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RESOLUTION NO. 2550
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING
SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS AT A
SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
TUESDAY THE 20TH DAY OF AUGUST 1974 A CER-
TAIN INITIATIVE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN
INCREASE IN TAXES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ACQUIRING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority provided by Law the City
Council of the City of E1 Segundo desires to submit to the qualified voters
of the city a measure relating to the property tax rate in the form of the
initiative ordinance hereinafter proposed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California,
is authorized under the provisions of Section 4019 of the Elections Code of the
State of California, to submit to the voters of said City, without a petition
therefore, a proposition for the enactment of the new ordinance hereinafter
referred to, to be voted upon at any succeeding regular or special City elec-
tion; and
WHEREAS, said Council, after due consideration, feels that it
should exercise its said authority and should, on its own motion, submit to
the voters of said City, a proposition for the enactment of said new ordinance
hereinafter referred to;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION ONE. That at a Special Municipal Election to be held in
the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California, on the 20th
day of August 1974 and is hereby ordered submitted to the qualified voters of
said city a certain initiative ordinance set forth in Section Two hereof.
SECTION TWO. That said inititative ordinance that is to be sub-
mitted to said voters shall be and read as follows:
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"ORDINANCE NO.
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF AN
ADDITIONAL TAX OF TWENTY -EIGHT CENTS
PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF ASSESSED
VALUATION FOR THE 1974 -75 FISCAL YEAR
AND TWENTY -EIGHT CENTS PER ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUATION FOR THE
1975 -76 FISCAL YEAR AND PROVIDING THAT SAID
FUNDS MAY BE USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE
OF ACQUIRING, CLEARING, DEVELOPING, IMPROV-
ING'AND MAINTAINING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY.
"THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 1. The City Council shall be authorized to levy a prop-
erty tax on each One Hundred Dollars of assessed valuation over, above, and
in excess of any tax otherwise authorized by law in an amount not to exceed
twenty -eight cents for each One Hundred Dollars of assessed valuation for the
fiscal year 1974 -75 and in an amount not to exceed twenty -eight cents for each
One Hundred Dollars of assessed valuation for the fiscal year 1975 -76.
"SECTION 2. The funds raised by the tax levied pursuant to the
authority of Section 1 of this ordinance shall be placed in a Special Fund which
fund may be used only for the purpose of acquiring, clearing, developing, im-
proving and maintaining Lot 1, Tract No. 2801, as per map recorded in Book 28,
Page 3 of Maps in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County; and
that portion of Lot D, E1 Segundo Sheet 7, as per map recorded in Book 22,
pages 54 and 55 of Maps in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles
County, lying between the easterly line of Sheldon Street (50 feet wide) and the
southerly line of Pine Avenue (50 feet wide) as shown on said map; and for the
purpose of repaying other funds any sums advanced after the effective date of
this ordinance for the purpose of acquiring, clearing, developing, improving
and maintaining Lot 1, Tract No. 2801, as per map recorded in Book 28, Page 3
of Maps in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County and that
portion of Lot D, El Segundo Sheet 7, as per map recorded in Book 22, Pages
54 and 55 of Maps in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County,
lying between the easterly line of Sheldon Street (50 feet wide) and the southerly
line of Pine Avenue (50 feet wide) as shown on said map.
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"SECTION 3. That the Mayor of said City shall sign this ordinance
and the City Clerk shall attest the same. Said City Clerk shall further certify
to the passage and adoption thereof by the electors of said municipal corpor-
ation; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall
make a minute of such passage and adoption thereof by the electors of said
City, in the official records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City;
and shall, after such adoption, cause this ordinance to be published once in
the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published
and circulated within said City and which is hereby designated for that purpose.
"PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the people of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, at the Special Municipal Election held in the City on
Tuesday, the 20th day of August, 1974.
ATTEST:
Mayor of the City of egun o, California.
City Clerk
(SEAL)"
SECTION THREE. For the purpose of submitting the enactment of
said ordinance hereinabove referred to, there shall appear upon the ballots to
be used at said election, in addition to any other matters required by law to
appear thereon, the following question, proposition or measure to wit:
PROPOSITION 1. Shall the City Council be authorized
to levy a property tax of not to exceed twenty -eight
cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valua- YES
tion for the fiscal year 1974 -75 and not to exceed twenty-
. eight cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed _
valuation for the fiscal year 1975 -76 over, above and
in excess of the tax otherwise authorized by law for
the purpose of acquiring, clearing, developing, im- NO
proving and maintaining certain property located at
438 Sheldon Street and adjacent railroad right -of -way?
SECTION FOUR. That a cross (-�-) placed in the voting square after the
word "YES" in the manner hereinbefore provided shall be counted in favor of the
adoption of the proposition. A cross (-�—) placed in the voting square after the
word "NO" in the manner hereinbefore provided shall be counted against the
adoption of the proposition.
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SECTION FIVE. That the City Clerk be and she is hereby authorized
and instructed to give notice of said Special Election in time, form and manner as
required by law, and to procure any and all supplies, materials, printed matter
and equipment which may be necessary or convenient on the part of said City in
order to properly and lawfully conduct said election.
SECTION SIX. That this resolution shall take effect immediately.
SECTION SEVEN. The City Clerk shall prepare a synopsis of the
measure in the time, form and manner required by taw.
SECTION EIGHT. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the same in the book of resolutions
of said city, and shall make a minute of the adoption thereof in the records of
the proceedings of the City Council of said city in the minutes of the meeting
at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of June
. 1974.
ATTEST:
city Clerk
(SEAL)
Mayor of the City -of El Segundo, California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Eunice U. Creason City Clerk of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said City
is five; that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 2550
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City
adjourned
Clerk of said City, all at a /regular meeting of the said Council
held on the 3rd day of June , 1974
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Nagel, Rockhold, Stephens,
Van Vranken and Mayor Balmer ,
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY this 12th day of June 1974
City Clerk
of the City of E1 Segundo, California
(SEAL)