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RESOLUTION NO. 86 -74
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING THE
FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS PRIOR TO THE
SPECIAL ELECTION REGARDING THE NEWPORT CENTER
AND PERIPHERAL SITES GENERAL PLAN AND LOCAL
• COASTAL PLAN AMENDMENTS
WHEREAS, on July 14, 1986 the City Council adopted
Resolutions 86 -55 and 86 -56 approving amendments to the General
Plan and Local Coastal Program pertaining to Newport Center and
Peripheral Sites (GPA 85- 1[B]); and
WHEREAS, on August 13, 1986 a Referendum Petition
protesting the approval of these two Resolutions was submitted to
the City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk has certified that the
Referendum Petition has obtained a sufficient number of
signatures to require these Resolutions to be repealed or
submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Newport Beach
for their approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
has determined that it is appropriate to submit these Resolutions
to the qualified electors at a special election to be held
November 25, 1986; and
WHEREAS, Section 5014. -5(b) of the Elections Code of the
State of California states that rebuttal arguments may be filed
only if the legislative body adopts, by resolution, the
provisions of Section 5014.5(a).
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach adopts the provisions of Section 5014.5(a) of the Elections
Code of the State of California which reads as follows:
"(a) If any person submits an argument
against a city measure, and an argument has
been filed in favor of the city measure, the
clerk shall immediately send copies of that
argument to the persons filing the argument in
favor of the city measure. The persons filing
the argument in favor of the city measure may
prepare and submit a rebuttal argument not
exceeding 250 words. The clerk shall send
copies of the argument in favor of the mesure
to the persons filing the argument against the
city measure, who may prepare and submit a
rebuttal to the argument in favor of the city
measure not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal
arguments shall be filed with the clerk not
more than 10 days after -the final date for
filing direct arguments. Rebuttal arguments
shall be printed in the same manner as the
direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument
shall immediately follow the direct argument
which it seeks to rebut."
Section 2. The provisions of Section 5014.5 of the
Elections Code shall be applicable to the special election to be
conducted on November 25, 1986.
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.
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ADOPTED this 25th de
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