Verification of Sufficiency of Petition Signatures for Initiative Measure Proposing to Repeal the City’s Utility Users Tax (UUT) on Water Service It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions: 1) Receive, file, and accept the Certificate of Sufficiency of Initiative Petition; and 2) Based upon the sufficiency of the petition, take one of the actions identified below: a. Adopt the initiative measure, without alteration, at this meeting, or within 10 days after; or b. Submit the initiative measure to the voters at the “next regular municipal election” occurring at least 88 days later; or c. Submit the initiative measure to the voters at a special municipal election occurring on a Tuesday that is not on, before or after a State holiday, that is between 88 and 103 days after the City Council calls the election; or d. Direct Staff to prepare an impartial and informational report analyzing the impact of the initiative measure on the City’s finances, ability to provide public services, land use and development regulations, and the like.

Committee

City Council / Housing Authority

Requested by

City Clerk

Introduced

December 16, 2024

On agenda

January 6, 2025

Where it was heard

City Council / Housing Authority Jan 6, 2025