 6, 1972, to be designated City of Palo Alto Proposition J: Proposition J Shall the Charter of the City of Palo Alto be amended to clarify the initiative and referendum provisions and to eliminate references to resolutions and to eliminate cross-referencing between such provisions and the recall provisions of the charter? For the amendment Against the amendment SECTION 14. If a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election shall vote in favor of Proposition J, it shall be deemed ratified and Sections 2 and 3 of Article VI of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto s..~all, upon approval by the Legislature of the State of California, be amended to read as follows: •sec. 2. Initiative. Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the council by a petition signed by qualified and registered electors of the city equal in number to the percentage hereinafter_required. The petition shall set forth a copy of the proposed ordinance. · •An initiative petition, in order to be valid, must meet the following requirements: (a) A notice of intention to circulate an initiative petition must be published in a newspaper of general cir~u­ lation in the city once prior to the affixing of any signa- ture to any petition. , . (b) The notice of intention shall be filed with the clerk prior to the affixing of any signature to any petition. -10 - • (c) Immediately after the publication and iiling of the notice of intention to circulate, the initiative petition may be circulated and filed. The petition shall bear a copy of the notice of intention to circulate. "The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper, but said petition may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain a copy of the proposed ordinance. The number of signatures to each section shall be at the pleasure of the person soliciting signatures to the same. Any qualified voter of the municipality shall be competent to solicit said signatures. Each section shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person soliciting signatures to the same, stating that all the signatures to the attached section were made in his presence, and that to the best of his knowledge and belief each signature to the section is the genuine signature of the person whose na.~e purports to be thereunto subscribed, and no other affidavit thereto shall be required. Each signature, the genuineness of which is not called in question by the sworn affidavit of the alleged owner thereof, shall be presumed to be genuine. Unless and until it be proven otherwise by official investigation, it shall be presumed that the petition presented contains the signatures of the requisite number of qualified voters. Each signer of said petition shall add to his signature the date of signing and his place of residence, giving the street ~d number. When filed with the cle:.k, the petition shall have designated therein the name or number of the respective precinct in which each of the signers resides. "Within ten (10) days from the date of filing such petition, the clerk shall examine and ascertain from the records of registration whether or not said petition is signed by the requisite number of electors entitled to vote, and if necessary the council shall allow the clerk extra help for that purpose, and the clerk shall attach to said petition his certificate showing the result of said examination. · · "If the petition aoc<>mpanying the proposed ordinance be signed by qualifJ:ed 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 thirty days from the date of the clerk's certificate of sufficiency. But if such petition is signed by qualified end registered electors equal in number to twelve percentum of said number. of reqistered voters at the last general .. municipal election and contains a request that such ·ordinance be ·subniitted 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 elec- torate at a special election to be called within sixty days from the filing of such petition. "If the clerk's certification shows that the petition is insufficient by reason of the failure to obtain sufficient valid signatures ~..hereon, a supplemental petition, in form a duplicate of the original petition, bearing new additional signatures may be filed within t(?n (10) days of the mailing --11-- • • of the certificate of insufficiency to ~he proponents of the initiative. Supplemental petitions shall be processed by the clerk in the same mann~r as set forth herein with respect to original petitions. "The ballots used when voting upon s-...ch proposed ordinance . shall contain the words "For the Ordinance," and "Against the Ordinance" (stating the nature of the proposed ordinance). If a majority of the qualified electors voting on said proposed ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, such ordinance shal1 thereupon become a valid and binding ordinance of the City. The council may at such election submit any amendment thereto that it may deem proper, and the ballots used at such election shall contain the words "For the Amendment," or "Against the Am.endment," or ordinance (naming the ordinance), and also stating the nature of the proposed amendment. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on said proposed amendment shall vote in favor thereof, such ordinance shall the~eupon be deemed amended in accordance therewith. The council may also propose and submit any ordinance to the electors, and such ordinance, upon receiving a majority of the votes of. the electors voting thereon, shall be ~eemed to have been adopted and shall be a valid and binding ordinance of the City. Any ordinance adopted by the electors under the provisions of · this section cannot be repealed or amended, except by a vote of the people obtained in the manner hereinbefore stated, unless such ordinance shall otherwise provide. "Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election in accordance with the provisions of this section1 provided, that t..~ere shall not be held under this section of the charter more than one special election in ~y period of twelve montho." "Sec. 3. Referendum. Any ordinance , other tha.."'\ such as may be required to be passed at a particular time or for the purpose of complying with a charter or general law, and excepting such ordinances or measures for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, shall be subject to a referendum as herein provided; provided further that the petition for such referendum be filed within thirty (30) days from the final passage of such ordinance, and the same shall not be effective during said period during which the same is subject to referendum. "The council may, of its own motion, submit any ordinance or question of policy to-a referendum. 11 A referendum petition asking that a particular drdinance named therein be submitted to a vote of the electorate, in order to be valid, must meet the following requirements: (a) A notice of intention-to ctrculate a referendum petition must be published in a newspaper of general cir~u­ lation in the City once prior to the affixing of any s~gna­ ture to any petition. (b) The notice of intention shall be filed with the clerk prior to the affixing of any siqnature to any petition. (c) Immediately after the publication and filing of the notice of intention to circulate the referendum petition may -12- • • • be circulated and filed. The petition shall bear a copy of the notice of intention to circulate. Signatures shall be secured and the petition filed w.it.l'iin thirty (30) days of the date of the adoption or passag~ of the ordinance filea with the clerk. If such petition is not filed within the time required by this section, the same shall be void for all purposes. "The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper, but said petition may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the number and title of the ordi- nance proposed to be referended and a statement that the pur- pose of the petition is to referend such ordinance. The number of signatures.to each section shall be at the pleasure of the person soliciting signatures to the same. Any quali- fied voter of the municipality shall be competent to solicit said signatures. Each section shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person soliciting signatures to the same, stating that all the signatures to the attached section were made in his presence, and that to the best of his knowledge and b6lief each signature to the section is the qenuine signature of the person whose name purports to be thereuntp subscribed, and no other affidavit thereto shall be required. Each signature, the genuineness of which is not called in question by the sworn affidavit of the alleged · owner thereof, shall be presumed to be genuine. Unless and until it be proven otherwise by official investigation, it shall be presumed that the petition presented contains the signatures of the requisite number of qualified voters. Eacih signer of said petition shall add to his signatur~ the date of signing and his place of residence, giving the street and number. When filed with the clerk, the petition shall have designated therein the name or number of· th~ · respective precinct in which each of the signers resides. "Within ten (10) days from the date of filing such petition, the clerk shall examine and ascertain from the records of registration whether or not said petition is signed by the requisite number of e~ectors entitled to vote, and if necessary the council shall allow the clerk extra help for that purpose: and the clerk shall attach to said petition his certificate showing the result of said examination. If the clerk's certification shows that the petition is insufficient by reason of the failure to obtain sufficient valid signatures the~eon, a suppleme~tal petition, in form a duplicate of the original petition, bearing new additional signatures may be filed within ten (10) days of the mailing of the certificate of insufficiency to the proponents of the referendum. Supplemental petitions shall be processed by the clerk in the same manner as set forth . herein with respect to original petitions. If the petition be signed by qualified and registered electors equal in number to six (6) percentum of the numbe~ of registered voters at the last general municipal election and the petition shall be found to be sufficient, the clerk shall submit the · same to the co1lncil without delay and it shall be the duty of the council to reconsider such ordinance. If the council fail to entirely repeal such ordinance, it shall be the duty of the council to submit the question of the approval or ' rejection of such ordinance to the electors at a reqular or -13-!/ J' • • special election and, until such election is held and the ordinance approved by the electors, such ordinance shall be suspended and inoperative. No ordinance subject to a referendum shall qo into effect before thirty (30) days after its final passaqe by the council. "The ballots used when voting upon such ordinance shall contain the words "for the ordinance" and "against the ordi- nance" (stating the nature of the proposed or~inance). If a majority of the qualified electors voting on said proposed ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, such ordinance shall thereupon become a valid and binding ordinance of the City. "If th~ ordinance voted upon is approved, it shall have the same force and effect of any other ordinance adopted by council and may be ame~ded at any time as though no election were held. If the ordinance voted upon is disapproved, the coun~il may not adopt a substantially similar ordinance for a period of at least one (1) year from the date of the election." SECTION 15. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause said proposed charter amendments to be published once in the PALO AL'l'O TIMES, a newspaper of general circulation within the City of Palo Alto, and all editions thereof during the day O·f publication, 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; That in addition said City Clerk is hereby directed to cause copies of said charter amendments 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 qualifiad electors of the City of Palo Alto; And that ~..he City Clerk shall publish all such oth,er notices and do all such other things as may be required to sUbmi t such propositions to •aid elector8 at said election. SECTION 16. The Board of Superviaora of the county of- santa Clara is hereby requested to order the conaolidation of said charter election with the direct primary election to be held on June 6, 1972. -14- ". ' ' • INTRODUCED AND PASSED: February 28, 1972 AYES: UNANIMOUS NOES: ABSENT: NONE ATTEST: ' APPROVED: ~M~ Mayor ciY:Attorney -15-