Reso 2024-031 Balloting Procedures for Stormwater Fee

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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-031 2 iii. Schedule of proposed Fees; iv. Reserved; v. The basis upon which the amount of the proposed Fee was calculated; vi. A summary of the procedures for the comple�on, return, and tabula�on of the ballots; vii. A statement that the failure to receive a majority of ballots in support of the proposed Fee will result in the Fee not being imposed; viii. On the face of the envelope in which the no�ce of elec�on and ballot are mailed, there shall appear in substan�ally the following form in no smaller than 16-point bold type: “OFFICIAL BALLOT ENCLOSED”; and ix. The ballot shall include the City’s address for return of the ballot, the date and loca�on where the ballots will be tabulated, and a place where the person returning it may indicate his or her name, a reasonable iden�fica�on of the parcel, and his or her support or opposi�on to the proposed Fee. 4. Failure of any person to receive a ballot(s) shall not invalidate the proceedings. 5. All ballots must be returned either by mail or by hand delivery not later than the date for return of ballots stated on the ballot described in this sec�on. Mailed ballots must be returned to the City Clerk at the address shown on the ballot and pre-printed on the ballot return envelope. Hand delivered ballots must be returned to the City Clerk, at City Hall, 835 East 14th Street, San Leandro, CA 94577. 6. Each ballot must be signed under penalty of perjury. 7. Only one vote will be counted per parcel. If more than one vote per parcel is submited, then only the ballot with the most recent date will be counted and any previous votes submited for the same parcel will not be accepted or counted. If more than one vote per parcel is submited and the ballots for that parcel are not dated, the replacement ballot will be counted and any other votes for the same parcel will not be accepted or counted. 8. The City will only accept official ballots issued by the City. If a ballot is lost, withdrawn, destroyed, or never received, the City will mail or otherwise provide a replacement ballot to the owner upon receipt of a request delivered to the City. The replacement ballot will be marked to iden�fy it as a replacement ballot. Any request for a replacement ballot to be mailed to another loca�on must include evidence, sa�sfactory to the City, of the iden�ty of the person reques�ng the ballot. The same procedure applies to replacement ballots which are lost, withdrawn, destroyed, or never received. 10. If a Stormwater Fee Amendment ballot is returned by the United States Post Office as undeliverable, the City may mail a redelivered ballot to the current property owner, if updated ownership and/or owner mailing address can be determined. The redelivered ballot will be marked to iden�fy it as a replacement ballot. 11. A property-related fee ballot is a disclosable “public record” as that phrase is defined by Government Code §7920.530 during and a�er tabula�on of the ballots. 12. To complete a Stormwater Fee Amendment ballot, the owner of the parcel or his or her authorized representa�ve must (1) mark the appropriate box suppor�ng or opposing the proposed Stormwater Fee Amendment, and (2) sign, under penalty of perjury, the statement on the ballot that the person comple�ng the ballot is the owner of the parcel or the owner's authorized representa�ve. Only one box may be stamped or marked on each ballot. All substan�ally incomplete or improperly marked ballots shall be disqualified from the tabula�on. The Tabulator will retain all such invalid ballots.