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t • RESOLUTION NO. 82-120 • Ed Bielicki
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRESNO RECOMMENDING TO THE STATE ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVEL-
OPMENT THAT CHANGES BE MADE TO THE CALI-
FORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE AFFECTING ANNEXA-
TIONS AND DISTRICT REORGANIZATIONS.
WHEREAS, the State Assembly Committee on Housing and
Community Development is considering changes to the Califor-
nia Government Code affecting annexations and district re-
organizations; and
WHEREAS, many of the provisions of State annexation law
have caused undue time delays and costs to both local govern-
ment and private industry; and
WHEREAS, informal discussions involving Assemblyman Costa,
members of his staff, City representatives, and representatives
of the local building industry have identified the following
areas of concern:
1. The provisions of Government Code Sections 35038 and
56045 specify that if an area proposed for annexation
contains 12 or more registered voters, it is consid-
ered to be inhabited and must be subjected to the
possibility of ratification through an election.
2. The inhabited annexation and district reorganization
process permits a minority of residents in the area
to require that an election be held in order to pro-
ceed with the proposed annexation or reorganization.
3. The costs and time delays of an election are signi-
ficant. As a result, the City and private developers
must either face the problems and costs of elections,
or resort, when possible, to a series of smaller
annexations which are costly, time consuming, and
sometimes lead to irregular corporate boundaries; and
WHEREAS, a solution to this problem would be to change
the number of registered voters in an inhabited annexation
from 12 to 50.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the
City of Fresno hereby recommends to the State Assembly Com-
mittee on Housing and Community Development the following:
That California Government Code Sections 35038
and 56045 be amended to change the definition
of an inhabited annexation or district reorgan-
ization from the current number of 12 registered
voters to a more reasonable figure of 50.
CLERK'S CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF FRESNO ) ss.
CITY OF FRESNO )
I, JACQUELINE L. RYLE, City Clerk of the City of Fresno,
certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the
Council of the City of Fresno, California, at a regular meet-
ing held on the 16th day of March, 1982
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JACQUELINE L. RYLE
City Clerk
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