R10967Exhibit A
City Council Meeting: June 14, 2016 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 9 69j..(CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE
CITY CLERK AS TO THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE INITIATIVE PETITION
ENTITLED "AN INITIATIVE MEASURE AMENDING THE CITY'S LAND
USE AND CIRCULATION ELEMENT (LUCE) AND ZONING ORDINANCE
TO REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL OF CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A NEW PERMIT
REQUIREMENT, OF ALL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, AND OF
CERTAIN CHANGES TO THE CITY'S LAND USE AND PLANNING
POLICY DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO SPECIFIED EXEMPTIONS"
WHEREAS, on February 18, 2016, proponents of an initiative measure entitled "AN
INITIATIVE MEASURE AMENDING THE CITY'S LAND USE AND CIRCULATION
ELEMENT (LUCE) AND ZONING ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL OF
CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A NEW
PERMIT REQUIREMENT, OF ALL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, AND OF CERTAIN
CHANGES TO THE CITY'S LAND USE AND PLANNING POLICY DOCUMENTS
SUBJECT TO SPECIFIED EXEMPTIONS" ("Initiative") submitted a Notice of Intention and
written text of the measure and requested that a title and summary be prepared by the City
Attorney for the measure in order to circulate the petition; and
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WHEREAS, on March 1, 2016, the City Attorney prepared and provided an official
ballot title and summary for the proposed Initiative for use by the proponents for publication
and circulation of the petition; and
WHEREAS, on March 2, 2016 the City Clerk contacted the Los Angeles County
Registrar -Recorder's Office to determine the number of registered voters in the City of
Santa Monica, as of its last report to the Secretary of State pursuant to Elections Code
Section 2187, effective January 12, 2016, and the Clerk determined that number of
registered voters in the City was 64,300; and
WHEREAS, the initiative petition would require at least 6,430 (10%) valid signatures
to be sufficient to qualify for a regular election and at least 9,645 (15%) valid signatures to
qualify for a special election; and
WHEREAS, the petitions regarding the initiative were filed with the City Clerk on
May 5, 2016 and were then submitted to the Los Angeles County Registrar -Recorder on
May 6, 2016 for signature verification; and
WHEREAS, the results of the signature verification conducted by the Los Angeles
County Registrar -Recorder established that 8,684 of the 10,123 signatures on the petition
were examined of which 6,600 were found to be sufficient; and
WHEREAS, the number of signatures qualified, 6,600 is in excess of the minimum
number of signatures required for a special election pursuant to Election Code Section
9214; and
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WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Registrar -Recorder has prepared the
Certificate of Sufficiency of the Initiative Petition attached as Exhibit "A"; and
WHEREAS, Elections Code Section 9114 requires that the voter initiative petitions
be submitted to the City Council at the next regular City Council meeting following the
certification.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Santa
Monica hereby accepts the Certificate of Sufficiency regarding the initiative petition.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Adopted and approved this 14th day of June, 2016.
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I, Denise Anderson -Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 10967 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of
the Santa Monica City Council held on the loth day of May, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers O'Connor, Himmelrich, Davis, McKeown
Mayor Pro Tem Wnterer, Mayor Vazquez
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember O'Day
ATTEST:
Denise Anderson -Warren, City Clerk