HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 1342 CRDINANCE NO o 1342 (NEW SERIES )
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD,
CALIFORNIA, ORDERING, CALLING, PROVIDING
FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL ELEC-
TION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
ON THE 28th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1961, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF SAID CITY A PROPOSITION TO INCUR
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS BY SAID CITY FOR A CER-
TAIN MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT, AND CONSOLIDAT-
ING SAID ELECTION WITH THE NOMINATING ELEC-
TION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON SAID DATE.
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Bakersfield,
California, did on the '2?th day of December , 1960,
by a vote of more than two-thirds of the members of said
Council, adopt Resolution No. 12d-60 , entitled "Resolution
of the Council of the City of Bakersfield, California, deter-
mining that the public interest and necessity demand the
acquisition and construction of a certain municipal improve-
ment, and making findings relating thereto," which said resolu-
tion was duly signed and approved by the Mayor of said city
and attested and certified by the City Clerk of said city;
NOW, THEREFGRE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of
the City of Bakersfield as follows:
Section 1. That a special election be held, and
the same is hereby called to be held, in the City of Bakers-
field, California, on the 28th day of February, 1961, for
the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said
city a proposition of incurring indebtedness and issuing
bonds of said city therefor, in the amount hereinafter set
forth, and for the object and purposes set forth in said
resolution and hereinafter stated.
Section 2. That the object and purpose for which
said indebtedness is to be incurred and the bonds issued
therefor is as follows:
The acquisition and construction by said city
of a certain municipal improvement, to wit: additions
to the municipal auditorium and public assembly build-
ing including an ice rink refrigeration system, an ice
rink floor system, a pit hoist, carpeting, fixed seating,
kitchen equipment and kitchenettes, stage draperies
and a counterweight system, stage dimmers and control
panels including portable lighting, sound equipment,
ceramic tile wainscots, exterior painting, asphaltic
tile flooring, acoustical tile on plaster, communica-
tion equipment over the arena, together with paving
of parking areas, ornamental shrubbery and curbs,
gutters and sidewalks, and including all furniture,
furnishings, apparatus, equipment and other property
necessary therefor.
Section 3. That the estimated cost of said
municipal improvement is the sum of $850,000 and that the
amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred
therefor is the sum of $850,000. The estimated cost of
said municipal improvement includes any or all of the follow-
ing: (a) legal or other fees incidental to or connected
with the authorization, issuance and sale of the bonds, and
(b) the costs of printing the bonds and other costs and
expenses incidental to or connected with the issuance and
sale of the bonds.
Section 4. That the maximum rate of interest to
be paid on said indebtedness shall not exceed the maximum
rate permitted by law, to wit, six per cent (6%) per annum,
payable annually the first year and semiannually thereafter,
the actual rate or rates of interest on said 'bonds to be
determined at or prior to the time of the sale or sales
thereof.
Section 5. That if the proposition for the incurring
of bonded indebtedness so submitted receives the requisite
number of votes, to wit: two-thirds of the votes of the
qualified electors voting on said proposition, bonds of
said city, in not exceeding the principal amount stated in
such proposition, shall be issued and sold for the object
and purpose set forth in said proposition.
Section 6. That the polls for said election shall
be opened at seven o'clock A.M., of the day of said election
and shall remain open continuously from said time until seven
o'clock P.M., of the same day, when said polls shall be closed,
except as provided in Section 5?34 of the Elections Code of
the State of California.
Section ?. That on the ballots to be used at said
special election, in addition to any other matters required
by law, there shall be printed substantially the following:
MARK CROSS (+) ON BALLOT ONLY WITH RUBBER STAMP
NEVER WITH PEN OR PENCIL.
(ABSENTEE BALLOTS MAY BE MAR WKED WITH PEN AND INK
OR PENCIL.')"
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS
To vote on any measure, stamp a cross (+) in the
voting square after the word "YES" or after the word
"NO". 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 election and obtain
another.
On absent voter ballots mark a cross (+) with pen
or pencil·
: CITY OF BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL : : :
: AUDITORIUM ADDITIONS BONDS: Shall : : :
: the City of Bakersfield incur a : : :
: bonded indebtedness in the principal : : :
: sum of $850,000 for the purpose of : : :
: the acquisition and construction : YES : :
: by said city of a certain municipal : : :
: improvement, to wit: additions to : : :
: the municipal auditorium and public : : :
: assembly building including an ice : : :
: rink refrigeration system, an ice : : :
: rink floor system, a pit hoist, : : :
: carpeting, fixed seating, kitchen : : :
: equipment and kitchenettes, stage : : :
: draperies and a counterweight : : :
: system, stage dimmers and control : : :
: panels including portable lighting, : : :
: sound equipment, ceramic tile : NO : :
: wainscots, exterior painting, : : :
: asphaltic tile flooring, acoustical : : :
: tile on plaster, communication : : :
equipment over the arena, together : : :
: with paving of parking areas, : : :
: ornamental shrubbery and curbs, : : :
: gutters and sidewalks, and includ- : : :
: ing all furniture, furnishings, : : :
: apparatus, equipment and other : : :
: property necessary therefor? : : :
Section 8. A cross (+) placed in the voting square
after the word "YES" in the manner hereinbefore provided
shall be counted in~favor of the adoption of the question
or proposition° A cross (+) placed in the voting square
after the word "NO" in the manner hereinbefore provided
shall be counted against the adoption of the question or
proposition.
Section 9. That said special election hereby called
to be held in the City of Bakersfield on the 28th day of
February, 1961, shall be and is hereby ordered consolidated
with the City of Bakersfield nominating election to be held
in said city on said date, and such election shall be held
in all respects as if there were only one election, and only
one form of ballot shall be used thereat. The precincts,
polling places and officers of election for this special
election shall be the same as those provided for said
nominating election, and said precincts, polling places and
officers of election are set forth in the resolution providing
for said nominating election, to wit, Resolution No. 4-61
adopted by this Council on the 3rd day of January ,
19 61.
Sectlon 10. That, except as otAer~lse provlded in
thls ordinance, sald speclal election hereby called shall be
conducted ~s provlded by la~ for other municipal elections
Section ll. That the Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance by a vote of at least
two-thirds of all of the members of the Council of said city,
and shall cause said ordinance to be published once a day for
at least seven days prior to said elections in THE BAKERSFIELD
CALIFORNIAN, a newspaper of general circulation in said city,
printed and published six days a week in said city.
Section 12. This ordinance shall constitute the
proclamation of the election hereby called and no other
proclamation of said election need be made.
Section 13. The Clerk shall cause a copy of this
ordinance to be posted as provided in Section i of Ordinance
No. 527 N.S. of said city.
Section 14. This ordinance shall take effect
upon the expiration of thirty (30) days from the time of its
passage.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 3rd day
of January , 19_~kl__.
MaYS~ f t e
BakerSfield, California
ATTEST:
c~e~' of the City of
Bakersfield, California
STATE OP CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF KERN ! ss.
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
I, MARIAN So IRVIN, Clerk of the City of Bakersfield,
California, DO HERE~Y C~RTIFY that the foregoin~ ordinance
was duly passed and adopted by the Council of said city and
signed and approved by the Mayor of said city at a
regular meeting of said Council held January 3. --~,
and that said ordinance was passed and adopted by a vo~e or
at least two-thirds of the members of said Council, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Balfanz, Bentley, Carnakis,
Collins, Croes, Doolin, Stiern
NOES.~ Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
" Bakersf e ,
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Af u av ! of osth ( r an es
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ~
County of Kern ~ ss.
MARIAN S. IRVIN, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
Thst she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and tlmt
on ....................... ~..h..e......4.~..h.....d...a.~....o...f.....~...a...n...u~....~.._y..., ......... ,19.--6-.1... she posted on the Bulletin Board at
the City Hail, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Counci/of ssid City at a
meeting thereof duly h~ld on ............... .3..~..d.....d.~.._o...f.._~..~..n...u~...E_Y..l. ............. ,19...6...1.., which ordinance
was numbered ..........1...3_.4...2.. ................ New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
CALIFORNIA, ORDERING, C,~T.T.XNG, PROVIDING
FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL ELEC-
TIO~ TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF BAK~SFIELD
ON THE 28th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1961, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SUI~/ITTING TO THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF SAID CITY A PROPOSITI~ TO INCUR "'
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS BY SAID CITY FOR A CER-
TAIN MI~ICIPAL IMPROVEMENT, AND CONSOLIDAT-
ING SAID ELECTIO~ WITH THE N~INATXNG ELEC-
TION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY /]~ SAID DATE.