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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 267-1947 ORDINANCE CALLING I SPECIAL EIECTION IN THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, COUNTRY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALI- FORNIA. FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, THREE (3) CERTAIN PROPOSITIONS TO INCUR A BONDED INDEBTEDNESS TO PAY THE COST OF CERTAIN ~NI~CIPAL I~ROVEMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS IN AND FOR SAID CITY ~AS FOLLOWS: (1) THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF A CENTRAL POLICE STATION IN SAID CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. (2) THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF A CENTRAL FIRE ...... DEPARTMENT STATION IN SAID CITY AND A FIRE DEPART- MENT SUBSTATION WEST OF EL CAMINO REAL IN SAID CITY, TOGETHER WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LANDS, BUILDINGS,'.~ FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT THEREFOR, AN AERIAL SERV~E TRUCK, A PUMPING ENGINE AND OTHER FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES OF SAID CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO: (3) THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF THREE (3) RECREATION BUILDINGS IN SAID CITY OF SOUTH S~N FRANCISCO. RECITING THE SEVERAL OBJ~.CTS AND PURPOSES FOR WHICH S~ID INDEBTEDNESS IS PROPOSED TO BE INCURRED: THE ESTII~ATED COST THEREOF, AND THE 'AMOUNT .OF THE INDEBTEDNESS PROPOSED TO BE INCURRED THEREFOR: ESTABLISHING THE ELECTION PRECINCTS AND APPOINTING OFFICERS OF ELECTION. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, by resolutions passed and adopted at a' regular meet- ing of said,City Council on the 7th day of August, 1917, by affirmative vote of more than two-thirds of all its members, did determine that the public interest and necessity demand the acquisition, construction and completion of the municipal improvements hereinafter mentioned, and each thereof, and did further determine that the cost of said proposed municipal im- provements, and each thereof, will be too great to be paid ~t out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of said City of South San Francisco, which resolutions were duly entered on the minutes of said meeting of said City Council and are now on file and of record in the Clerk's office of said city; -1- NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San FranciSco does ordain as follows: Section I. A special election is hereby called and shall be held in the City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo, State of California, on Tuesday, the 16th day of September, 1947, for the purpose of submitting, and at which there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City of South San Francisco, the propositions to incur a bonded indebtedness for the several purposes respectively hereinafter stated. ~nd the last mentioned date, to wit, the 16th day of September, 19~7, is hereby fixed as the date for holding said special election and notice of said election is hereby given and the s aid propositions to incur said bonded indebt- edness by said City of South San Francisco are hereby sub- mitted to the qualified voters of the City of South San Fran- cisco for their determination at said election. Section II. That t he objects and purposes for which said indebtedness is proposed to be incurred are respective- ly the following, to wit: FIRST: The acquisition, construction and completion of a central police station and the acquisition of the necessary furniture and equipment for the same. SECOND: The acquisition, construction and completion of a central fire department station in said city and a fire de- partment substation west of E1 Camino Real in said city, together with lands, buildings, furniture and equipment therefor, an aerial service truck, a pumping engine and other fire fighting equipment, works, property, structures and equipment for fire protection purposes of said City of South San Francisco. -2- THIRD: The acquisition, construction and completion of three (3) recreation buildings and the acquisition of the necessary furniture and equipment for said recreation buildings. Section III. That the estimated cost of the municipal improvement first above mentioned, to wit, the acquisition, con- struction and completion of a central police station and the acquisition of the nmcessary furniture and equipment for the same is One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,0OO.00), and that the cost thereof is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of said City of South San Francisco; that the amount of the principal indebtedness to be incurred therefor is One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00). Section IV. That t he estimated cost of the proposed municipal improvement second above' described, to wit, the acquisition, construction and Completion of a central fire de- partment station in said city and a fire department substation west of E1 Camino Real in said city, together with lands, build- ings, furniture and equipment therefor, an aerial service truck, a pumping engine and other fire fighting equipment, works, property, structures, and equipment for fire protection purposes of said City of South San Francisco is Two Hundred Eight~Thousand Dollars ($280,000.00) and that the amount of money which said City o f South San Francisco needs for the purposes mentioned in this Section IV is One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($185,O00.00) and that said sum of One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($185,000.O0) is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of said city; that the amount of the principal indebtedness to be incurred for the purposes mentioned in this Section IV is One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($185,O00.00). -3- Section V. That the estimated cost of the proposed municipal improvement third above described, to wit, the acquisition, construction and completion of three (3) recreation buildings and the acquisition of the necessary furniture and equipment for said recreation buildings is the sum of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00), and that the amount of money which said City of South San Francisco needs for the purposes mentioned in this Section V is the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00), and that said sumof Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of said city; that the amount of the principal indebtedness to be incurred for the purposes mentioned in this Section V is Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00). Section VI. And it is further ordained and ordered as follows: (a) That bonds of the City of South San Francisco in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) shall be issued and sold to pay for the acquisition, construction and completion of a central police station and the~cquisition of the necessary furniture and equipment for the same; provided said proposition of incurring said indebtedness for said purpose first above set out, so submitted at said special election, shall rec~ve the requisite number of votes, to-wit, the affirmative votes of tWo-thirds (2/3) of all the qualified voters voting at said special election. (b) That bonds of said City of South San Francisco in the amount of One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($185,O00.O0) -4- shall be issued and sold to pay for the acquisition, con- struction and completion of a central fire departme~ station in said city and a fire department substation west of E1 Camino Real in said city, together with lands, buildings, furniture and equipment therefor, an aerial service truck, a pumping engine and other fire fighting equipment, works, property, structures and equipment for fire protection purposes of said City of South San Francisco; provided said proposition of incurring said in- debtedness for said purpose second above set out so submitted at said special election, shall receive the requisite number of votes, to-wit, the affirmative votes of two-thirds (2/3) of all the qualified voters voting at said special election. (c) That bonds of said City of South San Francisco in the amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) shall be issued and sold to pay for the acquisition, construction and com- pletion by said City of South San Francisco of three (3) recreation buildings and the acquisition of the necessary furniture and equipment for said recreation buildings; provided said proposition to incur said indebtedness for sai~p~rpose third above set out, so submitted at said special election, shall receive the required number of votes, to-wit, the affirmative votes of two-thirds (2/3) of all the qualified voters voting at said special election. Section VII. The bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to said election shall be~r interest from date of their issuance until paid at the rate of interest which shall be determined when they will be offered for sale, said interest -5- to be payable semi-annually, and the principal and interest of said bonds shall be payable in lawful money of United States of America in the ~llowing manner, that is to s ay: Not less than One-Thirtieth (1/30) part of the whole amount of the principal of said indebtedness created under any one (1) or any two (2) or all t~ree (3) propositions hereinbefore set forth in sub- divisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section VI of this ordinance shall be paid each and every year at the city treasury of said City of South San Francisco on a day or date to be fixed by the legislative branch of said municipality, together with the interest on all sums unpaid at such date, provided that the interest on such bonds shall be paid semi-annually so that there shall be a payment of interest on all sums then unpaid in each and every half year, one of such semi-annual payments being at the date of the payment of the annual installments, of the principal of such indebtedness, as. aforesaid; and PROVIDED, further, that said interest s hall be evidenced by the proper coupons attached to said bonds, a separate coupon being attached to each bond for each semi-annual payment of the interest to become due on such~'bond; and That the total indebtedness authorized to be created at said election shall be represented by bonds payable in the manner aforesaid, and that said bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the legislative branch of said City of South' San Francisco may determine, except that no bonds shall be of a less denomination than One Hundred Dollars ($100.O0)~nor of a greater denomination than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.OO) and that said bonds shall be known as Municipal Improvement Bonds, Series 1947. -6- Section VIII. It is further ordained that the manner of holding said special election and of voting thereat for and against said propositions of incurring said indebtedness, shall be as'provided in this ordinance and that in all particulars not recited herein such special election shall be held as provided for by law for holding municipal elections in said City of South San Francisco, a ndt hat in all particulars not recited herein and not provided for by law for holding such municipal elections, the general election laws of the State of Cali~rnia, so far as the same may be applicable, shall apply; That, for the purpose of said special election, said City of South San Francisco has been divided and now is divided into fifteen (15) election precincts to be known as Voting Precinct A, Voting Precinct B, Voting Precinct C, Voting Precinct D, Voting Precinct E, Voting Precinct F, Voting Precinct G, Voting Precinct H, Voting Precinct I, Voting Precinct J, Voting Precinct K, Voting Precinct L, Voting Precinct M, Voting Precinct N, Voting Precinct O, respectively. Voting Precinct A shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. i and South San Francisco Precinct No. 23, as established by that certain resolution entitled: "Resolution and Order Dividing the County of San Mateo, California, into Election Precincts and Establishing the Boundaries Thereof", passed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, on the ~th day of December, 19~5, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct A shall be at Headlee'8 garage at S16 Grand Avenue, in said City ~ South San Francisco. -7- Voting Precinct B shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. 2 and South San Francisco Precinct No. 20, as established by said resolu- tion of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Mateo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct B shall be at Oliver's garage at 700 Circle Court, in said city. Voting Precinct C shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. 3 and South San Francisco Precinct No. 5, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Ma~eo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct C shall be at ~Laufer's garage at lll Magnolia Avenue, in said city. Voting Precinct D shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. ~ and South San Francisco Precinct No. 17, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Mateo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct D shall be at Tognella's garage at 601 Miller Avenue, in said city. Voting Precinct E shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. 6 and South San Francisco Precinct No. 13, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Mateo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct E shall be at Cavassa's garage at 478 Baden Avenue, in said city. Voting Precent F shall include, all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. 7 and South San Francisco Precinct No. 8, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Mateo, and the polling place for said Voti. ng Precinct F shall be at Marinoff's garage at 621 Maple Avenue, in said city. Voting Precinct G shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. 9, South San Francisco Precinct No. 10, and South San Francisco Precinct No. 16, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San 'Mateo, a~xi t he polling place for said Voting Precinct G shall be at Metropolita~ Hotel, at 220 Linden Avenue, in said city. Voting Precinct H shall include all the territory de~Qribed in South San Francisco Precinct No. ll and South San Francisco Precinct No. 14, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Mateo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct H shall be at Sunia's garage at 837 Linden Avenue, in said city. Voting Precinct I shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. 12, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Eateo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct I shall be at Hendel's garage at lO11 Bayshore Blvd., in said city. Voting Precinct J shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. 15, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Mateo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct J shall be at Dietsche's garage at 108 Claremont Avenue, in said city. Voting Precinct K shall include all the territory des- cribed in South San Francisco Precinct No. 18, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Mateo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct K shall be at Petroni's garage at &07 West Orange Avenue, in said city. -9- Voting Precinct L shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. 19, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Mateo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct L shall be at Dolwig's garage at 130 Knoll Circle, in said city. Voting Precinct M shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. 21 and South San Francisco Precinct No. 22, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Mateo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct M shall be at Community Hall, Lindenville, 200 Victory ~venue, in said city. Voting Precinct N shall include all the territory described in South San Francisco Precinct No. 24, as established by said resolution of the Board of Supervisors of said County of San Mateo, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct N shall be at Robinson's garage, ~t 129 Rockwood Drive, in said city. Voting Precinct O shall include all the territory de- lineated in that certain map entitled: "Rancho BurirBuri South San Francisco, California", which map was filed in the office of the County Recorder of the County of San Mateo, California, March 22, 1946, and recorded in Book 25 of Map~ at pages 28, 29 and 30, and the polling place for said Voting Precinct O shall be at Popelka's garage at 201 Bonit~Avenue, in said city. -10- That said election shall be conducted by boards of election consisting of one (1) inspector, one (1) judge and two (2) clerks for each precinct, whose duties and powers shall be and are the same as those of boards of election and of such election officers, respectively, under the law govern- ing municipal elections of said City of South San Francisco, and in particulars not covered by such law, then under the general election laws of the State of California. If any of the members ~of said boards of election hereinafter named shall fail to attend at the opening of the polls on the morning of such election, the qualified electors of that precinct present at that hour, in- cluding members of the boards, may supply the place of any such absent member by appointment, as provided by said general election laws. At said special election, the polls shall be open at seven (7) oblock of the morning of such election and shall be kept open until seven (7) o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, when the said polls shall be closed. In said South San Francisco municipal election precincts, the polls shall be held at the places and the election conducted as aforesaid by said inspectors, judges and clerks, respectively,~hereinafter named as follows, to-wit: In said Voting Precinct A, the inspector shall be Lucetta Hardy, the judge shall be Kate ~aynard and the clerks shall be Emma Robinson and M~ude A. Hunter. In said Voting Precinct B, the inspector shall be Sarah Henkel, the judge shall be Mary E. Dinning and the clerks shall be Beulah M. Pool and Anita Vincent. -ll- In said Voting Precinct C, the inspector shall be Elsie M. Dobson, the judge shall be Vey Ferron and the clerks shall be Marie A. Imprescia and Rena Ringue. In said Voting precinct D, the inspector shall be Clara M. Rowe, the judge shall be Mattie L. Wright and the clerks shall be Amelia Perazzo and Abbie Fox. In said Voting Precinct E, the inspector shall be Josephine Rossetti, the judge shall be Lillie Black and the clerks shall be Mary Bollazzi and Harriet H. Blank. In said Voting Precinct F, the inspector shall be Antoinette C. Kozlowski, the judge shall be Freda Troy and the clerks shall be Dora McCarn and Anita Zucco. In said Voting Precinct G,~the inspector shall be Emma Kelly, the judge shall be Rosella Tibbetts and the clerks shall be Eleanor Fabris and Amanda Bertuccelli. In said Voting Precinct H, the inspector shall be Mary L. Lonati, the judge shall be Josephine R. Fracchia and the clerks shall be Marie Ginier and Nora V. Sturm. In said Voting Precinct I, the inspector shall be Leona Casper, the judge shall be Hazel V. Church and the Clerks shall be Ruby E. Rowe and Helen E. Hennesse~. In said Voting Precinct J, the inspector shall be Julia G. Dietsche, the judge shall be Anna H. Sender and the clerks shall be Frances N. Church and Marguirete Neerman. In said Voting Precinct K, the inspector shall be Norma Guglielmetti, the judge shall be Anita Pera and the clerks shall be Levia Mangini and Nelli Agresti. In said Votin~ Precinct L, the inspector shall be Ethel M. Hernan, the judge shall be Betty M. Dolwig and the clerks shall be Elizabeth Carlyle and Myrtle Wood. -12- In said Voting Precinct M, the inspector shall be Louise Bertoldi, the judge shall be Giuseppe Beltrami and the clerks shall be Charles Locatelli and Amelia Beltrami. In said Voting Precinct N, the inspector-shall be Ruth C. Robinson, the judge shall be Belle Hillman and the clerks shall be Virginia Harris and Lucille Zohn. In said Voting Precinct O, the inspector shall be Virginia Kelley, the judge shall be Patricia Royal and the clerks shall be Dorothy Thomas and Dorothy Boardman. Said polling places above designated have been found and are hereby determined to be suitable and proper places for holding such special election, and said several persons above designated as members of the respective boards of election have been found and are hereby determined to be qualified for said respective positions on said boards of election,~ as required by law, and they shall and will be and are hereby appointed as such officers to conduct such and said election and constitute said boards of election, and said boards of election ~nd said officers shall conduct and are hereby directed to conduct said election as by law and this ordinance provided and to canvass the votes given and cast at said special election and to make and deliver returns thereof in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and of law and said City Council of the City of South San Francisco shall meet and canvass said returns when received and declare the result for of said special election in the mannerpr~vided/by law. Section IX. A sufficient number of ballots shall be and is hereby directed to be prepared and caused to be printed for said precincts as provided for by law and upon the proper kind of paper, to-wit: The same as used at general elections in the State of California, by the Clerk of the City of South San Francisco and be furnished and provided for the use of the voters in said special election at the expense of the City of South San Francisco, and shall have the following matter printed thereon in addition to such other matter as may be required by law, to-wit: "A special election submitting to the qualified voters of the City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo, State of California, the following propositions, to-wit: PROPOSITION NO. 1 The proposition to incur a bonded indebtedness of $150,O00.O0 in lawful money of the United States of America for the object and purpose of acquiring, constructing and completing by the City of South San Francisco, a municipal corporation, a central police station and acquiring the necessary furniture and equipment for the same. 1. For said proposition to incur a bonded indebtedness of $150,OOO.OO in lawful YES money of the United States of America for the purpose of acquiring, construct- ing and completing a central pelice station and acquiring the necessary NO furniture and equipment for the same. PROPOSITION NO. 2 The proposition to incur a bonded indebtedness of $185,O00.00 in lawful money of the United States of America for the object and purpose of acquiring, constructing and completing by the City of South San Francisco, a municipal corporation, a central fire department station in said city and a fire department sub-station west of E1 Camino Real in said city, together with .lands, buildings, furniture and equipment therefor, an aerial service truck, a pumping engine and other fire fighting equipment, works, property, structures and equipment for fire protection purposes of said City of South San Francisco. 2. For said proposition to incur a bonded indebt- edness of $185,000.00 in lawful money of the United States of America for the object and purpose of acquiring, constructing and complet- YES lng by the City of South San Francisco, a mun~-~ cipal corporation, a central fire department sta- tion in said city and a fire department ~ub- station west of E1 Camino Real in said city, to- gether with lands, buildings, furniture and equip- ment therefor, an aerial service truck, a pumping engine and other fire fighting equipment, works, ~ NO' property, structures and equipment for fire pro- tection purposes of said City of South San Francisco. -15- PROPOSITION No. 3 The proposition to incur a bonded indebtedness of $30,000.00 in lawful money of the United States of America fo~ the object and purpose of acquiring, constructing and completing~Three (3) recreation buildings and acquiring the necessary furniture and other equipment for such recreation buildings. 3. For said proposition to incur a bonded indebtedness of $30,000.00 in lawful money of the United States of America YES for the purpose of ~cquiring, construct- ing, and completing three (3) recreation buildings and acquiring the necessary furniture ~nd other equipment for such NO recreation buildings. ~ny voter who desires to vote in ~avor of any one of said propositions and to accept such proposition may do so by stamping a cross (X) in the voting square on the right-hand margin of the ballot, after and opposite the word "YES" and after such ballot shall be so stamped and deposited in the ballot box, it shall be counted as provided by law as a vote in favor of such proposition and accepting the same. Any voter who desires to vote against any one of said propositions and to reject such proposition may do so by stamping a cross (X) in the voting square on the right-hand margin of the ballot after and opposite the word "NO" and after such ballot shall be so stamped and deposited in the ballot box, it shall be canvassed and counted as provided by law as a vote against such proposition and rejecting the same." -16- Section X. The manner of voting for or against said propositions for incurring said indebtedness shall be as follows, to-wit: Any voter who desires to vote for and in favor of any one of said propositions to incur said indebtedness, as aforesaid, and to accept such proposition, m~y do so at said special election, as stated in said form of ticket, by stamping a cross (X) in the voting square in the right-hand margin of a ballot, received from one of the aforesaid boards of election, after and opposite the word "YES", and after said ballot shall have been so stamped and deposited in the ballot box, it shall be canvassed and counted as required by law as a vote in favor of such proposition and accepting the same. Any voter who desires to vote against any one of said propositions to incur said indebtedness, as aforesaid, and to reject such proposition, may do so at said special election, as stated in said form of ticket, by stamping a cross (X) in the voting square on the right-hand margin of a ballot, received from one of the aforesaid boards of election, after and opposite the word "NO" and after said ballot shall have been so stamped and , deposited in the ballot box, it shall be canvassed and counted as required by law as a vote against such proposition and rejecting the same. Such marking or stamping of said c~ess (X) on said ballot shall be done only with the stamp, which, with the necessary pads and ink, shall be provided for each booth in said fifteen (15) designated polling places. Section XI. All persons qualified, at the time of holding said election, to vote at municipal elections in and for said City of South San Francisco or entitled by law govern- ing such special election, shall be qualified to vote at such special election. Section XII. This ordinance shall be published once a week for two (2) weeks in "The Enterprise" a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published and circulated one (1) day a week in said City of South San Francisco. No other notice of such election need be given. Section XIII. All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting herewith are hereby repealed. Section XIV. This ordinance shall take effect and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. Introduced this /~ day of August, 1947. Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, this ~j.~z. day of August, 1947, by the following ~vote: Ayes~, Councilmen-~.~'/f.'~F'///~ ~~z~. ~ .~.~ /~. Noes, Councilmen Absent, Councilmen Mayor of the City of South San Francisco. Attest: hereby approve the foregoing ordinance this ~2~ I day of August, 1947. Mayor of the City of South San Francisco.