HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 038-2009RESOLUTION NO. 38-2009
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BURLINGAME DETERMINING HOW TO VOTE THE
CITY'S STORM DRAIN MEASURE BALLOTS AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO VOTE THE
CITY'S BALLOTS AS DIRECTED BY THE COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Burlingame has placed a storm drainage fee
ballot measure before the owners of parcels of real property within the City, for the purpose of
raising funds to repair, replace and improve the City's eighty -year old, deteriorated storm drainage
system; and,
WHEREAS, under California Constitution Article XIII D (Proposition 218), the owner of
each parcel of real property, including each public agency owning a parcel of real property within
the City, is entitled to one vote per parcel; and
WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame owns numerous parcels of real property and.
accordingly, the City is entitled to one vote for each parcel it owns (except parcels such as streets
and other right-of-way not subject to the fee); and
WHEREAS, on April 6, 2009, the City mailed out the storm drainage measure ballots to all
parcel owners of record; and
WHEREAS, in order to be counted, storm drain measure ballots must be received by the
Burlingame City Clerk no later than 8:00 pm on election day, May 5, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the City Council must decide how to vote the City's storm drain measure
ballots and must authorize the City Manager to vote the City -of Burlingame's ballots as directed by
the Council;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Burlingame resolves and orders as
follows:
1. Pursuant to the laws of the State of California and the ordinances of the City of
Burlingame, the City Council of the City of Burlingame hereby determines that each storm drain
measure ballot for all of the City-ovmcd parcels of real property subject to the storm drain fee, shall
be marked "YES".
2. The City Council authorizes and directs the City Manager to mark each storm drain
measure ballot for all City -owned parcels of real property (subject to the storm drain fee) "YES"
and to return said ballots to the City Clerk before 8:00 pm May 5, 2009.
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Ann Keighr , Mayor
I, Mary Ellen Kearney, Clerk of the City of Burlingame, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Burlingame
City Council held on the 20t' day of April, 2009, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers DEAL, KETGHRAN, NAGEL, 0"MAHONY
NOES: COuncihnembers:NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers: BAYLOCK
Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerk