2003/12/09 City Council Resolution 2003-287RESOLUTION NO. 2003 -287
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
Accepting and Certifying Referendum Petitions for
Resolution No. 2003 -233 Authorizing and Approving
Memorandum of Understanding with Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
WHEREAS, a petition protesting the adoption of Resolution No. 2003 -233, and
circulated by a persons who are a registered votes in the City of Rohnert Park was
submitted to the City Clerk on November 10, 2003; and
WHEREAS, the petition was submitted within thirty (30) days of the adoption of
Resolution No. 2003 -233; and
WHEREAS, the Registrar of Voters of Sonoma County examined the petition to
verify the signatures and, on November 24, 2003 concluded that the petition was signed
by not less than ten (10) percent of the voters of the City of Rohnert Park; and
WHEREAS, Elections Code section 9114 requires the Elections Official of the
City of Rohnert Park to certify the results of the Registrar of Voters' examination to the
City Council at its next regular meeting; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager, acting as the Elections Official, has provided a
written certification of the results of the examination to the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park resolves to and does
receive the certification of the results of the examination of the petition as presented to
the City of Rohnert Park by the Registrar of Voters of Sonoma County on November 24,
2003.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 9th day of December , 2003.
ATTEST:
Deputy City Clerk
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
MACKENZM AYE NORDIN: AYE SPRADLIN: AYE VIDAK MARTINEZ: ABSENT FLORES: AYE
AYES: (4) NOES (0) ABSENT: (1) ABSTAIN: (0)
EEVE T. LEWIS
FY CLERK - RECORDER- ASSESSOR
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS
ICIO CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR/
PUBLIC GUARDIAN/
PUBLIC CONSERVATOR
NOV 2 4 2003
CITY OF
ROHNERT PARK
CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
TO INITIATIVE PETITION
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435 FISCAL DRIVE
P.O. BOX 11485
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA 95406 -1485
(707) 565 -6800
(800) 750 -VOTE
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FAX (707) 565 -6843
I, EEVE T. LEWIS, SONOMA COUNTY CLERK AND REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, COUNTY OF
SONOMA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IEREBY CERTIFY THAT:
That the Rohnert Park MOU Graton Rancheria Referendum, petition was received by our office
on November 14, 2003. Said petition consists of 89 sections;
That each section contains signatures purporting to be the signatures of qualified electors in the
City of Santa Rosa, County of Sonoma;
That attached to each section of this petition at the time it was filed was an affidavit purporting to
be the affidavit of the person 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 qualification, that he or she had solicited the signatures
upon that section, that all of the signatures were made in his or her presence, and that to the
best of his or her knowledge and belief each signature to that section was the genuine signature
of the person whose name it purports to be;
That I verified the required number of signatures by examining the records of registration in this
county, current and in effect at the respective purportive dates of such signing to determine
what number of qualified electors signed the petition, and from that examination I have
determined the following facts regarding this petition:
1) Number of unverified signatures filed by proponent (raw count) 2,630
2) Number of verified signatures 500
a) Number of signatures found sufficient 431(86.2%
b) Number of signatures found not sufficient 69(13.8%)
(1) Not sufficient because duplicate 1 0.2%
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 21S`day
of November, 2003.
EEVE T. LEWIS
SONOMA COUNTY CLERK. ®ISTRAR OF VOTERS -
BY: -Deputy
Debra Russotti, Deputy
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CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION OF
REFERENDUM PETITION
City Council
I, CARL ERIC LEIVO, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK,
Armando Flores
HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:
Mayor
Greg Nordin
The City of Rohnert Park accepted for filing a City Referendum
vice -Mayor
petition consisting of 89 sections on November 10, 2003.
Jake Mackenzie
I examined the form of the Petition in comparison with the
Arnie Spradlin
requirements of the California Elections Code and found the Petition
Vicki Vidak - Martinez
Council Members
form was adequate.
The Petition concerned City Resolution 2003 -233, a Resolution of the
Council of the City of Rohnert Park Authorizing and Approving a
Carl Eric Leivo
Memorandum of Understanding with the Federated Indians of the
City Manager
Graton. Rancheria (FIGR). Resolution 2003 -233 was adopted on
October 14, 2003. The Petition was submitted less that 30 days after
the Resolution was adopted.
I requested that the County of Sonoma Registrar of Voters Division
conduct a determination of the number of signatures in accord with
the California Elections Code. The Registrar of Voters Division agreed
to conduct such a determination.
The City of Rohnert Park delivered the original Petition consisting of
89 sections to the Registrar of Voters Division on November 14, 2003.
The Registrar of Voters Division conducted a sample examination of
signatures according-to-the provisions of Elections Code Section 9115.
The Sonoma County Clerk and Registrar of Voters provided a Clerk's
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Certificate to Initiative Petition to the City of Rohnert Park on
November 24, 2003. The Certificate indicated that the Registrar of
Voters verified that:
The number of unverified signatures
filed by proponent (raw count)
Number of verified signatures
Number of signatures found sufficient
Number of signatures found non - sufficient
Not sufficient because duplicate
2,630
500
431(86.2%
69(13.8%
1(0.2%)
Ten percent of the number of Rohnert Park registered voters as of the
last report of registration by the county elections official to the
Secretary of State is 1,780.
Eighty six point two percent of 2,630 signatures is 2,267, which is
greater than 110 percent of the number of signatures of qualified
voters needed to declare the petition sufficient.
The number of signatures is found to be sufficient.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set by hand and affixed my
official seal this ninth day of December, 2003.
CARL ERIC LEIVO
CITY CLERK, CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
6750 Commerce Boulevard • Rohnert Park, CA 94928 -2486 • (707) 588 -2226 • FAX: (707) 588 -2263 • WEB: www.rpcity.org