RES-11213 Sufficiency of Referendum Petition_Trails at Santiago Creek ProjectRESOLUTION NO. 11213
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE ACCEPTING THE CffiEF
CLERK'S DECLARATION OF SUFFICIENCY OF
REFERENDUM PETITION AGAINST RESOLUTION
NO. 11188 APPROVING GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 2018-0001 FOR THE TRAILS AT
SANTIAGO CREEK PROJECT.
WH REAS, on October 22, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 11188
approving General Plan Amendment No. 2018-0001 for the Trails at Santiago Creek project in
accordance with the provisions of the City of Orange Municipal Code, and authorizing and
directing the Mayor of the City of Orange to execute the same; and
WII REAS, after resolving issues between the project opponents and the City over the
effectuating language contained in Resolution No. 11188,it was executed by the Mayor of the City
of Orange on November 5, 2019; and
WHEREAS, on December 4, 2019, the Chief Clerk received a Referendum Petition
against Resolution No. 11188, approving General Plan Amendment No. 2018-0001; and
WII REAS, pursuant to Election Code Section 9237, a referendum petition must be
signed by at least 10 percent of the registered voters in the CiTy based upon the County Election
Official's last official report of registrations to the Secretary of State; and
WII REAS, the Orange County Registraz's last official report of registration to the
Secretary of State for the City of Orange was 70,007 registered voters and ten percent of said
registration would require 7,001 valid signatures to qualify the referendum petition; and
WHEREAS, on January 8, 2020, the Orange County Registrar of Voters determined that
the Referendum Petition contained 7,005 valid signatures and notified the Chief Clerk as set forth
in E7chibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and
WII REAS, the Chief Clerk has prepared the Declazation of Sufficiency of Petition for
Referendum as set forth in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and
WII REAS, California Elections Code Section 9240 requires that referendum petitions
must be submitted to the City Council at the next regulaz City Council meeting following the
certification.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the CiTy Council of the City of Orange
hereby accepts the Declaration of Sufficiency of Petition for Referendum prepazed by the Chief
Clerk for the Referendum Petition against Resolution No. 11188, a copy of which Declazation is
attached hereto as Exhibit B.
ADOPTED this l lth day of February 2020.
e;l cc
Mark A. Murphy, Mayor, City of Or "g
ATTEST:
C
6,,('
amela Coleman, CiTy Clerk, CiTy of Orange
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, Califomia, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regulazly adopted by the City Council of the CiTy of
Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the l lth day of February 2020,by the following vote:
AYES:COiJNCILMEMBERS: Alvazez, Murphy,Nichols, Monaco
NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: CO[JNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COiJNCILMEMBERS: None
Jn!i l`.CA(_a1 7o1 .
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, CiTy of Orange
Resolution No. 11213 2
EXHIBIT "A"
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS
VERIFICATION OF SIGNATURES ON PETITION
Beneath this sheet.]
CERTIFICATE AS TO VERIFICATION
OF SIGNATURES ON PETITION
State of California)
ss.
County of Orange
I, Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters of the County of Orange, do hereby
certify that I am the county officer having charge of the registration of voters in
the County of Orange, and I have examined, or caused to be examined, the
referendum petition submitted to the City of Orange entitled "Petition for a
Referendum Against Resolution No. 11188 Adopted by the Orange City Council
on October 22, 2019".
I further certify that from said examination I have determined the following
facts regarding this document:
Number of signatures filed: 13.209
Number of signatures required: 7_`
Number of signatures verified:8i23
Number of signatures found valid: 7 005
Number of signatures found invalid:1
Invalid because of Duplicate: 64
WITNESS my hand and O cial Seal this 8th day of January, 2020.
NEALKELLEY
Registrar of V ers
Orange County
Pefltlon Result Breakdown
fi • w r .. : 8 + i' '"j n f'w: y 1 '
YYI ! h Yk,y, &
n 1 r p u 4 9s f .
3 a l F' Qa
M
41.'1(u'?i Y P.4.
dHr.:!y'+ie tw1 A ,i,y,µ+ji' S°;"'v R`
i';
tt @_ e -.. e R v .k.n t..P . .ti..aC'.Q.i. .
F r ..
H. me,. 'T:,:k.h.ut rw,.n..xu1 r, .
Slgnatures Required 7001
Raw Count 73,208
Sample9lze 15,209 Peaentol3/as Pertenfo
Sige Cheeketl 8,723
Semple She
SlgsNotChecked 4.488 34.0%
SlgaValld 7,00.5 80.3°/ 53.0%
SfBslnvalld 1,798 19.7Y 73.0%
Ouplisetatl 84 0.7% 0.6%
Non lupllcetalnvalWe 1,864 18.0% 12.6%
iYi titt fi2.fip . . 7,...8 .` .,. , .i.'.7;'3 ' "M r:
1.
r ', r . 2 . ?s y 1vifU ,'
u,,
i`x . ..+: -
i-..r
Approved P.pproVed 7,005 80.3%
No[Reg NoiReglstered 1,035 1'1.9%
omoroia oui ar oisma i z.a
uplirate Signetlmorethenonce 84 0.7°/
Wlthdrewn Wdhtlrarm 73 0.1%
RegLele RegfsteredLete 15 0.2
Reg018Add Reglstered et a DlflerentAddresa 205 2A%
oeclncmp eclaratlonlncomplete 38 0.4Y
NOReaAtlO NoResldencaAddressGiven 33 i 0,4%
NoSlg No Slgnetu2 8 0,1%
SIeNOMelah Signatures Don't Match 136 1.fi Yo
ug: S i Y h R r { -¢, "I-i'!:i.,3!7 , '_.' }' - . +;(Nftrt; . ki°:? i.. !'':I`A71$ I _. . s ` ° . ', _, S, •:a a F t t i
Pages Protes9ed 376 700.0%
Tatal ChecJeed 8723 88.0%124.8 W
UncaireClBdValld 7005 53.0%100.1 Yo MlnReqViretl ee%:Be61.o
OupllcaleAtlJustmenl p MlnRequUedropeae
E90fndlBdVetltl 7005 53.0%100,1 %
BenetlonSample 10: ]101A
PCMR012-PetAlon ResuB BreekEown Pega 1 af 7
Pdntatl: 17/30/2018 1:7 8:94P M
I
EXHIBIT "B"
DECLARATION OF SUFFICIENCY BY
CHIEF CLERK ROBERT ZORNADO
Beneath this sheet.]
DECLARATION OF SUFFICI NCY
OF PETITION FOR REFERENDUM
AGAINST RESOLUTION NO. 11188
THE TRAILS AT SANTIAGO CREEK PROJECT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF ORANGE
I, Robert Zomado, Chief Clerk of the City of Orange, do herby certify that on December 4,2019,
I reviewed the petition for referendum against Resolution No. 11188 adopted by the City Council
on October 22,2019.
In accordance with my duties under the Election Code, I have found the petition to be sufficient
in accordance with the requirements of the Election Code.
Attached is the Cer[ificate as to verification of signatures on petition by Neal Kelly, Registraz of
Voters, Orange County. Pursuant to that certification, 8,740 signatures have been verified
including l7 withdrawal signatures,with 7005 si natures found valid. Electiun Code Section
9237 requires 10% of the Registered Voters to sign the petition. According to the County
Registrar's last official report to the Secretary of State, the number of registered voters in the
City of Orange is 70,007 and 10°/a of said registration would require 7001 valid signatures to
qualify the referendum petition.
1
Robert Zomad
Chief Clerk
Notified following proponents on January 14,2020:
Peter Jacklin
Theresa Sears