R-075-16 Requesting the Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County to Consolidate a General Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2016

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. R-75-16 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TO CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, 2016 WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE SAME DATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 10403 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE. WHEREAS, by adoption of Resolution No. R-41-16 on June 7, 2016, the City Council has called and given notice of a General Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2016 in the City of Colton, County of San Bernardino, for the election of three members of the City Council for a term of four years, a City Clerk for a term of four years, and a City Treasurer for a term of four years; and WHEREAS, the City Council is submitting to the voters a question related to the City's transient occupancy (hotel) tax ("TOT"); and WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with the Statewide General Election to be held on the same date and that within the City the precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the San Bernardino County election department canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Request for Consolidation. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Bernardino is hereby requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, for the purpose of submitting to the voters the question relating to the City's TOT tax. SECTION 2. Measure Language. The measure is to appear on the ballot as follows: "Shall the City of Colton increase the Transient Occupancy (Room) Tax rate from 10% to 12.5%, with the extra 2.5% rate Yes increase generating approximately $150,000 annually that will specifically pay for the construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of the City's athletic/recreational fields and related facilities, until ended by voters, and to apply the Tax to all rent charged by hotel operators, including online travel and short term No rental companies, for transient occupancy of any hotel room?"