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ORDINANCE N0. 1548
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE N0. 1543 ORDERING AN ELECTION ON ROGUE
VALLEY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT ANNEXATION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the City Council has received an initiative petition seeking an
election on the question of annexation by the City to the,Rogue Valley Trans-
portation District, and the signatures upon said petition were duly verified,
and pursuant to said petition the City Council on May 16, 1985 passed Ordinance
No. 1543 scheduling an election on said issue, but
WHEREAS, ORS 198.866 mandates a specific statutory procedure for annexa-
tion of cities to special districts, providing for initiation of the proposed
annexation by resolution, certification thereof to the District's Board and the
holding of an election both within the City and within the special district
regarding said issue, and
WHEREAS, strict adherence to the procedure required by the initiative
petition filed with the City could result in an election that is a nullity
based upon its failure to comply with said statutory procedure, and the Council
has therefore elected to propose, by resolution, that an election on the ques-
tion of ,annexation of the City of Central Point to the Rogue Valley Transporta-
tion District be held pursuant to ORS 198.866; now, therefore,
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS,:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 1543 passed by the Council on May 16, 1985 and
approved by the Mayor on May 17, 1985 relating to election on the question of
annexation to Rogue Valley Transportation District be, and the same is hereby,
repealed.
Section 2. This ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public 'peace, health and safety of the City of Central Point, Oregon,
based upon the fact that a new election date should be scheduled based upon the
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resolution of the Council proposing the same pursuant to statutory procedure,
and the election scheduled by Ordinance No. 1543 should be cancelled, second
reading is hereby waived and an emergency is declared to exist and this ordi-
nance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage by the
Council and approval by the Mayor.
Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of its passage on
this 24th day of June, 1985.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Representative
Approved by me this 24th day of June, 1985.
Mayor
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