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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 629-1972ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF SAID CITY A PROPOSITION FOR THE INCURRING OF A BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF SAID CITY FOR THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF A CERTAIN MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT, DECLARING THE ESTI- MATED COST OF SAID IMPROVEMENT, THE AMOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF SAID INDEBTEDNESS TO BE INCURRED THERE- FOR, AND THE MAXIMUM RATE OF INTEREST TO BE PAID THEREON; FIXING THE DATE OF SAID ELECTION, THE MANNER OF HOLDING THE SAME AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF The City Council o.f the City of South San Francisco does ordain, as follows: WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of South San Francisco did at a meeting of said Council on January 17, 1972, pass and adopt, by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all its members, a resolution determining that the public interest and necessity demanded the acquisition, construction and com- pletion of certain municipal improvements therein named and as hereinafter mentioned and further determining that the cost of said proposed municipal improvements will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City, and that the indebtedness to be incurred will require an ex- penditure of funds greater than the amount allowed for them by the annual tax levy of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, as follows: 1. A special municipal election be, and it is hereby, called and ordered to be held in the City of South San Francisco on Tuesday, the llth day of April, 1972, at which election shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said City this ordinance and the proposition of the incurring of bonded indebtedness of said City for the objects and purposes set forth in said propo- sition, to wit: PROPOSITION: (Sewerage Treatment and Disposal Works and System) "Shall the City of South San Francisco incur a bonded in- debtedness of $600,000, in accordance with the provi- sions of the ordinance calling the election at which this proposition is submitted, for the acqui- sition, construction and completion of additions, extensions and improvements to the City's sanitary sewerage treatment and disposal plant system and works?" 2. The estimated cost of the public improvements set forth in said proposition and the principal amount of the in- debtedness to be incurred for the objects and purposes mentioned in the proposition, including legal and other fees, cost of printing bonds, and other costs and expenses incidental or connected with the authorization, issuance and sale of the ~bonds is $600,000. 3. The City Council does hereby submit to the qualified voters of the City of South San Francisco, at said special muni- cipal election, this ordinance and the proposition set forth herein. The City Council proposes to issue and sell bonds of said City to the amount and for the objects and purposes speci- fied in said proposition, if two-thirds of the qualified voters, voting on said proposition at said special municipal election, shall vote in favor thereof. 4. If two-thirds of the qualified voters voting on said proposition shall vote in favor thereof, said proposition shall be deemed adopted. Bonds issued pursuant to this ordinance shall be negotiable in form and of the character known as serial, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed seven percent (7%) per annum payable semiannually, except that interest for the first year after the date of the bonds may be made payable at the end of the year. 5. That 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 -2- provided; and in all particulars not prescribed by this ordi- nance, said election shall be held as provided by law for the holding of municipal elections in said City. 6. All persons qualified to vote at municipal elections in said City upon the date of the election herein provided for shall be qualified to vote upon the proposition submitted at said special municipal election. 7. The said special municipal election is hereby consoli- dated with the general municipal election which will be held within the City of South San Francisco on Tuesday, the llth day of April, 1972. The special municipal election shall be held in the manner provided for the general municipal election, and the election precincts, polling places, and officers of election shall be the same as those set forth in the notice of election officers and polling places proposed to be published once in the Enterprise-Journal, a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in said City. Said publication shall be completed on or before March 22, 1972. 8. The elections hereby consolidated shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used. 9. Both the sample ballots and the data voting cards to be used as absent voter ballots, shall, in addition to other matters required by law to be printed thereon, state the propo- sition' set forth in Section i hereof, with two voting squares set off to the right of said proposition, one having the words "BONDS - YES" and the other having the words "BONDS - NO" printed before it. 10. Each absentee voter to vote for the proposition hereby submitted and for incurring the bonded indebtedness thereof, shall punch out the cross (+) in the blank space opposite the words"BONDS - YES" on the ballot to the right of said propo- sition, and to vote against said proposition and against incurring said indebtedness, shall punch out the cross (+) in the blank space opposite the word "BONDS -NO" on the ballot to the right of said proposition. ll o The voting machines to be used for voting at said election shall be prepared as required by law and each of said voting machines shall have placed thereon, in the place provided for measures, a ballot label setting forth the proposition hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the City in the form set forth in Section i hereof. 12. The voting machines shall be so arranged that each voter wishing to vote for the proposition hereby submitted and in favor of incurring said bonded indebtedness may, by pulling a lever, .place an "x" opposite the word "YES" below the ballot label for such proposition, and to vote against such proposition and against incurring the said indebtedness may, by pulling a lever, place an "x" opposite the word "NO" below the ballot label as herein provided. 13. 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 same day when the polls shall be closed, subject to the provisions of Sections 1~436 and 14437 of the Elections Code. 14. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to procure all supplies and make all arrangements necessary for the proper conduct of said election. 15. Notice of the election hereby called shall be give~ by publishing this ordinance once a week for two (2) weeks in the Enterprise-Journal, a newspaper published less than six days a week in the City. No other notice of the election hereby called need be given. 16. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to Article I, comprising Sections 43600 to 43638, inclusive, of Chapter 4, Division 4, Title 4 of the Government Code of the State of California and being an ordinance calling and ordering an election, shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. -4- Introduced this 17th day of January, 1972. 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 7thday of ... February , 1972, by the San Francisco this following vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN NOES, ABSENT, Patrick E. Ah~rn, Frank J. Bertucelli William A. Borba and Warren Steinkamp None F. Frank Mammini City Clerk As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby approve the foregoing ordinance this 7th ,day of February 1972.