1972/04/18 City Council Resolution (2)WvM&- .PDA:sel 3/30/72 12c
RESOLUTION NO. 72 -60
A RESOLUTION CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING
RESULT OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
HELD APRIL 11, 1972
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park,
Sonoma County, California, that
WHEREAS, said Council did by Ordinance No, 165, adopted on
the 7th day of February, 1972, duly call and order held in said
City a special municipal election on the 11th day of April, 1972,
for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors thereof
the proposition therein set forth;
WHEREAS, said special municipal election was held and conduc-
ted on said day, as required by law and said ordinance;
WHEREAS, it appears that notice of said election was duly and
legally given, that voting precincts were properly established
therefor, that polling place designation, sample ballots, arguments
for or against said proposition and tax statements were mailed to
all registered voters in said City, election officers were appointed
and election supplies furnished; and that in all respects said
election was held and conducted and the votes cast thereat, received
and canvassed and the returns thereof made, determined and declared
in time, form and manner as required by law;
WHEREAS, the City Council of said City met at the regular
meeting place of said Council on April 18, 1972, to canvass the
returns of said election and declare the results thereof; and
WHEREAS, said canvass was duly completed and the results
thereof are as hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY FOUND, DETERMINED and RESOLVED,
as follows:
1. That said special municipal election was held and conduc-
ted in the City of Rohnert Park, County of Sonoma, California, on
Tuesday, April 11, 1972, in the time, form and manner required by
law.
2. That there were three (3) voting precincts established
in said City for the purpose of holding said election, consisting
of the regular county election precincts as last established by
the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sonoma for the conduct
of state and county elections as follows:
Consolidated Precinct No. 11, comprising State
and County precincts designated Rohnert Park
City Precincts 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9 as established
by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.
Consolidated Precinct No. 2, comprising State
and County precincts designated Rohnert Park
City Precincts 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 as established
by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.
Consolidated Precinct No. 3, comprising State
and County precincts designated Rohnert Park
City Precincts 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 as
established by the Sonoma County Board of
Supervisors.
3. That a canvass of the votes cast in said City upon the
measure thereat submitted was duly held in accordance with the
order of the City Council and in accordance with law.
4. That the proposition voted upon in said special municipal
election and the number of votes received for and against said
proposition in the precincts established therefor, are as follows:
PROPOSITION: "Shall the City of Rohnert Park incur a
(PARK _BONDS) bonded indebtedness in the principal
amount of One Hundred Ninety Five
Thousand Dollars ($195,000) in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Ordinance calling the elec-
tion at which this proposition is submitted for the object
and purpose of making certain additions and improvements
to the City's Benecia Park and Alicia Park encompassing
the construction and completion of park and recreation
facilities for neighborhood and community use, including
buildings, structures, recreational facilities and
appurtenances and all acquisitions of lands, improvements,
facilities and equipment and incidental work necessary or
convenient therefor?"
Consolidated Precinct No. 1
Consolidated Precinct No. 2
Consolidated Precinct No. 3
2
YES
NO
TOTAL
Votes
Votes
Votes
7,s-
7
_5
5. The total number of ballots cast in all of said precincts
was ballots were spoiled and not counted. The number
of votes cast in all of said precincts for the proposition voted
upon was '' and the number of votes cast in all of said precincts
against the proposition voted upon was 3
6. There were absent voters' ballots applied for and
absent voters' ballots voted. Said absent voters' ballots
were received and canvassed in time, form and manner as required
j by law, and the result of ballots cast by the absentee voters was
/1 votes for and i against said proposition.
7. The total number of ballots issued at the election,
e-
including the absent voters' ballots, was 1 J� �- - , the total, number
of ballots voted was /6-00
8. The total number of votes cast for the proposition voted
upon was and the total number of votes cast against the
proposition voted upon was
9. That at said election less than two- thirds of all of the
votes cast for and against the proposition were in favor of said
proposition and did not authorize the issuing of said bonds in the
amount and for the purpose set forth in the proposition herein
stated.
loo That the City Clerk be, and he is hereby, instructed to
enter this resolution in full in the minutes of this Council as
a statement of the result of said special municipal election.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and
correct copy of a resolution duly passed and adopted by the_.
City Council of the City of Rohnert Park, Sonoma.County,
California, at a meeting thereof held on the 18th day of
April , 19 72, by the following vote of the
members thereof
AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen: (5) Buchanan, Flores,
Roberts, Smith, and Hopkins
NOES, Councilmen (0) None
ABSENT, Councilmen: (0) None
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