HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 04-065RESOLUTION NO. 04.65
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, 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
Palm Desert, California, on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, at which there will be
submitted to the voters the following measure:
Shall the residents of the City of Palm Desert ratify an ordinance
passed by the City Council in 1992 (Ordinance No. 679), which
increased the Transient Occupancy Tax (the hotel bed tax) from
eight percent (8%) to nine percent (9%) and which current law
now says requires voter approval?
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE,
DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council authorizes ALL members of the
City Council to file a written argument in Favor of the City measure, accompanied
by the printed name(s) and signatures of the person(s) submitting it, in accordance
with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the Elections Code of the State of California,
and to change the argument until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk after
which no arguments for or against the City measure may be submitted to the City
Clerk.
SECTION 2. That the City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy
of the measure to the City Attorney, unless the organization or salaries of the office
of the City Attorney are affected. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial
analysis of the measure, showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and
the operation of the measure. If the measure affects the organization or salaries of
the office of the City Attorney, the City Clerk shall prepare the impartial analysis.
The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of
primary arguments.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
RESO JTlON NO. 04 65
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Palm Desert, California, at its regular meeting held on the 24th day of June, 2004,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, FERGUSON, KELLY, and SPIEGEL
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ROBERT A. SPIEG' L, iV(AIkOR
ATTEST:
RACHELLED. KLASSEN, CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
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