CC RESOLUTION 4710RESOLUTION NO. 4710
A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THAT AN INITIATIVE ENTITLED
AN INITIATIVE AMENDING THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL
CODE TO TRANSFER ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE EL SEGUNDO
FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (AKA
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT) QUALIFIES
FOR THE BALLOT.
The City Council of the city of El Segundo resolves as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds as follows:
A. On November 15, 2010, proponents of an initiative entitled "AN
INITIATIVE AMENDING THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE TO
TRANSFER ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE EL SEGUNDO FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTECTION
DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (AKA THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT)" ( "Initiative ") submitted petitions to the
City Clerk for signature verification;
B. On or about December 29, 2010, the City Clerk certified the Initiative
as qualifying for the ballot including, without limitation, having signatures
from not less than fifteen percent (15 %) of the City's voters;
C. In accordance with Elections Code § 9214, the Initiative has sufficient
signatures for a special election. However, the Initiative did not request a
special election as required by Elections Code § 9214; and
D. Elections Code § 9214 requires (1) that the City Council, if it chooses,
adopt an ordinance proposed by a qualified initiative; (2) place the
proposed ordinance on the ballot; or (3) ask for a report on the effects of
the proposed ordinance.
SECTION 2: Based upon the foregoing, the Initiative qualifies for an election.
SECTION 3: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of February, 2011.
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Eric Busch, Mayor
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CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY OF INTITATIVE PETITION
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles,
State of California, hereby certify that:
The petition entitled "AN INITITAIVE AMENDING THE EL SEGUNDO
MUNICIPAL CODE TO TRANSFER ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE EL SEGUNDO
FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (AKA THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT)" was filed with the City Clerk's Department on November 10,
2010.
That said petition consists of 409 pages with 2246 prima facie signatures;
That attached to this petition at the time it was filed, was affidavits purporting to
be the affidavit of the persons who solicited the signatures, and containing the
dates between which the purported qualified electors signed this petition;
That the affiant stated his or her own qualifications, that he or she had solicited
the signatures upon that page, that all of the signatures were made in his or her
presence, and that to the best of his or her own information and belief, each
signature to that section was the genuine signature of the person whose name it
purports to be;
That after the proponent filed this petition and based on the County of Los
Angeles Registrar of Voters' Signature Verification Certificate have determined
the following facts regarding this petition:
Number of signatures filed 2,260
Number of signatures verified 500
Number of signatures qualified 451
Number of signatures not - qualified 49
Number of signatures required to qualify 1,612
A sufficiency of 90.2% was determined in the random sampling of 500 signatures
which resulted in a projection of 2,039 valid signatures.
Based on the above, the petition is deemed to be sufficient.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of the City of El Segundo, this 29th day of December, 2010.
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Los Angeles County REGISTRAR- RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK
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DEAN C. LOGAN
Registrar- Recorder /County Clerk
December 13, 2010
Ms. Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk
City of El Segundo
350 Main Street
El Segundo, California 90245 -3895
Dear Ms. Mortesen:
We have completed the signature verification submitted on November 15, 2010 for An Initiative
Amending The El Segundo Municipal Code To Transfer All Functions Of The El Segundo Fire
Department To The Consolidated Fire Protection District Of Los Angeles County (AKA The Los
Angeles County Fire Department).
As requested a random sampling petition verification was conducted by this office. The random
sampling results are as follows:
Number of signatures filed 2,260
Number of signatures verified 500
Number of signatures found sufficient 451
Number of signatures found not sufficient 49
Not Sufficient because duplicate
Projected number of valid signatures
based upon random sample
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2,039
Please call Raymond Q. Oliande, Head, Data Entry and Signature Verification Section at
(562) 462 -2376 if you have any questions regarding the signature verification of this petition.
Sincerely,
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DEAN C. LOGA
Registrar- Recorder /County Clerk
12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk, California 90650 - (562) 462 -2720 - www.lavote.net