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RESOLUTION NO. 14-6928
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DIRECTING THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF A
MEASURE TO BE SUBMITTED AT A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015
WHEREAS, a Special Municipal Election will be held in the City of Hermosa Beach,
California, on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at which there will be submitted to the voters the
following measure:
Shall E&B Corporation's 34-well oil and gas
drilling/production project at the City's 555 Sixth Street YU
maintenance yard be approved by 1) amending the
General Plan and Municipal Code to exempt the project
from the City's oil drilling ban and repeal the restriction
on City's use of project royalties, 2) awarding a
pipeline franchise to transport oil/gas underground 3
approving a 34-year development agreement, and 4� NO
determinin that project financial benefits outweigh its
unavoidable environmental impacts?
WHEREAS, the City Council did not authorize itself as a whole or any of its member to
file a written argument for or against the proposed measure, as permitted by California Elections
Code Section 9282;
WHEREAS, if more than one argument for or against the measure is submitted, the City
Clerk is authorized by Elections Code Section 9287 to select the argument to print/distribute to
the voters, giving preference and priority, in the order named, to the arguments of the following:
(a) the individual voter, or bona fide association of citizens, or combination of voters and
associations, who are the bona fide sponsors or proponents of the measure; (b) a bona fide
associations of citizens; (c) individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to State law, arguments (1) shall not exceed 300 words; (2) may be
changed or withdrawn until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk (5:00 p.m. Monday,
December 1, 2014), after which no arguments for or against the City measures may be submitted
to the City Clerk; (3) must be accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the [no
more than five] author(s) submitting it (in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of
the California Elections Code) 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, accompanied by the "Form of Statement To Be Filed By Author(s)
of Arguments."
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of the measure to the City
Attorney, pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9280, unless the organization or salaries
of the office of the City Attorney are affected.
a. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure, not to
exceed 500 words, showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the operation of
the measure. If the measure affects the organization or salaries of the office of the City
Attorney, the City Clerk shall prepare the impartial analysis.
b. The impartial analysis shall include a statement indicating whether the
measure was placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the
governing body of the City.
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c. In the event the entire text of the measure is not printed on the ballot, nor in
the voter information portion of the sample ballot, there shall be printed immediately below the
impartial analysis, in no less than 10-point type, the following: "The above statement is an
impartial analysis of Measure (insert measure letter). If you desire a copy of the ordinance or
measure, please call the election official's office at (insert phone number) and a copy will be
mailed at no cost to you."
d. The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk for the
filing of primary arguments (5:00 p.m. Monday, December 1, 2014).
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution; shall enter it into the book of original Resolutions, and shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the minutes of the meeting at which the Resolution is adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and 1)OPTED on this 13th day of November, 2014.
PRESIDENT of the City Council and MAYOR a, the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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APPROVED ATO [ORM:
Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH )
I, Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 14-6928 was duly and regularly passed,
approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular
Meeting of said Council at the regular place thereof on November 13, 2014.
The vote was as follows:
AYES:
DiVirgilio, Petty, Mayor Tucker
NOES:
Barragan, Fangary
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
Dated: November 14, 2014