96-127 RESOLUTION NO. 96 R- t27
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, FOR
THE SUBMISSION TO THE VOTERS OF THREE MEASURES RELATING TO
(1) RETAINING THE CITY OF ANAHEIM TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX AT
THE CURRENT RATE, INCLUDING THE 2% IMPLEMENTED IN 1995; (2)
READING IN FULL OF ORDINANCES (CHARTER AMENDMENT); AND
PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCES (CHARTER AMENDMENT).
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Charter o£the City of Anaheim,
a General Municipal Election has been called and will be held on November 5, 1996, for
the election of two Members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council also desires to submit to the voters at the
election questions relating to (1) retaining the City of Anaheim Transient Occupancy Tax
at the current rate, including the 2% implemented in 1995; (2) reading in full of
Ordinances; and (3) publication of ordinances in full.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANA~IEIM, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That the City Council, pursuant to its fight and authority, does order submitted to
the voters at the General Municipal Election the following questions:
Measure 1:
Shall the City's transient occupancy tax,
which is a tax only upon persons occupying
hotel or motel rooms in Anaheim, be YES
retained at the current rate, including the
2% amount implemented in 19957 There NO
will be an annual independent audit
conducted of these revenues and the results
reported to the public in the newspaper.
Measure 2:
Shall Section 511 of the City Charter be
amended to not require the reading in full
of any emergency ordinance at the City
Council meeting at which such ordinance is YES
to be considered, provided the full text of
the ordinance is made available to the NO
public for review prior to its consideration
by the City Council?
Measure 3:
Shall Section 512 of the City Charter be
amended to permit publication of a YES
summary of any city ordinance adopted, as
an alternative to publication of the full text NO
of the ordinance?
SECTION 2.
Measure No. 2 (Charter Amendment):
The full text of Measure No. 2 (with additions to and deletions from the current
Charter text indicated thereon) is set forth on Attachment No. 1 attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full.
Measure No. 3 (Charter Amendmere):
The full text of Measure No. 3 (with additions to and deletions from the currein
Charter text indicated thereon) is set forth on Attachment No. 2 attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full.
SECTION 3.
That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and
enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON July 16, 1996.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 96R-127 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of
the Anaheim City Council held on the 16th day of July, 1996, by the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Tait, Zemel, Feldhaus, Lopez, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution
No. 96R-127 on the 16th day of July, 1996.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of Anaheim this 16th day of July, 1996.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is the odginal of Resolution No. 96R-127 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Anaheim on July 16th, 1996.
Section 511. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
With the sole exception of emergency ordinances which take
effect upon adoption, referred to in this Article, no ordinance
shall be adopted by the City Council on the day of its
introduction, nor within five days thereafter nor at any time
other than at a regular or adjourned regular meeting. At the
time of its introduction an ordinance shall become a part of the
proceedings of such meeting in the custody of the City Clerk. At
the time of adoption of an ordinance or resolution it shall be
read in full, unless the City Council has adopted a motion at
such meeting waiving the reading in full of all ordinances or
resolutions adopted at such meeting, or the reading in full of
the specific ordinance or resolution is waived by a motion duly
adopted by the City Council, except that emergency ordinances
shall either be read in full=or the full text of such emergency
ordinance shall be made available to the public prior to adoption
thereof. An emerGencv ordinance mav be made available to the
Public for review Prior to its adoption in compliance with the
Drecedina sentence by either (i) a statement on the Drinted
aaenda of the City Council meeting at which the emer~encv
ordinance is to be adopted indicating that a coDy of the full
text of the DroDosed ordinance is available for public review in
the City Clerk's office. or (ii) whether or not such ordinance
appears on the printed agenda of the meeting at which it will be
adopted, bv Publicly announcing at the Cit¥ Council meetin~ at
which the emer~enc¥ ordinance is to be adopted that the full text
of the emergency ordinance is available for public review and by
DostinG a COD¥ of the full text of the emer~encv ordinance at or
near the entrance of the City Council chambers or otherwise
makina the full text of the emerGencv ordinance available to the
public Prior to its adoption. In the event that any ordinance is
altered after its introduction, the same shall not be finally
adopted except at a regular or adjourned regular meeting held not
less than five days after the date upon which such ordinance was
so altered. The correction of typographical or clerical errors
shall not constitute the making of an alteration within the
meaning of the foregoing sentence. 7 .
No order for the payment of money shall be adopted or made
at any other than a regular or adjourned regular meeting.
Unless a higher vote is required by other provisions of this
Charter, the affirmative votes of at least three members of the
City Council shall be required for the enactment of any ordinance
or resolution, or for the making or approving of any order for
the payment of money. All ordinances and resolutions shall be
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk.
Any ordinance declared by the City Council to be necessary
as an emergency measure for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health or safety, and containing a statement of the
reasons for its urgency, may be introduced and adopted at one and
the same meeting if passed by at least four affirmative votes.
ATTACHMENT NO. 1
Section 512. ORDINANCES. ENACTMENT. PUBLICATION.
In addition to such other acts of the City Council as are
required by this Charter to be by ordinance, every act of the
City Council establishing a fine or other penalty, or granting a
franchise, shall be by ordinance.
The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be substantially
as follows: "The City Council of the City of Anaheim does ordain
as follows:".
The City Clerk shall cause each ordinance, or a summary
thereof. to be published at least once in the official newspaper
within fifteen days after its adoption. In the event a summary
of the ordinance is published instead of publication of the
ordinance in full, said summary need include no more than a brief
description of the subject matter of the ordinance, the names of
the Council members and how thev each voted on the ordinance, a
statement that the full text of the ordinance is available. at no
charqe, from the office of the City Clerk, and the telephone
number of the City Clerk's Office.
ATTACHMENT NO. 2