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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #408 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING, CALLING AND PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF AN ELECTION, TO BE CONSOLIDATED WITH THE REGULAR GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HERETOFORE CALLED TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1938, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMIT- TING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY THE PROPOSITION OF INCURRING' A BONDED INDEBTEDNESS BY SAID CITY FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPAL IL'iPROVEMENT, TO-WIT: THE ACQUISI- TION, CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF A PUBLIC PARK AND PLAYGROUND WITHIN SAID CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, TOGETHER WITH SUCH EQUIPMENT AND APPURTENANCES AS 1,JAY BE NECES- SARY OR CONVENIENT TO TI-E. USE THEREOF. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, County of Orange, State of California, did, at a regular, adjourned meeting of said Council held on ,.Monday, the 28th day of February , 1938, at the City Hall in said City, being its regular place of meeting therein, regularly and duly pass and adopt Resolution No. 792. of said City, which Resolution is entitled as follows: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING ANI:i- DECLARING THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY DE11IIAND THE`ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION, WITHIN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, OF A CERTAIN MUNICIPAL IM1:1ROVEIVIENT11 and"" WHEREAS, said Resolution was duly signed by the Mayor of said City and duly attested by the City Clerk thereof on the 28th day of February, 1938 and entered in the Book of Resolutions of said City, and the Minute of the passage and adoption thereof made on the Minutes of the meeting at which the same was passed and adopted, NOW THEREFORE, at this, a subsequent meeting of said City Council of said City to the meeting at which said Resolu- tion No. 792 of said City Council was passed and adopted, the i c City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California does ordain as "follows: �) Section 1: That a municipal election be and the same is hereby ordered and called, to be held in said City of Hunting- ton Beach. on Tuesday, April 12, 1938, between the hours of 6:00 o 'clock A. M. and 7:00 o 'clock -P. M. , and that at said election there be submitted to the qualified voters of said City the pro- osition of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the object and purpose set forth in said Resolution No. 792, passed and adopted on the 28th day of February, 1938, to-wit: the acquisition, construction and completion of a public park and playground within said City, together with such equipment and appurtenances as may be necessary or convenient to the use thereof. Section 2: That the object and purpose for which said indebtedness is proposed to be incurred is as follows: the acquisition, construction and completion, within the City of Huntington Beach, California, of a, public park and playground, together with such equipment and appurtenances as may be neces- sary or convenient to the use thereof. Section 3: That the estimated cost of the acquisi- tion, construction and completion of said municipal improvement is the sum of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars. Section 4: That the amount of principal of the indebtedness to be incurred by said City for the acquisition, construction and completion therein of said municipal improve- ment is the sum of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars. Section 5: That the maximum rate of interest to be paid on such indebtedness is five (5�o) percent per annum, which interest shall be payable annually for the first year and semi- annually thereafter, which rate shall not be exceeded in the issuance of bonds ,for said indebtedness. i Section 6: That the estimated cost of said proposed municipal improvement and the indebtedness which is proposed to -2- G 1 d be- incurred therefor, together with all existing indebtedness of said City does not exceed fifteen (15o) percent of the assessed value of all of the real and personal property of said City of Huntington Beach. Section 7: That the election hereby called and ordered to be held shall be consolidated with the general muni- cipal election to be held in said City on the 12th day of April, 1938, said general municipal election having been called by Resolution No. 791, a Resolution of the City of Huntington Beach, entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH" , which Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by said City Council of said City on the 14,th`=day of February , 1938, and which said general municipal election is an election authorized by law, and at which general municipal election qualified voters of said City of Huntington Beach are entitled to vote. Section 8: The manner of holding such bond election i on said day and voting for and against Incurring- such bonded indebt- edness shall be as follows: The proposition of incurring a bonded debt of said City, as aforesaid, shall be submitted to the quali- fied voters-,of said City by printed ballot§,-which ballots shall be the same ballots as those used for said general municipal election, and the ballots used at such election, except as otherwise provided for in this Ordinance, shall be prepared, printed, furnished and distributed as provided by law for preparing, printing, furnishing and distributing ballots at municipal elections in the City of Huntington Beach. Each ballot shall be printed in substantially the following form: -3- - t .park Crosses +) on Ballot ONLY WITH RUBBER STA1,aiP; I,1 EVER WITH FEN OR PE;1,,J C IL (Fold ballot to this perforated NO. line, leaving top margin exposed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUNICIPAL TI CKET MUNICIPAL ELECTION, CITY OF HUINITIN.GTON BEACH, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. APRIL 12, 1938 INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To vote for a candidate of your selection, stamp a cross (+) in the voting square next to the right of the name of such candidate. ,+'There two or mo-re candidates of the same off ice are to be elected, stamp a cross (+) after the name of all the candi- dates for that office for whom you desire to vote not to exceed, however, the number of candidates who are to be elected. If the ballot does not contain the names of candidates for-all offices for which you may desire to vote, you may vote for candidates for such offices so omitted by writing- the name of the candidate for whom you wish t o .vote in the blank space left for that purpose. To vote for a person not on the ballot, write the name of such person under the title of the office in .the -blank space left for that purpose. To vote on-:any question, proposition or constitu- tional amendment, stamp a cross (+) in the voting square after the word "Yes" or after the word 1111o". I All marks except the cross (+) are forbidden. All distinguishing marks or erasures are forbidden and make the ballot void. If you wrongly, stamp, tear or deface this ballot, return it to the inspector of elections and obtain another. . (Here follows a list of candidates for office and extra lines for voting for such offices) . C\J -a- i i i PROPOSITION NO. I SHALL THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA`, INCUR A BONDED DEBT OF 4100 ,000.00, SUCH DEBT TO BEAR IN- T EREST K2 THE RATE OF NOT TO EXCEED 5% PER ANNMVI TO BE PAID ANT,-UALLY # YES FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND SiidlI-ANNUALLY ' THEREAFTER, FOR THE ACQUISITION,, CON- STRUCTION AND COIMPLETION OF A MUNI- CIPAL IMPROVE�TMENT, TO-WIT: THE # ACQUISITION,' CONSTRUCTION AND COITI- # NO PLETIO13 OF A PUBLIC PARK AND PLAY- GROUND WITHIN SAID CITY, TOGETHER WITH SUCH EQUIPT:'MI T AND APPURTENANCES AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT TO # 1 THE USE THEREOF? Section 9: That the election officers hereinafter designated are hereby appointed as the election officers for their respective consolidated voting precincts, and that the election precincts and polling places for said bond election as so consoli- dated with the general municipal election shall be as hereinafter specified, to-wit: There shall be four consolidated voting precincts , consisting of a consolidation of the regular election precincts last established for holding general State or county elections in said City, to be designated as consolidated voting precinct "A" , consolidated voting precinct "B", consolidated voting precinct "C" , and consolidated voting precinct "D". Consolidated voting precinct "A" shall consist of general election precincts Huntington Beach One and Two; the polling place shall be in Memorial Hall located on Sixth Street near the intersection of I+fagnolia Avenue and Sixth Street in said City Election officers: Inspector: Verdie S. Rimel Judge: Margaret Lockhart � Clerk: Sophie Bell Clerk: Edna R. Herron -5- 1 . r Consolidated voting r-recinct "B" shall consist of general election precincts Huntington Beach Three and Four, and the polling place Vim' shall be at the Woman' s Club House located at 418 Tenth Street , between Orange Avenue arr. lulagnolia Avenue, in said City of Huntington Beach. Election officers: Inspector: Gertrude Catching Judge: Stella Hitterdale. Clerk: Anna P. Warner Clerk: Luella V. Buckner Consolidated voting precinct "C " shall consist of general election precincts Huntington Beach Five and Six, and the polling place, shall be Windsor Club House , located at the corner of Thirteenth Street and Crest Avenue in said City of Huntington Beach. I Election officers: Inspector: Lillian F. , Elfeld Judge: Charlotte I. King Clerk: Murl Kesterson Clerk: Velma M. Clark. Consolidated voting precicnt "D" shall consist of general election precincts Huntington Beach Seven and Eight, and the polling place 41JOESM shall be at PTaggie Hallicy' s store at the southeast corner of Frankfort Street and Alabama Avenue in ' said City of Huntington Beach. Election officers: Inspector: D. Roy White \1 Judge: Jennie B. Critton Clerk: Lola C. Mutt Clerk: Leila Dowty -6- Q 4 _ Section 10: That when the polls are closed the returns of said election shall forthwith be made to the City Council of said City and signed by the officers of said election and shall be then deposited with the City Clerk, together with the � ballots cast at said election, and the City Council shall meet D i f and canvass said returns in the Council Chamber in the City Hall of said City, it being the regular meeting place of said City Council, on the 18th day of April, 1938, at the hour of 7 : 30 P. M. of said day, and if upon such canvass, it shall be found that at least two-thirds of the qualified voters of the City of Huntington Beach voting at said election upon said proposition voted in favor thereof, said proposition shall be deemed adopted and the issuance of said bonds approved. Section 11: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance by more than tiro-thirds vote of all the members of the City. Council of the City of Huntington Beach, and this Ordnance shall be published once a week for two weeks by one insertion each week for two successive weeks in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly newspaper of general circulation, print ed' and published in. said City of Huntington Beach, California, and this Ordinance shall take effect from and after the adoption hereof. Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, by a vote of more than two-thirds of all its members, at a regular, adjourned meeting of said City Council held on the 9th day of March, 1938. L MAYOR ATTEST: -� City Clergy i I I I i . 0 G t tl STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) County of Orange ) ss: City of Huntington Beach ) I, C . R. FURR, City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, California, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify t:�at the whole number of members of the City Council ,of the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the foregoing Ordinance No. //Oswas introduced and read to said City Council j at a regular, adjourned meeting of said City Council held on the 2nd day of March, 1938, and was again read to said City Council at its regular, adjourned meeting held on the 9th day of March, 1938, and was by said City Council at said meeting passed and adopted in the same form as originally introduced and read by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen: 7110r-e�vuse - h4Mn ess7-7G 1&eit-&nruckjon- NOES: Councilmen: 071 e ABSENT: Councilmen: d ?? Q City le k and ex-of ficio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California. I.