HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 36-22 for 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. 650 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;
N OW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
S ection 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 panted 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for city measures are repealed
S ection 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
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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 12th day of April 2022.
AYES. Headding, Addis, Barton, Ford, Heller
NOES' None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
idaAAset,
DA SWANSON, City Clerk
City Clerk
JOHN�H ADD NG, Mayor
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