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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 36-22 Measure B-22 Rebuttal ArgumentsRESOLUTION NO. 36-22 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS REGARDING THE SUBMISSION OF ORDINANCE NO. 660 TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY AS A PROPOSED MEASURE THE CITY COUNCIL City of Morro Bay, California WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Morro Bay, California, on November 8, 2022, at which there will be submitted to the voters a ballot measure to consider adopting Ordinance No 650 adding Chapter 3.27 "Morro Bay Harbor Infrastructure Act of 2022" to Title 3 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code"; and WHEREAS, California Elections Code § 9285 authorizes the City Council, by majority vote, to adopt provisions to provide for the filing of rebuttal arguments regarding city measures submitted at municipal election; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That pursuant to Elections Code § 9285, when the City's elections official has selected the arguments for and against the foregoing measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the City's elections official shall send copies of the argument in favor of the measure to the authors of the argument against, and copies of the argument against to the authors of the argument in favor. The author or a majority of the authors of an argument relating to the foregoing city measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument not to exceed two hundred and fifty (250) words in length. A rebuttal argument may not be signed by more than five (5) authors. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk not more than ten (10) days after the final date for filing direct arguments. The final date for filing direct arguments is July 22, 2022, and as such rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk no later than the close of business on August 2, 2022. The rebuttal arguments shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) of Argument as provided for in California Elections Code § 9600. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it seeks to rebut. Section 2. That all previous resolutions providing for the filing of rebuttal arguments for city measures are repealed. Section 3. That the provisions of Section 1 of this Resolution shall apply only to the General Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2022, and shall then be repealed. RESOLUTION NO. 36-22 PAGE 2OF2 Section 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage and adoption. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay, California, at a regular meeting held on the 1211 day of April 2022. AYES: Headding, Addis, Barton, Ford, Heller NOES: None ABSENT:, None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: ,MA., MOT • - 2