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Resolution 2022- Council Meeting Date
DRAFT RESOLUTION 2022- RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ACCEPTING THE ELECTION OFFICIAL’S CERTIFICATION OF SUFFICIENCY OF THE
REFERENDUM PETITION FOR RESOLUTION 2022-046
WHEREAS, on June 30, 2022, the Town Council adopted Resolution 2022-046, adopting
the 2024 General Plan to update the 2020 General Plan, along with the Final Environmental
Impact Report (EIR); and
WHEREAS, on August 15, 2022, the proponents of the referendum to repeal the Land
Use and Community Design Elements of the adopted 2024 General Plan filed with the Elections
Official petitions containing 3,417 unverified signatures; and
WHEREAS, to qualify, the proponents were required to obtain signatures of ten percent
(10%) of the of the 21,978 registered voters of the Town for a total of 2,198; and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk and Town Attorney found that the petition’s form complies
with the Elections Code; and
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2022, the petition was delivered to the Santa Clara County
Registrar of Voters Office (ROV) for signature verification; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Election Code Section 9115, the ROV examined 500
random signatures and notified the Town Elections Official Elections of the results;
WHEREAS, on September 27, 2022, the ROV certified that the Petition has a projected
number of 2,961 (134.7%) estimated valid signatures and the statistical sampling is over 110
percent.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos
does declare and determine, that pursuant to Election Code Section 9115 subsection (f), the
Town Elections Official has submitted the certified results of the random sample signature
examination of the referendum petition for Resolution 2022-046 as verified by the Santa Clara
County Registrar of Voters Office (Exhibit A).
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Resolution 2022- Council Meeting Date
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos this 4th day of October 2022 by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE: ___________________
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE: __________________