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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/20/2005 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 145, 2005, APPROVI ITEM NUMBER: 9 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December20, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Wanda Krajicek SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 145, 2005, Approving a General Form of Petition for Initiated Charter Amendments. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ordinance No. 145,2005,which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on November 15,2005, approves a general form of petition for citizen-initiated Charter amendments. ITEM NUMBER: 18 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: November 15, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Wanda Krajicek SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 145, 2005, Approving a General Form of Petition for Initiated Charter Amendments. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance approves a general form of petition for citizen-initiated Charter amendments. BACKGROUND Under the State Constitution, home rule municipalities may adopt local laws governing matters related to local elections. The City Charter provides that the Council may prescribe,by ordinance, upon recommendation of the City Clerk, a general form of petition for citizen-initiated Charter amendments which shall contain warnings and notices to signers as necessary. It appears that the Council has never approved a general form of petition for citizen-initiated Charter amendments. The procedures for amending the City Charter are contained in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The statute is silent as to the form of a petition,except to specify that a petition must contain the text of the proposed amendment and shall state whether the proposed amendment is sought to be submitted at the next regular election or a special election. The Council has previously approved petition forms for recall, initiative and referendum matters. The proposed general form of pe,tigp,,Ifori,,qiti�en-itlyitialed C,harteF amendments is similar to other petitions forms in most respects, but it ggntam Fe uire ent� s ecific to the Charter amendment provisions of state statute ;�', 1 , �� ... fill jw it .. ,. h.,. ORDINANCE NO. 145, 2005 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING A GENERAL FORM OF PETITION FOR INITIATED CHARTER AMENDMENTS WHEREAS,the Charter of the City of Fort Collins states that the City Council mayprescribe by ordinance,upon recommendation of the City C lerk,a general form of petition for citizen-initiated Charter amendments; and WHEREAS, it has recently come to staff's attention that the Council has never approved such a form; and WHEREAS, the City Clerk recommends adoption of a petition form for citizen initiatives to better ensure that potential signers of a petition are familiar with the purpose and content of a petition before signing the same; and WHEREAS,the City Clerk has recommended Council approval of general form ofpetition for citizen-initiated Charter amendments, attached hereto as Exhibit "A". NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the general form of petition for initiated Charter amendments, attached hereto as Exhibit"A", is hereby approved by the Council. Section 2. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to have a sufficient quantity of petition forms printed for distribution, upon request, to any individual or group that has filed with the City Clerk an statement of intent to circulate a petition to amend the Charter, pursuant to CRS 31-2- 210(1)(a)(I). Section 3. That the general form of petition approved herein shall be used for Charter amendment proceedings commenced after the effective date of this ordinance. Section 4. That a petition for a citizen-initiated Charter amendment shall be reviewed by the Clerk who shall determine that the petition contains all information,and only the information, required by state and local law, and once reviewed and approved the petition may be circulated. Introduced and considered favorable on first reading and ordered published this 15th day of November, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of December, A.D. 2005. J Mayor ATTEST: L City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of December, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: - LL� kie�- City Clerk EXHIBIT "A" Petition Section No. PETITION FOR INITIATED CHARTERAMENDMENT TO: The City Council of the City of Fort Collins GENERAL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE WARNING: IT IS AGAINST THE LAW For anyone to sign any Charter amendment petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his or her name more than once for the same measure or to knowingly sign such petition when not a registered elector. DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A REGISTERED ELECTOR. TO BE A REGISTERED ELECTOR, YOU MUST BE A CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF COLO- RADO AND A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE IN FORT COLLINS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Do not sign this petition unless you have read or had read to you the proposed Charter amendment or the summary of the charter amendment in its entirety and understand its meaning. PETITION REPRESENTATIVES Name (not less than 5) Address 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. NOTE: Throughout its circulation, each petition section shall contain or have attached immediately following this page the full text of the proposed initiated Charter amendment. DO NM SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF Petition FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS Section #: Page 1 Before signing this petition,you are encouraged to read the full text of the initiated Charter amendment, which immediately precedes these signature pages. Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 1 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 2 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 3 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 4 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 5 Printed Nam City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 6 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 7 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 8 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 9 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 10 Printed Name City DO kW SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF Petition FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS Section #: Page 2 Before signing this petition,you are encouraged to read the full text of the initiated Charter amendment which immediately precedes these signature pages. Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 11 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 12 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 13 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 14 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 15 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 16 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 17 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 18 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 19 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 20 Printed Name City DO kI SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF Petition FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS Section #: Page 3 Before signing this petition,you are encouraged to read the full text of the initiated Charter amendment, which immediately precedes these signature pages. Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 21 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 22 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 23 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 24 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 25 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 26 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 27 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Dale Signed 28 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 29 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 30 Printed Name City DO NO SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF Petition FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS Section #: Page 4 Before signing this petition,you are encouraged to read the full text of the initiated Charter amendment, which immediately precedes these signature pages. Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 31 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 32 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 33 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 34 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 35 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 36 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 37 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 38 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Data Signed 39 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 40 Printed Name City DO NM SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF Petition FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS Section #: Page 5 Before signing this petition,you are encouraged to read the full text of the initiated Charter amendment, which immediately precedes these signature pages. Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) 41 Printed Name City Date Signed Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) 42 Date Signed Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) 43 Printed Name City Date Signed Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) 44 Printed Name City Date Signed Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) 45 Printed Name City Date Signed Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) 46 Printed Name City Date Signed Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) 47 Printed Name City Date Signed Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) 48 Printed Name City Date Signed Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) 49 Printed Name City Date Signed Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) 50 Printed Name City DO MI SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF Petition FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS Section #: Page 6 Before signing this petition,you are encouraged to read the full text of the initiated Chaser amendment, which immediately precedes these signature pages. Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 51 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 52 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 53 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 54 Printed Nam City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 55 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 56 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 57 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 58 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 59 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 60 Printed Name City DO IM SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF Petition FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS Section #: Page 7 Before signing this petition,you are encouraged to read the full text of the initiated CtwW amendment which immediately precedes these signature pages. Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 61 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 62 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 63 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 64 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 65 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 66 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 67 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 68 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 69 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 70 P rated Name City DO NM SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF Petition FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS Section #: Before signing this petition,you are encouraged to read the full text of the initiated Charter amendment Page 8 which immediately,precedes these signature pages. Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 71 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 72 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 73 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 74 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 75 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 76 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 77 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 78 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 79 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 80 Printed Name City DO tM SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF Petition FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS Section M Before signing this petition,you are encouraged to read the full text of the initiated Charter amendment Page 9 which immediately precedes these signature pages. Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 81 Printed Name City Slgnadue Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 82 Pnnted Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 83 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 84 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 85 Printed Nam City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 86 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 87 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 88 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 89 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Data Signed 90 Printed Name City DO WU SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF Petition FORT COLLINS AND REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS Section #: Page 10 Before signing this petition,you are encouraged to read the full text of the initiated Charter amendment which immediately precedes these signature pages. Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 91 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 92 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 93 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 94 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 95 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 96 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 97 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 98 Printed Name City Signature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 99 Printed Nam City S ignature Residence Address(Street and Number) Date Signed 10 City Petition Section No. STATE OF COLORADO ) COUNTY OF LARIMER ) SS. AFFIDAVIT OF PETITION CIRCULATOR CITY OF FORT COLLINS ) The undersigned petition circulator, being first duly sworn and upon oath states that he or she is eigh- teen (18) years of age or older, that he or she personally circulated the attached petition; that each signature thereon was affixed in the presence of the petition circulator; that each signature thereon is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be; that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the affiant each of the persons signing said petition was, at the time of signing, a registered elector in the City of Fort Collins; that each signer had an opportunity before signing to read the full text of the petition; and that the petition circulator has not paid or will not in the future pay, directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value to any signer for the purpose of inducing or causing such signer to affix his or her signature to such petition. AFFIANT: Signature of Petition Circulator PrintedNam oCirculator Street Address of Petition Circulator City/State Date Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of Notary Public Address of Notary Public