HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.016-06 RESOLUTION NO. 16
(Series of 2005)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
POSTPONING THE ELECTION ON CITIZEN INITIATED ORDINANCES IN THE
EVENT PROTESTS FiLED CHALLENGING THE SUFFICIENCY OF SIGNATURES
ARE NOT RESOLVED PRIOR TO APRIL 11, 2005.
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolutions No. 7 and No. 8, Series of 2005,
referring two citizen initiated ordinances, commonly known as the Citizen Annexation
Ordinance and the Citizen Affordable Housing Ordinance, to the registered electors of the
City of Aspen at the municipal election to be held on May 3, 2005; and
WHEREAS, protests have been filed pursuant to Section 31-11-110, C.R.S.,
challenging the sufficiency of the signatures contained within the petitions for said proposed
ordinances; and
WHEREAS, Section 31-11-104, C.R.S. requires that the City Council refer to the
registered electors of the City proposed ordinances initiated by its citizens only after a final
determination of petition sufficiency; and
WHEREAS, the protests filed in these matters challenge the sufficiency of the
petitions for the Citizen Annexation Ordinance and the Citizen Affordable Housing
Ordinance; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1.
In the evem that the protests filed challenging the petition sufficiency of the Citizen
Annexation Ordinance and the Citizen Affordable Housing Ordinance are not finally
determined on or before April 11, 2005, at 5 pm, the City Clerk shall withdraw fi.om the
ballot of the May 3, 2005, municipal election the ballot titles for said proposed ordinances
and the referral of said proposed ordinances shall be continued to a date following final
determination of sufficiency.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Aspen on the
14th day March, 2005.
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing is a
tree and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, at a meeting held on the day hereinabove stated.
Kathryn S. I~h, City (
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