HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983 Resolution No. 013I
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RESOLUTION SUBMIT1'ING TO THE REGISTEREC' QUALI-
FIED ELECTORS OF THE CIT¥ OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
AT A P.H CIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELO
TUESDAY, MA¥ 17, 1983, 1'HE QUESTION OF ISSUING
GENE RAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CIT¥ IN THE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,680,000, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING LAND ANO CONSTRUCTING
AND EQUIPPING A COMMUNITY CENTER AND RELATED
APPURTENANCES, FOR THE CIT¥,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Englewood has
determined that it is necessary to provide a community center for
th e residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, Section 104 of t h e City Charter provides in
part that the Counc ' l shall hav e the power to i ss ue general
obligation bonds r' e City for any public capital purpose, upon
majority vote of ,he qualified electors of the City voting thereon
at a specia l e l ect i o n; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of constructing and e quip-
ping a community center is approximately $4,680,000; and
WHEREAS, the City Council h as determine d that the
co nstruct ion of a community center is a pub! ic capital purpose
within the meaning of th e Charter, and that it is nece s sa ry t o
s ubmit to the reg a ~t e ,ed qualified electors of the City, the
que$tion o f issui ~~ yeneral obligation bonds in the princ ipal
am o u nt not t o exc e ed $4,680,000 for s uch purpose;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCI L OF THE CIT¥ OF
ENG LEW OOD , COLORADO:
S e c tion 1. That at a sp ecial municipal elec tion
to be held in the City of Englewood, on Tuesday, May 17 , 19B3,
b e tween 7:00 A,M, a nd 7:00 P.M. of said day, there sha ll be
submitted to a vote of the regi s tered qualified electors of .~e
City, the question of issuing General Obligation Bonds of the City
in th e principa l amount not to ex ceed $4,680,000 for the purpose
of acquiring land and co nstructing and equipping a community
center and re l a t e d appurtenances as is more particularly stated i n
th e form o f ba llo t label and notice of e lection h e reinaft e r se t
forth.
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Se ction 2. There sha ll be 16 municipa l e l ec tion pre-
cinc ts f or t ~,s election, the d es ignation of each pre cinct and the
polli ng plL c e therein sh a ll be a s set forth . in th e Notice of
Ele ction. Ea c h polling pla ce s hall be de s ignat e d by a s ign
consp icuou s l y po s ted a t least ten da:•s before the election.
Such s i gn s hall be in accordan ce with Ue provi s i o n s o f Sect i on
31-10-501 (3 ), C.ll .S . 1973 , a s a me nd ed.
Sect ion 3. Any person who is .,t l eas t ei ghteen ( 18 )
y ears of age, a citizen of th e Unit ed S tate s, a nd who has resid e d
in th e State of Colorado and in th e mu nicipal election pre cinct
for th irt y-two days i mmedia tely pr eceding th e e l ect ion, and
wh o ha s c o mpli e d wit h th e r egi s trat i o n l aw s s h a ll b e a ll o we d
to vote on the qu e st i o n o f i ssu in g bonds . Qualified elector s
rnay regis t e r a t the office o f th e Co unty Cl erk and Recorde r o f
Ara~~ho e Cou nty, or at th e off ice of th e City Clerk of the Ci ty o f
Eng lewood, during normal busine ss hour s.
for this e l ec:-tion will contain th e n a mes
Th e reg istration list
a nd a ddr esses of all
r eg iste red electors residing within th e mu n icipa l election pre-
c incts who se names appear ed o n t he r eg i stration record s at th e
close of b usine s s on the thirty-s e cond day precedi ng the special
e l ection (Friday, April 15, 1983 ).
Section 4. The vote s for and aga in s t t he question of
iss uing bonds sh a ll be registered by voting .nachines, at least o ne
of which s ha ll be placed at each polling p l ace. In each of the
vo ting ma ch ines , the bal lot l abel shall be as fo llow s :
"Shall t he City of Englewood, Ar a pahoe Coun ty,
Colo rado , be autho rize d to issue g e ner al ob l ig a-
tion bonds i n the pri nc ipal amoun t not to ex c e ed
$4 ,680 ,000, to bear inte r es t a t a maxi mum n e t
e ff e c tive i n ter est rat e no t to exceed 1 1 1/2%
pe r a nnum, t o mature s erially wi thin 20 years of
th ~ir date , for t he pu rpose of a cqu iring l and
a nd c onstr uc ti ng an d e qu ippi ng a c ommunity
c c ~te r a nd re l ate d a p p urt e n a n ce s , for the
Ci ty?11
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There shall be counters on each voting machine which
will perm it each elector to indicate hi s or her vote "YES~ or "NO"
"'' the qu es tion of issuing bonds.
There shall be provided at each ~oiling place two s ample
ballots which shall be arranged in the form of a diagram showing
the f ront of the voting machine as it will appear aft er the
.c ial ballot labels are arranged thereon f or voting on the d ay
.le ctio n. Such sample ballots s hall also cont ain i n str uct io n s
con ce rning the manner in which votes are to be cast.
Th" Judges of Election at each polling place shall
comply s trictly with the provisio ns of the Voting Machine Law as
forth i n •r itl e 31, Article 10, Part 7, Co lo rado Re vised
·"tes 19 7 3 , as amended,
In addition, paper ballots shall b e pro vided for
ab sentee vot ers, which ballot s shall contain the same question a s
. appea ring o n the ballot la be l of voting ma c nin es a nd shall be
in s ubstantially th e following fo rm:
No.
No .
(T he e lec t or s hall vot e upon th e question by pl aci ng a cross mark
(x) opposite the words exp r essing his or her choice.)
QU ES TION SUB MITT ED :
"Sha l l th e Ci ty of Engl e wood , Arapahoe Co un ty ,
Colorad o , be aulhor iz ed to issue general ob lig a -
tion bonds in the princ i pal amount no t t o exce e d
$4 ,68 0,000 , to bear int e r es t a t a maxim um net
effective i n terest rat e no t to exceed 11 1/2%
per ann um, t o mature seria lly wi t hin 20 years of
th e ir dat e , for th e pur pos e o f acqui ring land
an d co ns tructing and equipping a community
cent e r and relat e d app ur t e nanc es , for th e
City?"
YES
NO
(To be endo r sed o n back of ba llot )
"OFFIC IA L BAL LO T FO R DI STR I CT NO . , PRE CINC T NO . , FOR
TH~ SP ECIA L MUN IC IPAL ELECTION HELD IN '!'H E CITY OF ENGLE WOOD,
CO LORADO, MAY 17 , 198 3,
(Facsimi l e Siq nat ur e )
Sec r eta r y "
Sect ion 5 . At leas t fifteen days before the date of the
e l e ction , the City Co un cil shall appoi n t t he judges of election in
accordance wit h t he Co l orado Mun icipal Election La w and Section 11
of t h e City Ch arter . Eac h judge of e lection s ha ll be a registered
e l ector of t he Precinct. Should there be no judge i n the Precinct
the n the City Clerk sh all appoi n t a ny r egis tere d el e ctor o f the
municipali ty to se rve . •r he City Cl erk s ha ll make a n d file i n hi s
office a list of all person s s o appointed , gi ving their n ames ,
addresses a nd Precin cts.
Se ction 6 . •r h e e l ection on t he que st ion of issing bonds
shall be held a nd c onducte d , a nd t he v o tes cast o n the que s tion
a fo re s a id shall be re turned and canv a ssed , and t he re su lt declared
in t he same manner a nd as ne arly as may be a L prov ided by law fo r
t he re turn , c anvass and the decla1ation of t h e result of the votes
cas t at the reg ular elec tio n of mu ni cipal offic ers in the City .
Section 7 . No tic e of the election s hal l be published i n
the Eng l e wo o d Senti ne l , a new s paper having ge nera l cir-::ulation in
the Ci t y, i n the ed ition of said n e wspape r dated Wed ne s day , May 4,
1983, a nd a copy o f s uch Notic~ s hall be pos ted unt il after the
e lec tion i n a c o n s picuou s place i n the office o f the Ci tf Clerk .
In additiun , t ere sha l l be pu b lished a notice o f registration on
Ap ri l 6 , 1983 and Apr i l 1 3 , 1983, wh i ch s ha ll set for th the last
day fnr regis tration. Th e City Clerk is hereby c h arged wi th the
d u cy of giving such notices. •rh e Notices s ha l l be in s u bstan tia l ly
the followin g for m:
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NOTICE OF REGIST RATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That th e qu~sti o n of issui ng
genera l o blig a tion bonds of the City of Englewood fo r the purpos e
o f acquiring land and constructing a nd equipping a communit y
center and related appurtenances, will be submitt ed at a speci a l
municipal e lection to be held on Tuesday, May 17, 1983.
In order to vote at thi s e l ection, an e l ecto r must be a
q ualified elector whose name appears on the regi s tr a tion books of
th e County Cl e rk and Record er of Arapahoe Count y , as of April 15,
19 83. A qualified elector is any person wh o i s at least eighteen
( 18) years of ac;~, a citize, of the United States, who has resided
i n the State of Colorado and in the respective Municipal Electio n
Pr ec inct s for t hirty-two da ys next preceding th e d a t e of el ec ti o n.
P erso n s who ar e oth e rwis e qualifi e d t o vot e , but who are not
pr ese ntl y regi s ter ed, may register at th e office of th e Co unty
Cl e rk a nd Reco rde r of Arapahoe County OR wi th the City Clerk of
th e Ci t y o f Engl e wood, daily during busine ss ho u rs , NO 'l' Lll'l'ER 'J'IIAN
FRIDAY APRIL 15, 1983.
A Notice of Election giving mor e det a iled information
conce rning the election will be published once a t leas t t e n ( 10)
da ys pre ceding sa id Election , with a co py of said notice being
posted a t each polling place , as r e quired by law.
I N WITNESS WHEREOF, the City Cou nc il of th e City of
Engl e wood, Co lorado, has caused this Notice to be give n as of th e
21st day of Ma rch , 1983.
( 5 E A L )
Publi s h in: En g lewood Se n tinel
Pu blish on : April 6 and 13, 1983
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/s / Ga ry R. Higbee
Di rect or of Financ e ,
ex-of ti c io City Clerk
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SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That at a s pecial mun1c1-
pal e lection to be held in the City of F.nglewood, on Tuesday , the
17th day of May, 1983 between 7:00 A,M, and 7:00 P.M., of said
day, th ere will be submitted to the registered qualified e lecto r s
of the City t he following question:
QUESTION SU BMITTED :
"Sha ll the Ci ty of Engl e wood, Ar apaho e County,
Colorado, be a uthoriz ed to issue g e ner al o blig a -
tion bonds in the principal amount not to exceed
$4,680,000, to bear int e rest at a maximum n e t
e ffective i n te rest rate not to exceed 11 1/2\
per a nnum, to matur e serially within 20 years of
th ei r date, for the purpose of a cquiring l a nd
a nd constructing and equipping a community
center and related appurt e nances, for the
City?"
Th ere s hall be 16 muni ci p a l ele ction p r ecincts, for
this e l ect i o n, th e de s ign ation of e ach pre ci nct a nd the polling
place therein shall be as follows:
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POLL! NG PLACE S
Prec1 net
OI Srn ICT 1
Preci net
Pr ec1 net
Prec i net 3
Preci net 4
DI STRI CT 2
Prec i net
Precinct 6
Prec1 net
Prec1 net 8
DI STRICT J
Prec i net 9
Precinct 10
Pre c inct 11
Pr ec in ct 12
OISTr :~T 4
Precinct 13
Preci net 14
Preci net 15
Preci nct 16
Polling Place
Ralph Sch amp Ol dsmobil e
2949 S. 8ro ad 1va y
Si mon Center (S r. Citizens Apts.)
33 JJ S, Liil co ln
City Ha 11
3400 S. El ati
Madd c x Schoo l
70 0 W. Mans fie l d
Wa s hin gton Sch ool
3185 S. Washington
Ch arles Hay Sc hool
3195 S. La fayet te
Charl es Hay School
31 95 S. Lafayett e
Conservative Baptist Seminary
3401 S. Un ive r si t y
Lowe 11 School
3784 S. Logan
Fi re House
590 E. Quin cy
Cher re i yn Schoo I
4550 S. Lincol n
Dun can School
480 0 S. Pe nn sy lv an ia
Dist . #I Admin i stration Bldg.
4101 S. Ba nn ock
Cl ayton Sch o
4600 S . Fox
Sincl ai r Jr. Hig i1
300 W. Chenango
Ce nten ni a 1 Lu th e ran Church
3595 \,. Belleview
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Any person who is at least e ight een (18) years of age, a
citize n of the United States, and who has resided in th e State of
Colo r ado and in thP municipal elect ion precinct for ':hirt y-two
days immediately pr .a ced ing th is elect ion, a nd• who ha t com p li ed
with th e re gi s tration laws, s h a ll b e entitled to vote on the
qu estion referred to above. The registration list for the munici-
pal elect i on precinct s shall contain the name s and addresses of
al l elec t ors re s iding within the municipal election precincts
whose name s appeared on the registration bo o ks of Arapa hoe County
at the close of busin ess on the thirty-seco nd d ay pr e ced i ng the
municipal e l e tion ( i.e. Friday, April 15, 198 3 ), An otherwise
qualified and regi s tered e l ec t or wh o mov es from the municipal
election prec inct where reg iste red t o another precinct wi thin the
City within thirty-two day s prior to the special municipal bond
el ection, s hall be permitted to vot e at th e po lling place in t he
pre cinct where regi s ter e d.
At each of the po l ling places indicated a bov e , the votes
cast for an d against the q ue s tion of i ss uing bon d s shall be
r egis ter ed by voting machin es . The ba llot l a be l s hall CL ,tain t he
same questi o n as stated above, and appr opriate coun ters will be
provided on each voting machine to permit th e e lecto r t o i nd i cate
hi s or her vote "YES" or "NO" on the question of issuing bonds .
Those electors who are otherwise fully qualifi ed t o vote
o n said 7uastion at such election, but who are or will be unabl e
to appe a at the polling place on the jay of election, may a ppl y
i n writing at the office of the City Clerk, at the Municipal
Bu ilding, for an absentee ballot, at any time during business
hours, on or before Friday, May 13, 1983.
IN WITNESS WHEKEOF, the City Cou ncil has caused t h i s
Notice to be given as required by law, as of th e 21st day of
March, 1983.
(S E ii L ) /s/ Ga r y R. Hi g bee
Publish in: Englewood Sentinel
Publi s h on : May 4, 19 .
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Director o f Fi na nce ,
ex-off i cio City Clerk
Section B. When a ny r eg iste r ed qualified elector on the
da y of the special muni cipal elect ion, sha ll be abse nt from the
Ci ty, or by reason of hi s or her work or the nat ur e of e mpl o ym ent
is likely to be absent a nd fears that he or she will be abse nt
from the City on said day, or b ecause of serio u s illness or
physica l disab ility or for reasons ba sed upon the doctrines o f
e s tablished re ligions shall b e un ab l e to attend the po ll s , h e or
she may vote by ab se nte e ballot , i n accordance with t h e provi sions
o f t he Colora d o Municipal El ection Code of 1965 , as ame nde d.
Application for an abse nt ee ballot s h all be filed in
writing wit h the City Clerk no t later than the c l ose of busi n e ss
o n the Friday immediately preceding th e s pecia l e l e cti o n . The
JpJ lication may be in th e form of a l e tt er, statinq th e appli-
ca nt's r esidence address a nd the reason or re a5o n s for which such
an abse n tee ballot i s req u ired .
Se ction 9. That if a ny one or more s ection s o r pa rt s •
this Res o lution s h al l be a djud ged unenforceable or inv alid, su<.:h
judgment shall not affect, impair or invali da t e the remaini ng
provision s hereof, it being the in tentio n th a t t he vario u s provi-
s i o ns hereof are severable .
ADOPTED AND APPR OVE D Th is 2 1 st day of Ma r ch, 19B3.
( S E A L
A'l"!'ES 1'E D:
(p<ql~;i-1~•~
ex -officio Cicy Cl e rk
I , Gary R. Higbee, Directer of Finance, ex-of ficio City I
Clerk -Treasure r of r he City of Engl ewood , Col ora do, do her e by
certify that the above and foregoing i s a true , accurate and
com ple t e copy of Reso lutio n No. jj_, Ser i es cf 1983 , pa ssed by
City Council on Marc h 2 1, 19B3 .
ecior jif. ina ne ,
Ci ty Clerk-Tr e as ur er
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