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Recommendation that the City Council adopt either of the following alternative (A) or (B) actions:
(A) Adopt enabling resolutions relative to placement of a Superstore measure on the February 2008 Presidential Primary, as follows:
Adopt resolution ordering, calling and providing for and giving notice of a Special Municipal Election to be held in the City of Long Beach on Tuesday, the 5th day of February, 2008, for the purpose of submitting a ballot proposition to a vote of the qualified electors of the City;
DISCUSSION
On January 2,2007, a motion was made by Council member Reyes Uranga, and seconded by Vice Mayor Lowenthal, to approve the recommendation to request the City Attorney to prepare a resolution placing the question of the re-adoption of Ordinance No. ORD-06-0040 regarding Superstores, on the ballot for the next statewide election.
In April 2007, the County Registrar-Recorder estimated that it would cost $490,000 to place one measure on the February 2008, Presidential Primary Ballot. This estimate is contained in Attachment A.
On October 9,2007, a motion was made by Councilwoman Schipske, seconded by Councilmember DeLong, to continue discussion of the subject referendum to the next meeting of the City Council and request that the City Clerk Department obtain further cost information from the County Registrar-Recorder.
Specifically, the Council wanted to know the estimated costs, to the City, for a citywide election in the event that the Long Beach Community College District (LBCCD) placed a bond measure on the February 2008 ballot. In response to this inquiry, the County Registrar-Recorder estimates that cost will range between $451,000 to $489,000. This estimate is contained in Attachment B.
In addition to the foregoing estimate, the Registrar-Recorder updated its April 2007 estimate of $490,000 for one measure to a revised range of $514,000 to $564,000. The RegistrarRecorder's estimate for this scenario is contained in Attachment C.
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