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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 386-1956 KWRW: EAW: jTE: Jm 2/27/~6/10 ORDINANCE NO. S~$ AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE ...... CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO I~0R THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF SAID CITY TWO PROPOSITIONS OF INCURRING BONDED INDEBTEDNESSES OF SAID CITY FOR THE AO. QUISITION AND CONSTRUC- TION AND COMPLETION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL IMPROVE- MEN'TS; DECLARING THE ESTIMATED COSTS OF SAID MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS, THE AMOUNTS OF THE PRIN- CIPAL OF SAID INDEBTEDNESSES TO BE INCURRED THEBEFOR, AND THE MAXIMUM RATE OF INTEREST TO BE PAID THEB2ON; FIXING THE DATE OF SAID ELEC- TION, THE MANNER OF HOLDING THE SAME AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF The City Council of the City of South San Francisco does ordain as follows: WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, by resolution passed and adopted at a regular adjourned meeting thereof on February 21, 1956, by a two-thirds vote of all its members, did determine that the public interest and necessity demand the acquisition and construction and completion of the municipal improvements hereinafter mentioned, that the said muni- cipal improvements are necessary and convenient to carry out the objects, purposes and powers of the City, that the cost thereof will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City, and that the said indebtedness will require an expenditure greater than the amount allowed for it by the annual tax levy of the City, which resolution was duly entered in the minutes of the said meeting and is now on file and of record in the office of the City Clerk; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, as follows: 1. A special municipal election is hereby called and order- ed and will be held in the City of South San Francisco on Tuesday, the 10th day of April, 1956, at which election shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the City the questions of incurring two bonded indebtednesses by the City for the objects and purposes set forth in the following propositions, to-wit: PROPOSITION NO. 1 "Shall the City of South San Francisco STORM DRAINAGE ~incur a bonded indebtedness in the STRUCTURES amount of $1,200,000 for the acquisi- tion, construction and completion of a municipal improvement consisting of storm drainage structures including storm water sewers, catch basins, culverts, earth and concrete lined drainage channels and storm water pumping stations, and the acquisition of lands and easements necessary or useful therefor, and all acquisitions and improvements aux- iliary thereto that are necessary or useful in the completion thereof?" PROPosITioN NO. 2 "Shall the City of South San Francisco COVE~tED DRAINAGE · incur a bonded indebtedness in the STRUCTURES amount of $800,000 over and above the amount stated in Proposition No. 1 for the acquisition, construction and completion of a municipal improvement consisting of storm water box culverts and conduits and covered drainage channels?" 2. The estimated cost of the municipal improvements set forth in Proposition NOo I is the sum of $1,200,000, and as set forth in Proposition No. 2 is the sum of $800,000, and the amount of the principal of the indebtedness proposed to be incurred for the municipal improvements described in Proposition No. I is the sum of $1,200,000 and for the municipal improvements described in Proposition No. 2 is the sum of $800,000. 3. The City Council does hereby submit to the qualified voters of said City at the said municipal election this ordinance and the said 2ropositions set forth in Section i hereof. The City Council proposes to issue and sell bonds of said City of South San Francisco in the amount and for the objects and purposes specified in said Propositions if two-thirds of the qualified electors voting on such propositions at said special municipal election shall vote in favor of said propositions. 4. If two-thirds of the qualified electors voting on either of such Propositions vote in favor thereof, said Proposi- tions shall be deemed adopted. The bonds shall be negotiable in form and of the character known as serial, and shall bear interes~ at a rate not exceeding five per cent (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually except that interest for the first year after the date of the bonds may be made payable at the end of said year. 5. The said special municipal election shall be held and conducted, the votes thereof canvassed, the returns thereof made, and result thereof ascertained and determined as herein provided; and in all particulars not prescribed by this ordinance the elec- tion shall be conducted as other city elections in said City. 6o The said special municipal election is hereby consOli- dated with the general municipal election which will be held with- in the City of South San Francisco on Tuesday, the 10th day of April, 1956. The special municipal election shall be held in the manner provided for the general municipal election, and the elec- tion precincts, polling places, and officers of election shall be the same as those set forth in Resolution No. 2S21 , A Resolution of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco Providing for the Holding of a General Municipal Election in said City on the 10th Day of April, 1956, Designating Precincts, Polling Places, and Election Officers, and Designating Propositions to be Voted Upon, adopted by the City Council on February 27, 1956. 7. The elections hereby con~idated shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election and only one form of ballot shall be used° 8. Ail persons qualified to vote at the general municipal election upon the date of the election herein provided shall be qualified to vote upon the propositions submitted at the special municipal election. 9. Ballots for the election shall be provided of the form and to the number provided by law. On the ballots, in addition to any other printed matter which may be required by law, two voting squares shall be set off to the right of each of the Propositions submitted at the election and set forth in Section 1 of this ordinance, one having the word "YES" printed before it and the other having the word "NO" printed before it. lC. Each voter may vote on either one or both of the Propositions hereby submitted. Each voter to vote for either Propomition hereby submitted for incurring said bonded indebtedness -3- shall st~p a cross (X) in the blank space opposite the word "Y~" on the ballot to the right of said '~oposition, and to vote against either ~oposition hereby sub~tted Nd against the incurri~ of said indebtedness shall st~p a cross (X) in the bla~ space opposite the word "NO" on the ballot to the right of said Proposition. ll. The polls shall be opened at 7:00 o'clock A. M. of the day of the election and shall be kept open until 8:00 o'clock P, M. of the s~e day, when the polls shall be closed, except as to voters in line as provided in Section 5734 of the Elections Code. 12. This ordin~ce is adopted pursuit to ~ticle l, comprising Sections 43600 to 43638, inclusive, of Chapter 4, Division 4, ~tle 4 of the ~ver~ent Code of the State of Califo~ia. 13. This ordnance shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in the South San ~ancisco Ente~rise-Jour~l, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published less th~ ~i~o days a week in the Ciao 14. This ordin~ce shall be forthwith entered upon the minutes of the City Council ~n the ordinance book of the City. This or~n~ce, bei~ ~ ordin~ce calli~ and orderi~ ~ election, shall t~e effect i~e~ately upon its a~ption. Ci~ Clerk I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. of the City of South Ban Francisco, California, entitled as above; that it was introduced and adopted by the Council of said City on February 27, 1956, by the following vote: AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen: Andrew Rocca, Emilio Cortesi, Richard Gamlen, Telford Smith NOE~, Councilmen: Francis Lucchio AB~ENT,'Councilmen: None l~ancisco -5-