HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2022-052RESOLUTION NO. 2022-52
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS AND ESTABLISHING A PROCESS
FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS AND REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS
REGARDING THE ADVISORY MEASURE ON THE BALLOT FOR THE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
SEEKING VOTER OPINIONS RELATING TO CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS
WHEREAS, the City Council has called a General Municipal Election to be held
on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, for the purpose of electing two (2) members of the City
Council nominated from District 2 for the full term of four (4) years each.
WHEREAS, the City Council has also directed that, pursuant to California
Elections Code section 9603, the following advisory measure will also appear on the
ballot for the Tuesday, November 8, 2022, General Municipal Election:
Advisory Vote Only
Shall the measure relating to City Council districts be adopted?
(Limited to 75 words)
"In Palm Desert now, District 1 (the area surrounding Civic
Center with 20% of the population) selects one Council
YES
representative every four years, and District 2 (the other 80%
of the City) votes for a total of four Council representatives,
picking two representatives every two years. Should District 2
NO
be divided into four smaller districts, with all voters electing a
single person from their smaller district every four years?"
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the foregoing Recitals are true and correct and are
incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. That the City Council authorizes the following members of its body:
Karina Quintanilla (Councilmember In Favor)
Sabbv Jonathan (Councilmember Against)
Kathleen Kelly (Councilmember Against)
Gina Nestande (Councilmember Against)
Jan Harnik (Councilmember Against)
to file written arguments not to exceed 300 words regarding the advisory measure as
' specified above, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s)
submitting it, in accordance with Article 4, Section 3, Division 9 of the California
Elections Code. The arguments may be changed or withdrawn until and including
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-52
August 22, 2022, at 5:00 p.m., the date fixed by the City Clerk after which no argument '
for or against the advisory measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
The arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed name(s)
and signature(s) of the author(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 its principal officers who is the author of the argument. The arguments shall
be accompanied by the "Form of Statement To Be Filed By Author(s) of Argument."
Section 3. That the City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the
advisory measure to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial
analysis of the advisory measure not exceeding five hundred (500) words showing the
effect of the measure on the existing law and the operations of the measure. The
analysis shall include a statement indicating that the advisory measure was placed on
the ballot by the City Council. The impartial analysis shall be filed by August 22, 2022,
at 5:00 p.m., the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary arguments.
Section 4. Rebuttal Arguments. Pursuant to Section 9285 of the California
Elections Code, when the City Clerk has selected the primary arguments for and
against the Advisory Measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the City
Clerk shall send copies of the primary argument in favor of the Measure to the authors
of the primary argument against, and copies of the primary argument against to the
authors of the primary argument in favor. '
The author or a majority of the authors of an argument relating to a city measure
may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument not exceeding two hundred fifty (250)
words or may authorize in writing any other person or persons to prepare, submit, or
sign the rebuttal argument. A rebuttal argument may not be signed by more than five (5)
authors.
The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed
name(s) and signature(s) of the author(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 its principal officers. The rebuttal arguments shall be accompanied by a
"Form of Statement To Be Filed By Author(s) of Argument." The rebuttal arguments
shall be filed with the City Clerk no later than September 1, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.
Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the primary
arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the primary argument that it
seeks to rebut.
Section 5. That all previous resolutions providing for the filing of primary and
rebuttal arguments related to City measures are repealed.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this I
resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-52
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM DESERT CITY
COUNCIL THIS 23RD DAY OF JUNE, 2022.
JAN C. HARNIK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
IONY J. M
OF PALM
ERT, CALIFORNIA
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss.
CITY OF PALM DESERT )
I, ANTHONY J. MEJIA, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2022-52 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on June 23, 2022, by the
following vote:
AYES: KELLY, NESTANDE, QUINTANILLA, and HARNIK
NOES: JONATHAN
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the City of Palm Desert, California, this 21"t'- day of June, 2022.
IONY J. NftJlliERK
OF PALM ESERT, ALIFORNIA
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