Resolution No. 6447072
RESOLUTION NO. 6447
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS
REGARDING TWO CITY MEASURES
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cypress called a General Municipal
Election to be held on November 4, 2014 for the purpose of submitting two proposed
ordinances (Ordinance Nos. 1145 and 1146) to the voters of the City of Cypress for
their consideration (the "General Municipal Election "); and
WHEREAS, California Elections Code § 9285 authorizes the City Council, by
majority vote, to adopt provisions to provide for the filing of rebuttal arguments regarding
city measures submitted at the General Municipal Election;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Elections Code § 9285, when the City Clerk has
selected the arguments for and against either of the measures which will be printed and
distributed to the voters, the City Clerk shall send copies of the argument in favor of the
measure to the authors of the argument against, and copies of the argument against to
the authors of the argument in favor. The authors may prepare and submit rebuttal
arguments not to exceed two hundred and fifty (250) words in length. The rebuttal
arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk not more than ten (10) days after the final
date for filing direct arguments. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same
manner as the direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the
direct argument which it seeks to rebut.
SECTION 2. All previous resolutions providing for the filing of rebuttal arguments
for city measures are repealed.
SECTION 3. The provisions of Section 1 of this Resolution shall apply only to
the election to be held on November 4, 2014, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 4. That 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 by the City Council of the City of
Cypress, at a regular meeting held on the 23rd day o /u,-, 2014.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
MAYOR HE CIT OF CYPRESS
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 23rd 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
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS