2022-32 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-32
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL
ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE, RELATING TO THE
ADOPTION OF A 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");
WHEREAS, California Elections Code § 9285 authorizes the City Council, by
majority vote, to adopt provisions to provide for the filing of rebuttal arguments regarding
city measures submitted at municipal election;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That pursuant to Elections Code § 9285, when the City's elections
official has selected the arguments for and against the TOT Measure which will be printed
and distributed to the voters, the City's elections official shall send copies of the argument
in favor of the TOT Measure to the authors of the argument against, and copies of the
argument against to the authors of the argument in favor. The author or a majority of the
authors of an argument relating to the TOT Measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal
argument not to exceed two hundred and fifty (250) words in length. A rebuttal argument
may not be signed by more than five (5) authors. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed
with the City Clerk not more than ten (10) days after the final date for filing direct
arguments. The rebuttal arguments shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement to
be Filed by Author(s) of Argument as provided for in California Elections Code § 9600.
Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments. Each
rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it seeks to rebut.
Section 2. That all previous resolutions providing for the filing of rebuttal
arguments for city measures are repealed.
Section 3. That the provisions of Section 1 of this Resolution shall apply only to
the General Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2022 and shall then be
repealed.
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Section 4. 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 24t" day of May 2022.
Darc Mc a o
Mayo
ATTEST:
ebra Thomas
City-Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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. 2022-32
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 -