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RESOLUTION NO . 4133
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD
IN THE CITY OF PALO ALTO ON JUNE 4, 1968, UPON THE
PROPOSITION AMENDING THE CH ARTER OF THE CITY OF
PALO ALTO
WHEREAS, on the 25th day of M arch, 1968, th e Council of
the City of Palo Alto, Co unty of Santa Clara, State of California,
by Resolution No. 4107 did call a special election to be held
in said City and to be consolidat ed with the State and Cou nty
Primary Election on the 4th day of J une, 1968, for th e purpose
of submitting to the qualified voters on its ow n initiativ e a
proposition a mending the Charter of the City of P alo Alto re ading
as follows:
PROPOSITION 1
Shall the Cha rte r of the City of Palo Alto be amended
by deleting ther efrom the a rchaic re fer ence to police
judge; and further by removing as a charter office the
office of assessor so as to empower the City Council by
or din ance to transfer to appropriate o ffices of the Co unty
of Santa Cla ra the functions of the assessment of city
property for city taxe s, the equalization a nd co rrection of
the a sses sme nt, the collec tion , payment and enfo rcement of
the taxes, including delinquent ta xes, a nd the re demption
of property from sale or o the r penalty for nonpayment of
city taxes, a nd r ela te d functio ns; and to make the lie n
date for proper ty tax asse ssment c onform to gener al. law?
and;
W HEREAS, due and le gal notice of sa id specia l elec tion wa s
given as required by law and by said Reso lution; and
WHEREAS, on the 4th day of Ju ne, 1968, at the ho ur of
7:00 a.m. the polls were duly and regularly ope ned for sa id
special election in sid City an d sa id po lls wer e con tinuou sly
kept o pen for said purpose fro m the time they were so o pened
until 8:00 p.m. of said day a nd during said ho urs a spe cial
electio n was held in said City of Palo Alto on sa id measur e
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and in ac cordance with said resol ution; and
WHEREAS, immediately thereafte r said special election was
regularly and duly canvassed by th e Registra r of Voters pursuant
to autho rity given him by the Board of Supervisors of the Cou nty
of Santa Cla ra by and as provided in said R esoluti on and the
results of said special election duly d eclared as foll ows, to
wit:
That a majority of the qualified v oters voting on said
propo sition voted in favor thereof .
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of P alo Alt o does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. Tha t a s pecial election was duly and r egularly
called and held in all things according to Resolution No . 4107
of said City of Palo Alto duly ado pted for th e objects and
purposes ther ein specified and according to the laws of the St ate
of Californ ia.
SECTION 2. That a ma jor ity of the qualified electors voting
in said special election ha ving cast the ir ballots in favor of
said pro position a me nding the charter of the City of Palo Alto,
said ame ndme nts have become thereby duly r atified amendments to
the charter of the City of Palo Alto in the manner pr ovided in
said Resolutio n No . 4107.
SECTION 3. Tha t the City Attorney is hereby dir ected to
pr epare a concu rrent resolution setting for th sa id a mendments so
ratified to be c ertifie d by the Mayor and the City Cle rk for
intro ductio n and passage as a co ncurrent r esolution by the
Legislatur e of the Sta te of Ca lifornia confirming said a mendments.
The above and for ego ing resolution was duly and re gularly
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introduced and p assed at a reg ular meeting of the Council of
th e City of Pal o Alto on Monday the 17th day of J une, 1968, by
the following vote: June 17, 1968
AYES: A rnold, Be rwald, Clark, Comstock, Di as, G allagher, Gullixs on, Pe ars on,
Spaeth
NOES: None
ABSENT: Beahrs, Wh eatley