Ord 0651-CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF SAID TOWN THREE PROPOSITIONS`
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ORDINANCE NO, 651 '
AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE TOWN OF
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LOS GATOS FOR _ mIM PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS
OF SAID TOWN THREE PROPOSITIONS OF INCURRING BONDED.
INDEBTEDNESSES OF SAID TOWN FOR THE ACQUISITION, CON-
STRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL IMPROVE-
MENTS CONSTITUTING A CITY PLAN,.AND THE ACQUISITION,
CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF CERTAIN OTHER MUNICIPAL
IMPROVEMENTS; DECLARING THE ESTIMATED COSTS OF EACH OF
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SAID IMPROVEMENTS, THE AMOUNTS OF THE PRINCIPAL OF EACH
OF SAID INDEBTEDNESSES TO BE INCURRED TF=1. FOR., : AND THE
MAXIMUM RATE OF INTEREST TO BE PAID THEREON; FIXING THE
DATE OF SAID ELECTION, THE MANNER OF HOLDING THE SAME
AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF.
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The Council of the Town of Los Gatos does ordain as
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follows:
WHEREAS, the Planning. Commission of the Town of Los Gatos
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by Resolution duly adopted at a meeting of said Commission held
on March 7,`1962, approved a group of municipal improvements as
constituting a city plan;
WHEREAS, a copy of said Resolution of the Planning Com-
mission of the Town of Los Gatos, duly certified by the Secre-
tary thereof, has been transmitted to and received by the Council:
of the Town of Los Gatos and is now on file and of record in the
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office of the Clerk of said Town;
WHEREAS, the Council of the Town of Los Gatos at a regular's
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meeting thereof duly held on the 5th day of March, 1962,
proved said group of municipal improvements as constituting a
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city plan;
WHEREAS, the Council of the Town of Los Gatos by Reso-
lution No. 1962-3,7 passed and adopted at a meeting of said
Council on March 12, 1962, by the affirmative vote of more than
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two thirds of all of its members, did determine that the public
interest and necessity demanded the acquisition, construction
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and completion of the municipal improvements as constituting a
city plan and the other municipal improvements hereinafter men-
tioned, that all of said municipal improvements are necessary
and convenient.to carry out the objects, purposes and powers of
the Town, that the costs of said proposed municipal improvements
will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income
and revenues of said Town and that said indebtednesses, and each
of them, will require an expenditure of funds greater than the
amount allowed for it by the annual tax levy of said Town;
'NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, as follows:
1. A special municipal election is hereby called and
ordered and will be held in the Town of Los Gatos on Tuesday,
the 29th day of May, 1962, at which election shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of said Town the question of incurring
bonded indebtednesses by said Town for the objects and purposes
set forth in the following propositions, to wit:
PROPOSITION NO. 1 Shall the Town of Los Gatos incur
City Plan a bonded indebtedness in the
principal amount of Eight Hundred
Eighty-Eight Thousand Dollars, ($888,000) in accordance
with the provisions of the ordinance calling the election
at which this proposition is submitted for the acquisition,
construction and completion of the following municipal
improvements constituting a city plan, to wit: the ac-
quisition, construction and completion of a Civic Center
on the existing Town Hall site and on additional property
to be acquired adjacent thereto, including a Town Hall
and Library, and the acquisition of real property and all
acquisitions and incidental work necessary therefor?
PROPOSITION NO..2 Shall the Town of Los Gatos incur
Fire Protection a bonded indebtedness in the
principal amount of Two Hundred
Seven Thousand Dollars ($207,000) in accordance with the
provisions of the ordinance calling the election at which
this proposition is submitted for the object and purpose
.of the acquisition, construction and completion of a
Headquarters Fire Station in the vicinity of Saratoga
Avenue and University Avenue, including a fire house and
equipment, furnishings, furniture and apparatus therefor;
and the acquisition, construction and completion of Fire
Station No. 3 in the vicinity of Santa Clara-Los Gatos
Road and the proposed westerly extension of Lark Avenue,
including a fire house and equipment, furniture, furnish-
ings and apparatus therefor; and the acquisition of lands
and easements and all acquisitions and incidental work
necessary to complete both the Headquarters Fire Station
and Fire Station No. 3?
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PROPOSITION NO. 3 Shall the Town of Los Gatos incur
Town Center Plaza) a bonded indebtedness in the.
principal amount of One Hundred
,Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000) in accordance with
the provisions of the Ordinance calling the election at
which this proposition is submitted for the object and
purpose of the acquisition, construction and completion
of a Town Center Plaza by acquiring real property bounded
northerly by West Main Street, easterly by Montebellow Way,
southerly by the easterly extension of Broadway, and wester-
ly by Santa Cruz Avenue, and the improving thereof as a
Town Center Plaza, including grading, removing existing
structures and vegetation, planting, construction of
buildings, and all acquisitions and incidental work neces-
sary therefor?
2. The estimated cost of the municipal improvements set
forth in each proposition and the amount of the indebtedness to
be incurred therefor, incidental to or.connected with the authori-
zation, issuance and sale'of,the bonds, including legal and other
fees, costs of printing the bonds and other costs and expenses
incidental to or connected with the issuance and sale of the bonds
therefor is as follows:
Proposition No. 1 $888,000
Proposition No.,.2 $207,000
Proposition No. 3 $125,000
3. Said Council does hereby submit to the qualified elec-
tors of said Town of Los Gatos at said special municipal election,
this Ordinance and the propositions set forth in Section l here-
of'. The said Council proposes to issue and sell bonds of said
Town in the amount and for the objects and purposes specified in
said propositions, or any of them, if two thirds of the qualified
electors voting'on each of. such propositions, at said special
municipal election, shall vote in favor thereof.
4. If two thirds of the qualified electors voting on any
of said propositions shall vote in favor thereof, said proposition
shall be deemed adopted. Said bonds shall be negotiable in form
and of the character known as serial, and shall bear interest at
a rate not.exceeding six per cent (6/) per annum, payable semi-
annually except the first year after the date of the bonds which:
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may be made payable at the end of said year.
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5. Said special municipal election shall be held and
conducted and the votes thereof canvassed, and the returns there-
of made, and the results thereof ascertained and determined as
herein provided; and in all particulars not prescribed by this
Ordinance, said election shall be held as provided by law for
the holding of municipal elections in said Town.
6. For the purpose of holding and conducting said special
municipal election there shall be six (6) precincts consisting
of consolidations of Santa Clara County election precincts as
last established by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Santa Clara for the conduct of State and County elections. Their
descriptions, the polling places designated therefor and the
election officers to conduct said election are as follows:
Consolidated Precinct "A", comprising State and County
precincts designated as Precinct Numbers 3754 through 3758, in-
elusive, as established by the Santa. Clara County Board of
Supervisors:
Polling Place:
.Inspector:
Town Hall
110 East Main Street
Los Gatos, California
Bryce M. Mattenberger
Fudge
Jane Summers
Clerk: Leone M. Merrill
Clerk: Reva Teubner
Consolidated' Precinct "B", comprising State and County
precincts designated as Precinct Numbers 3761, 3762, 3763 and
3766, as established by the Santa Clara County Board of Super-
visors:
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Polling Place: Block Residence
125 Massol Avenue
Los Gatos, California
Inspector Maudie M. william:s
judge: Pearl Roller
Clerk Dorothy Wallbaum
Clerk. Charlotte Wall
Consolidated Precinct "C1°, comprising State and County
precincts designated as Precinct Numbers 3751, 3752, 3753 and
3772, as established by the Santa Clara County Board of Super-
visors:
Polling Place: Los Gatos Union High School
High School Court
-Los Gatos, California
Inspector:; Georgia Dwyer
Judge: Martha B. Page
Clerk: ~Zula Miller
Clerk: Caroline Harder
Consolidated Precinct "D", comprising State and County
precincts designated as Precinct Numbers 3759, 3760, 3769 and
3765, as established by the Santa Clara County Board of Super-
visors:
Polling Place.: Fountain Court
664 North Santa Cruz Avenue
Los Gatos, California
Inspector: Mable J. Jolliff
Judge: Hazel L. Fisher
Clerk Barbara Crain
Clerk; Isobel M. Sim
Consolidated Precinct "Ell, comprising State and County
precincts designated as Precinct Numbers 3764, 3767 and 3774, as
established by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors:
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Polling Place: Sullivan Fire Station
16565 Shannon Road
Los Gatos, California
Inspector: Mary S. Root
Judge Henderiek M. Brundage
Clerk: Anne M. Bajace
Clerk: Patricia E. Roll
Consolidated Precinct "F", comprising State and County
precincts designated as Precinct Numbers 3768, 3770, 3771 and
3773, as established by the Santa Clara County Board of Super-
visors:
Polling Place: The Lucky Market Building
15330 San Jose-Los Gatos Road
Los Gatos, California
Inspector: Josephine R. Del Nore
Judge Wanda G.. Noey
Clerk: Marion Fisher
Clerk: Lovina Smith
7. All persons qualified to vote at municipal elections,
in said Town.upon the date of the election herein provided for
shall be qualified to vote upon the propositions submitted at
said special municipal election.
8. Ballots for said election shall be provided of the
form and to the number provided by law. on said ballots, in
addition to any other printed matter which may be required by
law, two voting squares shall be set off to the right of each
of said propositions` submitted at said election, in the manner
provided by law, one having the word "Yes" printed before it
and the other having the word "No" printed before it.
9. Each voter may vote on each of the propositions here-
by-submitted. Each voter, to vote for a proposition, and for
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incurring the bonded indebtedness thereof, shall stamp a cross
in the blank space opposite the word "Yes" on the ballot to
the right of said proposition, and to vote against a proposition
and against incurring.the indebtedness thereof shall stamp a
cross in the blank space opposite the word "No" on the ballot
to the right of said proposition.
10. The polls shall be opened at 7:00 o'clock A.M. of
said day and shall be kept open until 7:00 o'clock P.M. of said
day when the polls shall be closed, except as to voters in line
as provided in Section 14486 of.the Elections Code.
11. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
procure supplies necessary for the proper conduct of said
election.
12. This ordinance shall be published once a week for
two.successive weeks in the Los Gatos Times-Saratoga observer,
.a newspaper of general circulation, printed,,and published less
than six (6) days a week.in said Town, and such publication shall
constitute notice of said election. No other notice of the
election hereby called need be given.
13. This Ordinance, being an ordinance calling and order-
ing an election, shall take effect.immediately upon its adoption.
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ATTEST:
T n Clerk
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing
ordinance is a full, true and correct copy of ordinance No.
651 of the Town of Los Gatos, California, entitled as above,
that it was introduced Parch 19th ' 1962, and adopted by the
Council of said Town on larch 19th , 1962, by the follow-
ing vote:
AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen: Henry C. Crall,
John Lincoln, Gail E. Packard and Alberto E. Merrill.
NOES, Councilmen:.None
ABSENT, Councilmen: James E. Donati.
Clerk of e Town of Los Gatos