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HomeMy WebLinkAbout23 - Calling the November 6, 2018 General Municipal Election - Proposed Charter AmendmentCITY OF tu s NEWPORTBEACH �1FORNCity Council Staff Report June 26, 2018 Agenda Item No. 23 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk - 949-644-3005, 1brown@newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk TITLE: Calling the November 6, 2018 General Municipal Election — Proposed Charter Amendment ABSTRACT: Under the provisions of Newport Beach City Charter Section 1000, a General Municipal Election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even numbered year for the election of Municipal Officers and for such other purposes as the City Council may prescribe. RECOMMENDATION: a) Determine that the action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly; b) Adopt Resolution No. 2018-48, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Calling for the Holding of a General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, for the Submission of a Proposed Charter Amendment; c) Adopt Resolution No. 2018-49, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange to Consolidate a General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the Statewide Primary Election to be Held on the Same Date Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 10403 for the Purpose of Submitting a Proposed Charter Amendment; d) Adopt Resolution No. 2018-50, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Setting Priorities for Filing Written Arguments Regarding a City Measure, and Directing the City Attorney to Prepare an Impartial Analysis,- e) nalysis, e) Adopt Resolution No. 2018-51, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Providing for the Filing of Rebuttal Arguments for the City Measure Submitted to the Voters at the General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9285, and 23-1 Calling the November 6, 2018 General Municipal Election — Proposed Charter Amendment June 26, 2018 Page 2 f) Designate Council Member(s) to draft a Direct Argument for the ballot measure and any Rebuttal Argument, if needed. FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Funding has been budgeted to conduct the November 6, 2018 General Municipal Election. DISCUSSION: Public agencies, including the City, are limited under State law regarding the amount of debt they may occurwithout prior voter approval. In response to this debt limitation, public agencies have used Certificates of Participation and Lease Revenue Bonds to raise funds to finance certain improvements. Certificates of Participation and Lease Revenue Bonds are funded and secured through the payment of lease revenue by the City (i.e., the City pledges a stream of revenue derived from a lease to the certificate holder). Certificates of Participation and Lease Revenue Bonds secured under a lease constitute a current expense of the City, are not secured through taxation. Thus, the City may issue Certificates of Participation and Lease Revenue Bonds without a vote of the people to construct public projects, like the Civic Center. The proposed City Charter section would require a majority vote of the electorate prior to the issuance of certain Certificates of Participation or Lease Revenue Bonds. If the City Council moves forward with the recommended action items no further action is required by the City at this time to place this charter amendment on the ballot. Attachment A calls a general municipal election on November 8, 2016, which the City will be calling regardless for the election of members of the City Council, and orders on the ballot at that election a proposed Charter Amendment. Pursuant to the Elections Code, charter amendments of this nature may only be placed on statewide general or primary election ballots. This ballot measure satisfies those requirements. Attachment B requests a consolidated election with the County of Orange for the purpose of presenting the Charter Amendment to the electorate. City Attorney Impartial Analysis and Filing of Direct Arguments Attachment C directs the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis of the ballot measure showing the effect of the Charter Amendment on existing law. The impartial analysis shall not exceed 500 words in length. The City Clerk shall set the deadline for submittal of arguments for or against a measure based upon the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments and sample ballots for the election. The deadlines for translations and printing set by the ROV, and the mandated 10 -day public examination period of arguments must be taken into consideration. Therefore, the City Clerk is recommending that Tuesday, July 2, 2018 be fixed as the deadline for the submittal of the impartial analysis and Monday, July 9, 2018 be fixed as the deadline for the submittal of direct arguments. Direct arguments may not exceed 300 words in length. 23-2 Calling the November 6, 2018 General Municipal Election — Proposed Charter Amendment June 26, 2018 Page 3 Pursuant to Section 9295 of the Elections Code, the impartial analysis or any direct argument will be made available in the City Clerk's Office for public examination during the 10 -calendar day period. The examination period for the impartial argument shall commence on Wednesday, July 3, 2018, and end on Friday, July 12, 2018. The examination period for the direct arguments shall commence on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, and end on Thursday, July 19, 2018. Filing of Rebuttal Arguments Rebuttal arguments must be filed not more than 10 -days after the deadline for filing direct arguments, or Thursday, July 19, 2018, and are limited to no more than 250 words. Any rebuttal arguments will be made available in the City Clerk's Office for public examination during the 10 -calendar day period commencing on Friday, July 20, 2018, and ending on Monday, July 30, 2018. The Resolution relative to rebuttal arguments is attached as Attachment D ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Staff recommends the City Council find this action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. NOTICING: The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of the meeting at which the City Council considers the item). ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A — Resolution Calling Election Attachment B — Resolution Requesting Consolidation Attachment C — Resolution Filing Written Arguments and Directing the City Attorney to Prepare an Impartial Analysis Attachment D — Resolution Providing for the Filing of Rebuttal Arguments 23-3 ATTACHMENT A RESOLUTION NO. 2018-48 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CALLING FOR THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018, FOR THE SUBMISSION OF A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 1000 of the City Charter of the City of Newport Beach, a General Municipal Election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even numbered year for the election of Municipal Officers and for such other purposes as the City Council may prescribe; and WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized and directed by statute to submit the proposed Charter Amendment to the voters. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Pursuant to the California Constitution, Article XI and the Government Code, Title 4, Division 2, Chapter 2 (commencing at § 34450) and the Election Code Division 9, Chapter 3, Article 3 (commencing at § 9255) of the State of California, there is called and ordered to be held in the City of Newport Beach, California, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, a General Municipal Election for the purpose of submitting the following proposed Charter Amendment: khINVeF-111N:4 Yes REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL PRIOR TO ISSUING OR INCURRING CERTAIN DEBT OBLIGATIONS Shall Newport Beach City Charter Section 1109 be amended to No require majority voter approval prior to issuing Certificates of Participation or Lease Revenue Bonds greater than $_ million to finance capitalprojects? 23-4 Section 2: That the text of the Charter Amendment submitted to the voters is attached as Exhibit 1. Section 3: That the vote requirement for the measure to pass is a majority (50% + 1) of the votes cast; Section 4: That the ballots to be used at the election shall be in form and content as required by law. Section 5: The City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to coordinate with the County of Orange Registrar of Voters to procure and furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment and paraphernalia that may be necessary to properly and lawfully conduct the election. Section 6: The polls for the election shall be open at seven o'clock a.m. (7:00 a.m.) on the day of the election and shall remain open continuously from that time until eight o'clock p.m. (8:00 p.m.) of the same day when the polls shall be closed, pursuant to California Elections Code Section 10242, except as provided in California Elections Code Section 14401. Section 7: In all particulars not recited in this resolution, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections. Section 8: Notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to give further or additional notice of the election, in time, form, and manner as required by law. Section 9: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions. Section 10: The City Council authorizes the City Clerk to administer said election and all reasonable and actual election expenses shall be paid by the City upon presentation of a properly submitted bill. 23-5 Section 11: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Section 12: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 13: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 14: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution. 23-6 Resolution No. 2018 - Page 4 of 4 ADOPTED this 26th day of June, 2018. Marshall "Duffy" Duffield Mayor ATTEST: Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPR S TO FORM: C� Aaron rp City Attorney 23-7 Exhibit 1 to City Council Resolution Regarding Charter Amendment to Require Voter Approval Prior to Issuing or Incurring Certain Debt Obligations l4=10IM015i MA111612ALVA I=I01ULVA l40111ifell 011WIT 161:19-1=UM:[d11WLda1:494N The City Charter of the City of Newport Beach is hereby amended as follows (underlining showing additions and strike -through showing deletions): Section 1109 Limitations on Debt, Voter Approval (a) General Obligation Bonds. The City shall not incur an indebtedness evidenced by general obligation bonds which shall in the aggregate exceed the sum of fifteen percent 1(5 of the total assessed valuation, for purposes of City taxation, of all the real and personal property within the City. No bonded indebtedness which shall constitute a general obligation of the City may be created unless authorized by the affirmative votes of two-thirds (2/3) of the electors voting on such proposition at any election at which the question is submitted to the electors and unless in full compliance with the provisions of the State Constitution and of this Charter. (b) Debt Issuance Limit on Certificates of Participation or Lease -Revenue Bonds. On or after January 1, 2019, the City may not issue Certificates of Participation or Lease -Revenue Bonds funded via a leaseback arrangement at an amount over million dollars ($XX,000,000.00), adjusted annually beginning January 1, 2019 by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' Final Demand—Construction Index (WPUFD43 or its successor), to fund a Single Capital Project unless the debt issuance is first authorized by majority voter approval of the electors voting on such question at any election at which the question is submitted to the electors. A Single Capital Project shall not be piecemealed to circumvent this voter -approved debt requirement. (1) If Lease -Revenue Bonds are issued for a Single Capital Project in an amount less than million dollars ($XX,000,000.00, as adjusted annually per this Subsection), and further Lease -Revenue Bonds are proposed for a separate Single Capital Project, the subsequent issuance is not subject to the voter approval requirement unless the subsequent issuance alone exceeds million dollars ($XX,000,000.00, as adjusted annually per this Subsection). (2) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall be defined as follows: (i) "City" shall mean the City Council or any entity created, controlled, or managed by the City of Newport Beach or City Council: 00 "Certificate of Participation" shall mean a financial instrument that provides an investor a share of, or interest in, lease revenue: NO "Lease -Revenue Bond" shall mean a bond, note or other financial instrument secured by lease payments: and (iv) "Single Capital Project" shall mean a project where all project elements are analyzed under a single California Environmental Quality Act review. 23-8 (c) Disaster Exemption. The voter -approval requirement in Subsection "b" above shall not apply to Certificates of Participation or Lease -Revenue Bonds that fund design, replacement, construction, and/or repairs to public infrastructure damaged by a disaster that also includes: (1) a declaration by the President of the United States of a national emergency: (2) a declaration by the Governor of a state of emergency: or (3) a declaration by the City Council of a local emergency. (d) Refinancing Exemption. The voter approval requirement in Subsection "b" above shall not apply to the refinancing of existing General Obligation Bonds, Certificates of Participation, Lease -Revenue Bonds, or any other debt. SECTION 2: BALLOT DESCRIPTION As provided in Government Code section 34458.5, the following ballot description is included in this proposed Charter Amendment measure: CHARTER AMENDMENT (Section 1109): This Charter Amendment measure would amend City Charter Section 1109. Amended Section 1109 would require certain proposals equal to or greater than $_ million to finance a Single Capital Project using Certificates of Participation or Lease -Revenue Bonds to first be presented to, and approved by, a majority vote of the City's electorate. "Certificate of Participation" means a financial instrument that provides an investor a share of, or interest in, lease revenue. "Lease -Revenue Bond" means a bond, note or other financial instrument secured by lease payments. "Single Capital Project" means a project where all project elements are analyzed under a single California Environmental Quality Act review. This amendment does not give the City Council power to raise its compensation or that of other City officials without voter approval. SECTION 3: SEVERABILITY It is the intent of the people that the provisions of this Charter Amendment measure are severable and that if any provision of this Charter Amendment measure, orthe application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid such invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application of this Charter Amendment measure which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. SECTION 4: CONFLICTING MEASURES In the event this Charter Amendment measure and another measure or measures relating to City Council vote approval requirements for the matters described herein shall appear on the same general municipal election ballot, the other measure or measures shall be deemed to be in conflict with this Charter Amendment measure. In the event that this Charter Amendment measure receives a greater number of affirmative votes, the provisions of this measure shall prevail in their entirety, and the provisions of the other measure or measures shall be null and void. If this Charter Amendment measure is approved by the voters but superseded in whole or in part by any other conflicting measure approved by the voters at the same election, and such other conflicting measure is later found held invalid, this measure shall be self-executing and given full force and effect. 23-9 SECTION 5: EFFECTIVE DATE This Charter Amendment measure shall become effective in the manner allowed by law. 23-10 ATTACHMENT B RESOLUTION NO. 2018-49 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE TO CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE SAME DATE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 10403 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT WHEREAS, pursuant to authority provided by Article XI of the California Constitution, Title 4, Division 2, Chapter 2 of the California Government Code and Division 9, Chapter 3, Article 3 (commencing at Section 9255) of the California Elections Code, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach is authorized to submit a proposed Charter Amendment to the voters; WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, called a General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, for the purpose of submitting a proposed Charter Amendment to the voters; WHEREAS, California Elections Code Sections 10400 et seq. authorize a municipality to consolidate its election with a statewide election to be held on the same day; and WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with the Statewide General Election to be held on the same date and that within the City the precincts, polling places, and election officers of the two elections be the same; the County Election Department of the County of Orange canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election; and the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election. 23-11 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Pursuant to the requirements of California Elections Code Section 10403, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange is hereby requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide General election on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, for the purpose of submitting a Charter amendment. Section 2: That a measure is to appear on the ballot as follows: MEASURE Yes REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL PRIOR TO ISSUING OR INCURRING CERTAIN DEBT OBLIGATIONS Shall Newport Beach City Charter Section 1109 be amended to No require majority voter approval prior to issuing Certificates of Participation or Lease Revenue Bonds greater than $_ million to finance capitalprojects? Section 3: The County Election Department is authorized to canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used. The election will be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of law regulating the Statewide election. Section 4: The Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the County Election Department to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the consolidated election. 23-12 Section 5: The City of Newport Beach recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for any costs. Section 6: The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the County Election Department of the County of Orange. Section 7: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions. Section 8: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 9: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the substantive portion of this resolution. Section 10: The City Council find the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 11: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution. 23-13 Resolution No. 2018 - Page 4 of 4 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of June, 2018. Marshall "Duffy" Duffield Mayor ATTEST: Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPRO S TO FORM: r Aaron C. Harp City Attorney 23-14 ATTACHMENT C RESOLUTION NO. 2018-50 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Newport Beach, California, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following measure: MEASURE Yes REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL PRIOR TO ISSUING OR INCURRING CERTAIN DEBT OBLIGATIONS Shall Newport Beach City Charter Section 1109 be amended to No require majority voter approval prior to issuing Certificates of Participation or Lease Revenue Bonds greater than $_ million to finance capitalprojects? NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: That the City Council authorizes the following City Council Member(s) of its body: (Council Member in Favor) (Council Member Against), (Council Member in Favor) (Council Member Against), (Council Member in Favor) (Council Member Against), to file a written argument not exceeding three hundred (300) words regarding the City measure as specified above, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the California Elections Code. The arguments may be changed or withdrawn until and including the 23-15 date fixed by the City Clerk after which no arguments for or against the City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk. A direct argument may not be signed by more than five (5) authors. The arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers who is the author of the argument. The arguments shall be accompanied by the "Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) of Argument." Section 2: The City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the measure to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure of no more than five hundred (500) words, pursuant to California Election Code Section 9280. Section 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions. Section 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 5: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the substantive portion of this resolution. 23-16 Resolution No. 2018 - Page 3 of 3 Section 6: The City Council find the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 7: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of June, 2018. Marshall "Duffy" Duffield Mayor ATTEST: Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPRO TO FORM: Aaron C. Harp City Attorney 23-17 ATTACHMENT D RESOLUTION NO. 2018-51 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS FOR THE CITY MEASURE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018, PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 9285 WHEREAS, pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9282(b) the City Council and other interested parties are authorized to submit arguments for and against the City's proposed ballot measures; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9285 the City Council, by majority vote, is authorized to adopt provisions to provide for the filing of rebuttal arguments for direct arguments submitted under California Elections Code Section 9282(b). NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9285(a)(1), when the Elections Official has selected the arguments for and against the measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the Elections Official shall send a copy of an argument in favor of the measure to the authors of any argument against the measure and a copy of an argument against the measure to the authors of any argument in favor of the measure upon receiving the arguments. Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9285, the author or a majority of the authors of an argument relating to a City measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument not exceeding two hundred fifty (250) words or may authorize, in writing, any 23-18 other person or persons to prepare, submit or sign the rebuttal argument. A rebuttal argument may not be signed by more than five (5) authors. The rebuttal argument(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers, not more than ten (10) calendar days after the final date for filing direct arguments. The rebuttal argument(s) shall be accompanied by the "Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) or Argument." 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: All previous resolutions providing for the filing of rebuttal arguments for City measures are repealed. Section 3: The rebuttal provisions provided within Section 1 shall apply only to the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Section 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions. Section 6: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 6: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the substantive portion of this resolution. 23-19 Resolution No. 2018 - Page 3 of 3 Section 7: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 8: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of June, 2018. Marshall "Duffy" Duffield Mayor ATTEST: Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPROV TO FORM: Aaron C. Harp City Attorney 23-20