18. Referenda Certification
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CITY OF
CUPEIQ1NO
City Hall
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014-3255
Telephone: (408) 777-3223
FAX: (408) 777-3366
kimberlys@cupertino.org
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
SUMMARY
Agenda Item No. 11-
Meeting Date: May 16. 2006
SUBJECT AND ISSUE
Receive the City Clerk's certification of sufficiency for referenda petitions against Ordinance
1975 (V al1co condominiums) and Ordinance 1977 (Toll Brothers development).
SIGNATURE VALIDATION
On April 19, 2006, a proponent filed petitions for the referenda of Ordinances 1975 and 1977.
The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Office validated the signatures using the random
sampling guidelines issued by the Secretary of State, and has determined that both petitions have
sufficient signatures.
In order to qualifY for a referendum, the proponents were required to obtain signatures of 10% of
the registered voters in Cupertino, or 2,543 signatures, on each petition.
The petition regarding Ordinance 1975 (Vallco) had 5,051 valid signatures, and the petition
regarding Ordinance 1977 (Toll Brothers) had 4,644 valid signatures.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council accept the City Clerk's certification of sufficiency for
Ordinance 1975 (Valleo) and Ordinance 1977 (Toll Brothers).
Submitted by:
Approved for submission:
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Kimberly Smi~
City Clerk
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David W. Knapp
City Manager
Attachment 1: Validation Letters frorn Registrar of Voters Office
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County of Santa Clara
Attachment 1
Validation Letters from
Registrar of Voters
Registrar of Voters
] 555 Berger Drive, Building 2
San Jose, Califomia 95112
Maîline Address: P.O. Box 1147 San Jose CA 95]08
(408) 299· VOTE (8683) (866) 430- VOTE (8683) FAX (408) 998-7314
www.sccYote.org
May 1, 2006
Ms, Kimberly Smith
City Clerk
City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Ave
Cupertino, CA 95014-3255
RE: Referendum Against Ordinance 1975
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Dear Ms. Smith:
The referendum petition submitted to our office on April 19, 2006 contained 5,144 signatures.
The petition needed 2,543 valid signatures to pass, based on the 10% requirement of the
registered voters in the City of Cupertino pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9237.
We performed a random sampling of 500 of the total signatures utilizing petition guidelines
issued by the Secretary of State. Based upon this sampling, the petition had a projected
number of 5,051 valid signatures, which is 98.2% of the number of valid signatures required to
pass, Therefore this petition has passed.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please feel free to contact me at (408) 282-
3051,
Sincerely,
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Elect! Division Coordinator
County of Santa Clara
Board of Supervisors: Donald F. Gage, Blanca Alvarado, Pete McHugh, James T. Beall Jr., Liz Kniss
County Executive: Peter Kutras, Jf.
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Petition Result Breakdown
Signatures Required 2543
Raw Count 5,144
Sample Size 500 Percent of Percent of
Sigs Checked 500 Sigs Checked Sample Size
Sigs Not Checked 0 0,0%
Sigs Valid 491 98,2% 98,2 %
Sigs Invalid 9 1,8% 1,8%
Duplicated 0 0.0% 0.0 %
Nonøduplicate Invalids 9 2.0% 1.8%
Approved Approved 491 98.2 %
NotReg Not Registered 7 1.4 %
RegDiffAdd Registered at a Different Address 0.2%
Cantldntfy Cannot Identify 0.2%
PCMR040 ~ Petition Result Breakdown
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County of Santa Clara
Registrar of Voters
1555 Berger Drive, Building 2
San Jose, Ca1ifomia 95] 12
Mailinl! Address: P.O. BOil 1147 San Jose CA 95108
(408) 299-VQTE (8683) (866) 430-VOTE (8683) FAX (408) 998-7314
www.sccvote.org
May 1 , 2006
Ms. Kimberly Smith
City Clerk
City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Ave
Cupertino, CA 95014-3255
RE: Referendum Against Ordinance :u!Z?
Dear Ms, Smith:
The referendum petition submitted to our office on April 19, 2006 contained 4,818 signatures.
The petition needed 2,543 valid signatures to pass, based on the 10% requirement of the
registered voters in the City of Cupertino pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9237,
We performed a random sampling of 500 of the total signatures utilizing petition guidelines
issued by the Secretary of State. Based upon this sampling, the petition had a projected
number of 4,644 valid signatures, which is 96.4% of the number of valid signatures required to
pass, Therefore this petition has passed.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please feel free to contact rne at (408) 282-
3051,
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Mag y 'r:ni
Election Ò ' ion Coordinator
County of Santa Clara
Board of Supl;'rvisors: Donald F_ Gage, Blanca Alvarado, Pele McHugh, James 1. Bea]] Jr., Liz Kniss
County Executive: Peter Kutras, Jr.
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Petition Result Breakdown
Signatures Required 2543
Raw Count 4,818
Sample Size 500 Percent of Percent of
Sigs Checked 499 Sigs Checked Sample Size
Sigs Not Checked 1 0.2%
Sigs Valid 482 96,6% 96.4 %
Sigs Invalid 17 3.4% 3.4%
Duplicated 0 0.0% 0.0 %
Non-duplicate Invalids 17 3.0% 3.4%
Approved Approved 482 96,6%
NotReg Not Registered 5 1.0%
RegDiffAdd Registered at a Different Address 11 2.2%
NoResAdd No Residence Address Given 0.2%
PCMR040 - Petition Resu1t Breakdown
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