Resolution No. 6445RESOLUTION NO. 6445
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING A WRITTEN ARGUMENT
REGARDING A CITY MEASURE AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Cypress,
California, on November 4, 2014, at which there will be submitted to the voters the
following measure:
Shall Ordinance No. 1145, approving a zone change
for the closed Mackay School Site, located at 8721
Cypress Street, from "PS -1A Public /Semi - Public" to
"PC -13 Planned Community," thereby allowing for
the construction of a 2.9 acre city park and 47 single
family residential units, be adopted?
Yes
No
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Election Code §§ 9282 and 9287, the City Council
hereby authorizes, but does not require, any or all members of the City Council to file a
written argument for or against the foregoing measure.
SECTION 2. In the event that more than one argument for or against the
foregoing measure is timely submitted, the City Clerk, acting as the city elections
official, shall give preference and priority first, to arguments submitted by a member of
the City Council, as authorized by this Resolution, and second, to individual voters,
bona fide associations, or a combination thereof, in the order set forth at California
Elections Code § 9287.
SECTION 3. In accordance with the requirements of Division 9, Chapter 3,
Article 4 of the California Elections Code, all written arguments for or against the
foregoing measure: (1) shall not exceed three hundred (300) words in length; (2) shall
be filed with the City Clerk; (3) shall be accompanied by the printed name(s) and
signature(s) of the person(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization,
the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of the
principal officers who is the author of the argument; and (4) shall be accompanied by
the Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) of Argument. All written arguments may
be changed or withdrawn until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk, after which
time no arguments for or against the foregoing measure may be submitted to the City
Clerk.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of
the foregoing measure to the City Attorney. In accordance with California Elections
Code § 9280, the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare an impartial analysis of the
measure, not to exceed five hundred (500) words in length, showing the effect of the
measure on the existing law and the operation of the measure. The impartial analysis
shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary arguments.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED b the City Council of the City of
Cypress, California, at a regular meeting held on t day of J , ne, 2014.
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DENISE BASHAM, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City
Council held on the 23`d day of June, 2014, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Narain, Yarc, Johnson and Mills
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bailey
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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