65 of 1970 - A resolution declaring results of Special Bond Election held December 1, 1970 for General Obligation Resolution No.
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Conrad B. Harrison
COMMISSIOM6S
x, . Declaring results of Special Bond
Election held December 1, 1970.
GenerallObligation Bonds for ex- '
_tending and improving Salt Lake City
International Airport.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
December 7, 1970
The Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, met in special public session at its regular
meeting place in the City Hall in said city at 10:00 o'clock A.M.
on the 7th day of December, 1970, with J. Bracken Lee, Mayor,
presiding. At the direction of the Mayor, the roll of the
board was called with the following result:
J. Bracken Lee, Mayor
Conrad B. Harrison Commissioner
E. J. Garn Commissioner
James L. Barker, ;r. Commissioner
Commissioner
Absent:
George B. Catmull, Commissioner
Also present were Herman J. Hogensen, City Recorder,
and Jack L. Crellin, City Attorney.
After the meeting had been duly called to order and
the conduct of business not pertinent to the following, the
City Recorder presented the returns of the special bond election
held in said city on December 1, 1970, which returns had been
certified to the Board of Commissioners by the judges of
election appointed to conduct the election. The returns were
ordered filed with the official records of the Board of
Commissioners. It was thereupon moved by Conrad B. Harrison
and seconded by E. J. Garn that the Board of
Commissioners sit as a Board of Canvassers for the purpose of
canvassing and declaring the results of the aforesaid election.
The returns of the election were then canvassed by the Board
of Commissioners and it was determined that the following
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numbers of persons seeking to vote were challenged, the following
numbers of mutilated ballots were cast but not counted, and that
of a total of 14,162 votes cast at said election, the following
votes were ascertained to have been cast for and against each
of the following propositions at the following polling places:
NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF CHALLENGED VOTERS
POLLING PLACE CHALLENGED VOTERS PERMITTED TO VOTE
Sumner School None
Liberty School None
Whittier School None
Hamilton School None
Hawthorne School None
Emerson School None
Residence of
Josephine G. Layton None
Uintah School None
East High School None
Residence of
Ethel W. Holmes None
University 8th L.D.S. Ward None
Bonneville School None
Clayton Junior High School None
Bonneville Golf Course Club None
Curtis School None
Indian Hills School None
Miles Hotel None
Jefferson School None
Riley School None
Franklin School 1 1
Edison School None
Parkview School None
Glendale Park School None
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NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF CHALLENGED VOTERS
POLLING PLACE CHALLENGED VOTERS PERMITTED TO VOTE
Washington School None
West High School None
Jackson School None
Onequa School None
Rose Park School None
Backman School None
Newman School None
Eagle Gate Apartments None
Lowell School None
Longfellow School None
Fire Station No. 4 None
Ensign School None
Ensign 3rd, 4th & 5th
L.D.S. Ward None
Wasatch School None
First United Methodist Church
(Wheeler Hall) None
Board of Education
Administration Building None
Webster School 1 1
Bryant Jr. High School None
Salt Lake Art Center None
33rd L.D.S. Ward None
Residence of
Priscilla Milligan None
Belvedere L.D.S. Ward None
Forest Dale L.D.S. Ward None
Nibley Park School None
Irving Jr. High School None
Highland Park L.D.S. Ward None
Grant 3rd L.D.S. Ward None
Southeast Jr. High School None
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NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF CHALLENGED VOTERS
POLLING PLACE CHALLENGED VOTERS PERMITTED TO VOTE
Garfield School None
Highland High School None
Redeemer Lutheran Church None
Rosslyn Heights School None
Dilworth School None
Hillside Jr. High School None
Residence of
Benjamin Bean None
TOTAL 2 2
PROPOSITION
Shall negotiable coupon general obligation bonds of
Salt Lake City, Utah, in the sum of $25,000,000
bearing interest at a rate or rates not in excess
of eight per cent (8%) per annum and due and payable
in not to exceed thirty (30) years from the
respective date or dates thereof, be issued and
sold for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving
and extending the municipal airport of said city by
adding to and remodeling the existing airline terminal
building and facilities, constructing additional
auxiliary buildings and facilities to be used in
connection with the operation and maintenance of
the airport, improving and rehabilitating airport
runways, making site relocation of airport utility
facilities made necessary by reason of such improve-
ments and extensions, together with the acquisition
of all land necessary therefor, and the acquisition
of all appurtenant facilities necessary or convenient
in connection with such improvements and extensions,
all for the use of the traveling public and others
using the municipal airport facilities?
NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF VOTES MUTILATED TOTAL
POLLING PLACE VOTES FOR AGAINST BALLOTS VOTES CAST
Sumner School 59 55 None 114
Liberty School 152 123 None 275
Whittier School 137 124 None 261
Hamilton School 135 84 1 220
Hawthorne School 120 103 None 223
Emerson School 154 108 None 262
Residence of
Josephine G. Layton 151 113 None 264
Uintah School 206 96 None 302
East High School 202 83 None 285
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NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF VOTES MUTILATED TOTAL
POLLING PLACE VOTES FOR AGAINST BALLOTS VOTES CAST
Residence of
Ethel W. Holmes 216 138 None 354
University 8th
L.D.S. Ward 205 81 1 287
Bonneville School 249 73 None 322
Clayton Junior
High School 185 115 None 300
Bonneville Golf
Course Club 238 66 None 304
Curtis School 227 91 None 317
Indian Hills School 232 51 None 283
Miles Hotel 66 26 None 92
Jefferson School 101 57 2 160
Riley School 99 106 None 205
Franklin School 67 63 None 130
Edison School 110 131 None 241
Parkview School 145 127 None 272
Glendale Park School 118 77 None 195
Washington School 178 83 None 261
West High School 91 68 None 159
Jackson School 75 60 None 135
Onequa School 99 84 None 183
Rose Park School 192 136 None 328
Backman School 191 113 None 304
Newman School 181 100 None 281
Eagle Gate Apartments177 46 1 224
Lowell School 107 33 None 140
Longfellow School 199 75 None 274
Fire Station No. 4 180 65 - None 245
Ensign School 197 79 None 276
Ensign 3rd, 4th & 5th
L.D.S. Ward 232 77 None 309
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NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF VOTES MUTILATED TOTAL .
POLLING PLACE VOTES FOR AGAINST BALLOTS VOTES CAST
Wasatch School 236 60 None 296
First United
Methodist Church
(Wheeler Hall) 93 35 None 128
Board of Education
Administration Building 90 37 None 127
Webster School 128 70 1 199
Bryant Jr. High School129 43 None 172
Salt Lake Art Center 117 40 None 157
33rd L.D.S. Ward 231 79 None 310
Residence of
Priscilla Milligan 94 103 None 197
Belvedere L.D.S. Ward 118 108 None 226
Forest Dale
L.D.S. Ward 138 99 None 237
Nibley Park School 86 83 None 169
Irving Jr. High
School 126 104 None 230
Highland Park
L.D.S. Ward 188 103 None 291
Grant 3rd L.D.S. Ward 190 118 None 308
Southeast Jr.
High School 172 113 None 285
Garfield School 254 114 1 369
Highland High School 172 110 None 282
Redeemer Lutheran
Church 184 103 None 287
Rosslyn Heights School311 79 None 390
Dilworth School 177 63 None 240
Hillside Jr.
High School 172 86 None 258
Residence of
Benjamin Bean 142 74 None 216
TOTAL 9,221 4,934 7 14,162
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Thereupon, the following resolution was introduced
in written form by Conrad B. Harrison , was read in full, and
pursuant to motion made by Conrad B. Harrison and seconded
by E. J. Garn , was adopted by the following vote:
Aye: Conrad B. Harrison
E. J. Carn
James L. Barker, Jr
Mayor J. Bracken Lee
George B. Catmull (Absent)
Nay: None
The resolution was then signed by the Mayor in open
meeting and recorded by the City Recorder. The resolution
is as follows:
A RESOLUTION finding and promulgating the results
of an election held in Salt Lake City, Utah, on
December 1, 1970, to determine the issuance of
$25,000,000 General Obligation Airport Bonds.
WHEREAS pursuant to a resolution duly adopted on
October 22, 1970, a special election was called by this Board
of Commissioners to be held in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County,
Utah, on December 1, 1970, for the purpose of submitting to
the qualified, registered electors of said city the bond
proposition hereinafter set out; and
WHEREAS said election was duly and regularly held
and the result thereof at each polling place has been determined
by the judges of election appointed to conduct said election,
and the returns thereof have been certified by the judges of
election to this Board of Commissioners; and
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WHEREAS a majority of the qualified, registered
electors of the city who voted at said election voted in favor
of the bond proposition hereinafter set out and said election
results have today been officially canvassed by this Board
of Commissioners and declared to have resulted in favor of
the approval of the bond proposition hereinafter set out;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it and it is Hereby Resolved by
the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County,
Utah, as follows:
Section 1. That there having been furnished to
this Board of Commissioners the returns from each polling place
at which the bond election held in said city on December 1,
1970, was conducted, including duplicate lists of the name
of each person offering to vote at said election who was
challenged as to his right to vote by an election official,
or any other person, the grounds for such challenge and whether
such person was permitted to vote, and after examination and
canvass of such returns and such lists of challenged voters,
it is hereby officially found, determined and declared that
7 ballots were determined to be mutilated, 2
voters were challenged, and of the challenged voters, 2
were permitted to vote, that as to the proposition set forth
in full in Section 2 of this resolution, 14,162 number of
votes were cast, of which 9,221 votes were in the
affirmative and 4,934 votes were in the negative.
Section 2. That at the election held in said Salt
Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, on December 1, 1970, the
following proposition is hereby found and determined to have
been approved by a majority of the qualified, registered
electors of said city who voted at said election:
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PROPOSITION
Shall negotiable coupon general obligation bonds of
Salt Lake City, Utah, in the sum of $25,000,000 bearing
interest at a rate or rates not in excess of eight
per cent (8%) per annum and due and payable in not
to exceed thirty (30) years from the respective date
or dates thereof, be issued and sold for the purpose
of defraying the cost of improving and extending the
municipal airport of said city by adding to and
remodeling the existing airline terminal building
and facilities, constructing additional auxiliary
buildings and facilities to be used in connection
with the operation and maintenance of the airport,
improving and rehabilitating airport runways, making
site relocation of airport utility facilities made
necessary by reason of such improvements and extensions,
together with the acquisition of all land necessary
therefor, and the acquisition of all appurtenant
facilities necessary or convenient in connection
with such improvements and extensions, all for the
use of the traveling public and others using the
municipal airport facilities?
Section 3. That at the aforesaid election, only
qualified registered electors of the city were allowed to vote
on the proposition submitted at said election.
Section 4. That notice of said election, embracing
all matters required by law to be contained therein, was given
by publication in the Deseret News, a newspaper of general
circulation published in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah,
on the following days: November 6, 1970, November 13, 1970 and
November 20, 1970 , the date of the first of said
publications being not less than twenty-one (21) nor more than
thirty-five (35) days prior to the date set for said election,
that said notice, as published, is hereby in all respects
approved, ratified and confirmed, that the Board of Commissioners
did in said resolution designate the polling places for said
election and did provide the necessary ballot boxes, ballots,
paraphernalia, equipment and supplies needed for the conduct
of the election, that by resolution adopted by the Board of
Commissioners on November 25, 1970, there were appointed
the necessary election judges, and alternate election judges,
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to serve at each polling place at which said election was
conducted, and that there was furnished to the election judges
appointed for each polling place lists of registered voters
residing in each voting district entitled to use each such
polling place, that only persons registered and qualified
as electors under the Constitution and laws of the State of
Utah voted at said election, that duplicate lists were prepared
showing the name of each person offering to vote whose right
to vote was challenged by an election official, or by any other
person, the grounds for such challenge and whether or not such
person was permitted to vote, that the ballots used at said
election were in the form provided by law, that the officials
to serve at said election were duly and properly appointed by
the Board of Commissioners, and that the places of all absent
judges of election were properly filled in accordance with law,
and that before opening the polls, the election judges were
properly sworn in accordance with law, and that the polls at
said voting places were opened at 7:00 o'clock A.M. and remained
open until, and not later than 8:00 o'clock P.M., that after
the closing of the polls, the ballots were properly counted
and tallied, and the necessary records made by the judges
of election in accordance with law, and the ballot boxes sealed
and delivered to the Board of Commissioners, as required by
law, and that all things whatsoever required by law to be done
in connection with the holding of said election were properly
and duly performed in manner and form as required by law.
Section 5. That this Board of Commissioners having
adopted this resolution pursuant to the provisions of
Section 12 of the Utah Municipal Bond Act, as amended (Section
11-14-11, Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amended), determining
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,,that_a majority of the qualified electors of the city voting
on the aforesaid proposition assented to the issuance of such
bonds, this Board of Commissioners is, therefore, authorized
to proceed to issue the bonds voted at said election as permitted
in Section 11-14-13, Utah Code Annotated, 1953.
Section 6. That said bonds shall be offered to the
Utah Department of Finance, and if the said Department fails
to offer to purchase said bonds at a price equal to or better
than the best price obtainable, in the opinion of this Board
of Commissioners, at public sale, then the offer of said
Department, if any offer is made within the time prescribed
by law, shall be rejected and said bonds shall be sold as
provided by law.
Section 7. That immediately after its adoption this
resolution shall be signed by the Mayor and City Recorder,
shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall
take immediate effect.
Passed and approved December 7, 70.
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(Here follows other business not pertinent to the
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Pursuant to motion duly made and seconded, the Board
of Commissioners adjourned.
Attest: A, i Mayor
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'STATE OF UTAH )
COUNTY OF SALT LAKE )
I, Herman J. Hogensen, hereby certify that I am the
duly qualified and acting City Recorder of Salt Lake City, Salt
Lake County, Utah.
I further certify that the above and foregoing
constitutes a true and correct copy of the minutes of a meeting
of the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, including
a resolution adopted at said meeting, held on December 7, 1970,
as said minutes and resolution are officially of record in
my possession.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my
official signature and affixed the seal of said city this
7th day of December , 1970.
, corder
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