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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso No 1965-1161xcIIun v, lad mat rot the purpose or holding said special municipal election, there shall be and are hereby established three (3) voting precincts consisting (of consolidations) of the regular election precincts in the City of Elsinore established for the holding of state and county elections, as said regular election precincts exist on the date of adoption of this resolution. That the polling places for the respective precincts shall be the places hereinafter designated; and that the persons hereinafter named, being competent and goal if led electors and residents of said City and of the I respective voting precincts, are hereby appointed officers of election for their respective voting precincts and they shall hold said election and make return thereof in the manner provided by law. Voting Precinct I, comprising regular election precincts Elsinore I and 2. Polling Place: Fire Station, 130 S. Main Street Inspector: Bessie Boyd Clerk: Ruth Miller Judge: Kittle Tech Judge: Lillie Henning Voting Precinct 2, comprising regular election precincts Elsinore 4, 5 and 7. Polling Place: Odd Fellows Hall, Corner of Main and Franklin. Inspector; Willa Hohman Cleric Pearl Comstock Judge: Doris Green Judge: Hazel Gregory Voting Precinct 3, comprising regular election precincts Elsinore 3 and 6. Polling Place: Presbyterian Church Social Hall, Corner Graham Avenue and Lindsay Street. Inspector: Christianno P. Beach Clerk; Dorothy Abbott Judge: Ethel Park Judge: Tillie Reuben (b) For their services in connection with said election, said inspector shall receive $18.00 and said judges and clerks $15.00 each; and the person in possession of the polling place named herein shall receive for the use of such premises in connection with said election the sum of $10.00. SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall publish a notice of said special municipal election as re- quired by the Annexation Act of 1913, at least once a week for the four (4) weeks prior to the date of the election oa June 8th, 1965, in the Lake Elsinore Valley Sun, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published inside of the City of Elsinore. SIGNED AND APPROVED this 5th day of April, 1965. Attest: Florene Marshall City Clerk of the City of Elsinore RESOLUTION NO. 1161 Thomas C. Bartlett Mayor of the City of Elsinore A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA URGING ffS STATE LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES TO SPONSOR AND SUPPORT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WHICH WILL PERMIT CITIES IN CALIFORNIA TO LEVY 2% GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ON TELEPHONE COMPAN- IES DOING BUSINESS THEREIN. WHEREAS, municipalities are prohibited by California Constitution, Article XI11, Section 14, from taxing telephone companies at a higher rate than they tax mercantile, manufacturing and business corporations; and WHEREAS, nunicipal i ties may require mercantile, manufacturing and business corporations to compensate them for the use and occupancy of city streets and ways; and WHEREAS, municipalities may not require telephone corporations to compensate them for the use and occupancy of city streets and ways, except in areas within the 1905 boundaries of a city which in Play, 1905, had a freeholders' charter giving it power to grant franchises to such telephone corporations; and WHEREAS, telephone companies, unlike mercantile, manufacturing and business corporations, use and occupy city streets and ways for the major portion of their distribution systems within cities, 244 including poles, ove ri,ead wiring, junction boxes and exposed equipment which obstruct the view of persons traveling on adjacent highways and interfere with the rights to light, air and view of adjacent property owners; and WHEREAS, it appears reasonable and just that telephone companies should be required to pay a fair compensation to municipalities for the use and occupancy of city streets and ways, as mercantile, manufacturing and business corporations are required to do under identical circumstances. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Elsinore resolves as follows: Section I. That State Assemblyman W. Craig Biddle is hereby requested and urged to sponsor and support in the 1965 Legislative Session an amendment to Section 14 of Article XI 11 of the State Constitution which would permit municipalities to levy a 2% gross receipts tax on telephone companies doing business there- in, such tax to be in lieu of any telephone franchise fee charged by such municipality. Section 2. That State Senator Gordon Cologne is hereby requested and urged to support in the 1965 Legislative Session the foregoing constitutional amendment. Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit certified copies of this resolution to State Assemblyman W. Craig Biddle and to State Senator Gordon Cologne. Section 4. The City Clark shall certify to the passage of this resolution, shall post it in three conspicuous places and said resolution shall thereupon take effect. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Elsinore at its meeting of April 5, 1965, Attest. Florene Marshall City Clark of the City of Elsinore RESOLUTION NO. 1162 Thomas C. Bartlett Mayor of the City of Elsinore A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIT`! OF ELSINORE OPPOSING ASSEMBLY BILLS 346 AND 431 RELATING TO THE APPORTION- MENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSE OF RAILROAD CROSSINGS TO PUBLIC AGENCIES. WHEREAS, Section 1202 of the Public Utilities Code of the State of California grants to tic Public Utilities Cocanission the power to determine and prescribe the terms of installation, operation, maintenance, use and protection of each crossing of a public highway by a railroad; and WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 346 will add a new section to the Public Utilities Code which purports to apportion the maintenance expense between the railroads and public agencies in the same proportion as the cost of constructing or altering a grade crossing; and WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 346 would apply to grade crossings constructed or altered since October 1, 1963; and WHEREAS, the long- standing policy of the Public Utilities Commission has been to impose at least 50% of the cost of constructing or altering a grade crossing upon the public agency involved and, in many instances, the public agency has paid all of the cost of constructing or altering a grade cross- ing; and WHEREAS, it has been the policy of the Public Utilities Commission to require the installation of gate arms at grade crossings newly constructed or altered; and WHEREAS, such gate arms operate solely for the benefit of the railroads in that the railroad is given the unregulated right of way over vehicular and pedestrian traffic using the public highway; and WHEREAS, vehicular and pedestrian traffic using the public highway at a grade crossing is interfered with and traffic congestion is caused by the unregulated right of way; and' WHEREAS, the unregulated right of way permits trains to operate at higher speeds; and WHEREAS, the presence of gate arms results in the railroads having fewer accidents, and in fewer claims being filed against them; and WHEREAS, the Public Utilities Commission has repeatedly found that maintenance expense of grade crossings should be borne by the railroads; and WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 431 purports to apportion the costs of construction in respect to that area between the rails and two feet outside each rail on the basis of 50 percent to the railroad and 50 percent to the public agency; and WHEREAS, the railroad should bear such cost because special construction is needed in such area in order to permit trains to pass over the highway without causing an extraordinary amount of main-