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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 06041991 - 91-367 j-I- 3c 13052-12 JH$W:PJT:slc 04/30/91 J8732 05/28/91 �.a RESOLUTION NO. RIP6:7 A RESOLUTION CALLING SPECIAL ELECTION County of Contra Costa Community Facilities District No. 1991-1 (Pleasant Hill BART Station Area) RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa (the "County") that: WHEREAS, on this date, this Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution entitled "A Resolution of Formation of County of Contra Costa Community Facilities District No. 1991-1 (Pleasant Hill BART Station Area), Authorizing the Levy of a Special Tax Within the District, Preliminarily Establishing an Appropriations Limit for the District and Submitting Levy of the Special Tax and the Establishment of the Appropriations Limit to the Qualified Electors of the District" (the "Resolution of Formation"), ordering the formation of County of Contra Costa Community. Facilities District No. 1991-1 (Pleasant Hill BART Station Area) (the "District"), authorizing the levy of a special tax on property within the District and preliminarily establishing an appropriations limit for the District; WHEREAS, on this date, this Board of Supervisors also adopted a resolution entitled "A Resolution Determining the Necessity to Incur Bonded Indebtedness Within the County of Contra Costa Community Facilities District No. 1991-1 (Pleasant Hill BART Station Area) and Submitting Proposition to the Qualified Electors of the District" (the "Resolution to Incur Indebtedness"), determining the necessity to incur bonded indebtedness in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $6,000,000 upon the security of said special tax to be levied within the District; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of said resolutions, the propositions of the levy of said special tax, the establishment of the appropriations limit and the incurring of the bonded indebtedness shall be submitted to the,qualified electors of the District as required by the-Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as.amended (the "Act"). NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 1. Pursuant to Sections 53326, 53353.5 and 53325.7 of the Act, the issues of the levy of said special tax, the incurring of bonded indebtedness and the establishment of said appropriations limit shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the District at an election called therefor as provided below. 2. As authorized by Section 53353.5 of the Act, the three propositions described in paragraph 1 above shall be combined into a single ballot measure, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and by this reference incorporated herein. Said form of ballot is hereby approved. 3. This Board of Supervisors hereby finds that fewer than 12 persons have been registered to vote within the territory of the District for each of the ninety (90) days preceding the close•of the public hearings heretofore conducted and concluded by this Board of Supervisors for the purposes of these proceedings. Accordingly, and pursuant to Section 53326 of the Act, this.Board of Supervisors finds that for purposes of these proceedings the qualified electors are the landowners within the District and that the vote shall be by said landowners or their authorized representatives, each having one vote for each acre or portion thereof such landowner owns in the District as of the close of said public hearings. 4. This Board of Supervisors hereby calls a special election to consider the measures described in paragraph 2 above, which election shall be held in the meeting room of this Board of Supervisors immediately following adoption of this Resolution. The Deputy Director - Redevelopment of the County is hereby designated as the official to conduct said election. It is hereby acknowledged that the Deputy Director - Redevelopment has on file the Resolution of Formation, a certified map of the proposed boundaries of the District, and a sufficient description to allow the Deputy Director - Redevelopment to determine the boundaries of the District. The voted ballots shall be returned to the Deputy Director - Redevelopment immediately following the adoption of this Resolution; and when all of the qualified voters have voted the election shall be closed. 5. Pursuant to Section 53327 of the Act, the election shall be conducted by mail or hand-delivered ballot pursuant to Section 1340 of the California Elections Code. This Board of Supervisors hereby finds that paragraphs (a), (b), (c) (1) and (c)(3) of said Section 1340 are applicable to this special election. 6. This Board of Supervisors acknowledges that the Deputy Director - Redevelopment has caused to be delivered to each of the qualified electors of the District a ballot in the form set forth in Exhibit "A" hereto. Each ballot indicates the number of votes to be voted by the respective landowner to which it pertains. Each ballot was accompanied by all supplies and written instructions necessary for the use and return of the ballot. The envelope to be used to return the ballot was enclosed with the ballot, had the return postage prepaid, and contained the following: (a) the name and address of the landowner, (b) a declaration, under penalty' of perjury, stating that the voter is the owner of record or authorized representative of the landowner entitled to vote and is the person whose name appears on the envelope, (c) the printed name, signature and address of the voter, (d)the date of signing and place of execution of the declaration described in clause (b) above, and (e) a notice that the envelope contains an official ballot and is to be opened only by the canvassing board. Analysis and arguments with 'respect to the ballot measures are hereby waived, as provided in Section 53327 of the Act. 7. The Deputy Director - Redevelopment shall accept the ballots of the qualified electors in the meeting room of this Board of Supervisors upon and prior to the adoption of this Resolution, whether said ballots be personally delivered or received by mail. The Deputy Director - Redevelopment shall have available at said location ballots which may be marked on the election day by said qualified electors. 8. This Board of Supervisors hereby further finds that the provision of Section 53326 of the Act requiring a minimum of 90 days following the adoption of the Resolution of Formation to elapse before said special election is for the,protection of the qualified electors of the District. The voted ballots of the landowners within the District contain a waiver of the time limit pertaining to the conduct of the election. Accordingly, this Board of Supervisors finds and determines that said qualified electors have been fully apprised -2- of and have agreed to the shortened time-for the election and have thereby been fully protected in these proceedings. This Board of Supervisors also finds and determines that the Deputy Director - Redevelopment has concurred in the shortened time for the election. 9. The Clerk of the Board is hereby directed to publish in a newspaper of general circulation circulating within the area of the District a copy of this Resolution and a copy of the Resolution to Incur Indebtedness, as soon as practicable after the date of adoption of this Resolution. I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California, at a regularly scheduled meeting thereof, held on the 4th day of June, 1991, by the following vote of the Board: AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson and Powers NOES: None ABSENT: Supervisor McPeak ATTEST: June 4, 1991 Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By- - D u -3-