2022-31 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE DRAFTING OF DIRECT
ARGUMENTS, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN
ARGUMENT(S) AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE
AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS, REGARDING A CITY MEASURE,
RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF A GENERAL TRANSIENT
OCCUPANCY TAX, SUBMITTED AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8, 2022
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Grand Terrace,
California, on November 8, 2022, at which there will be submitted to the voters a ballot
measure to consider adopting a proposed ordinance which adds Chapter 3.30 to Title 3
of the Grand Terrace Municipal Code thereby establishing a general transient occupancy
tax at the maximum tax rate of 10% ("TOT Measure");
NOW, THEREFORE,THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That pursuant to Election Code §§ 9282 and 9287, the City Council
hereby authorizes, but does not require, any or all members of the City Council to file a
written argument for the TOT Measure.
Section 2. That in the event that more than one argument for or against the TOT
Measure is timely submitted, the City Council's elections official shall give preference and
priority first, to arguments submitted by a member of the City Council, as authorized by
this Resolution, and second, to individual voters, bona fide associations, or a combination
thereof, in the order set forth at California Elections Code § 9287.
Section 3. That in accordance with the requirements of Division 9, Chapter 3,
Article 4 of the California Elections Code, all written arguments for or against the TOT
Measure: (1) shall not exceed three hundred (300) words in length; (2) shall be filed with
the City's elections official; (3) shall be accompanied by the printed name(s) and
signature(s)of the person(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the
name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of the
principal officers who is the author of the argument; and (4) shall be accompanied by the
Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) of Argument as provided for in California
Elections Code § 9600. All written arguments may be changed or withdrawn until and
including the date fixed by the City's elections official, after which time no arguments for
or against the TOT Measure may be submitted to the elections official.
Section 4. That the City Council hereby directs the City's elections official to
transmit a copy of the TOT Measure to the City Attorney. In accordance with California
Elections Code § 9280, the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare an impartial
analysis of the TOT Measure, not to exceed five hundred (500) words in length, showing
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the effect of the TOT Measure on the existing law and the operation of the measure. The
analysis shall include a statement indicating whether the TOT Measure was placed on
the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the governing body
of the city. In the event the entire text of the TOT 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 bold type, a legend substantially as
follows: "The above statement is an impartial analysis of Ordinance or'Measure . If
you desire a copy of the ordinance or measure, please call the elections official's office at
(insert telephone number) and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you." The impartial
analysis shall be filed by the date set by the City's elections official for the filing of primary
arguments.
Section S. That the City's elections official shall cause the City Attorney's
Impartial Analysis, and duly selected arguments, to be printed and distributed to voters in
accordance with State law regarding same.
Section 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. This Resolution shall be
effective immediately upon passage and adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Grand
Terrace at a regular meeting held on the 24th day of May 2022.
Da cy McN
Mayor
ATTEST:
ebra Thomas
'City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/Z
Adrian R. Guerra
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I Debra L. Thomas, City Clerk of the CITY OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 2022-31
was duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council, approved and signed by
the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk, at the regular meeting of said City Council
held on the 24th day of May 2022, and that the same was passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Allen, Wilson, Robles; Mayor Pro Tern Hussey;
Mayor McNaboe
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
Executed this 26th day of May 2022, at Grand Terrace, California.
Debra L. Thomas _
City Clerk