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MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL
HELD
July 30, 2012
An adjourned regular meeting of the Cypress City Council was called to order at 5:31 p.m.
by Mayor Bailey in the Executive Board Room, 5275 Orange Avenue, Cypress, California.
Members present:
Mayor Doug Bailey
Mayor Pro Tem Prakash Narain
Council Member Leroy Mills
Council Member Todd Seymore
Members absent:
Council Member Phil Luebben
Staff present:
City Manager John Bahorski
City Clerk Denise Basham
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
None.
NEW BUSINESS:
Item No. 1: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS FOR A BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Jack Rubens, Los Alamitos Race Track counsel, thanked the City Council for continuing
this matter to August 9, 2012. He indicated that he spent this afternoon at the office of the
O.C. Registrar of Voters and that the results are inconclusive because he was unable to
compare the petition signatures to the computer signatures.
Mr. Rubens indicated that the signature verification is done both manually and
computerized, and that the O.C. Registrar of Voters disqualified 1,726 of the 3,800
signatures received. He stated that there are six signature gatherers who had a rate of
over 50% invalid signatures and that he would be proposing to the O.C. Registrar of
Voters that an expert be allowed to look at the digitized signatures.
Mr. Rubens stated that he would be proposing a critical path schedule in order to show
that 1,000 of the 1,700 signatures are verified by August 9, 2012, as approximately 2,800
verified signatures are needed.
Council Member Seymore asked if more signatures could be gathered.
Mr. Rubens responded that the signature gathering period has concluded, as the petitions
can only be submitted to the O.C. Registrar of Voters once.
Council Member Mills asked if the same signature gathering company was hired as with
Measure L.
Mr. Rubens indicated that it was the same signature gathering company, however, some
of the signature gatherers were different and that it was a reputable company.
Mayor Pro Tem Narain asked about the appeal process.
Mr. Rubens stated that he is unsure of the formal appeal process.
Mayor Bailey asked if only one person is reviewing the signatures.
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Mr. Rubens replied that he assumes that more than one person is involved in the
signature verification process.
It was moved by Council Member Seymore and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Narain, that
the City Council continue this item to an adjourned regular meeting of August 9, 2012,
beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The motion was carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mills, Seymore, Narain and Bailey
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Luebben
ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Bailey adjourned the meeting at 5:46 p.m. to Thursday, August
9, 2012, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Executive Board Room.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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