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65 of 1970 - A resolution declaring results of Special Bond Election held December 1, 1970 for General Obligation Resolution No. • 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. . Presented le the bent Qft io AND PASSED 4DEG 7 197G , " . ik)VMOtiti\CS P., . , 1 iiiiiiiih.::. ' # . ' r 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 J 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 -2- J 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 -3- J 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 -4- J 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 -5- J 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 -6- J 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 _7_ 3 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: -8- J 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, -9- J 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 -10- J ,,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. A/7 `/ Ma or Attest: c'�M►,,�'1 ®GAArl) \J ity Jr (Here follows other business not pertinent to the above.) Pursuant to motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Commissioners adjourned. Attest: A, i Mayor V)I\Kt\ \ City ec 'i�de\r 111111.a -11- J • '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 (SEAL) -12- PHH:bg 11/30/70 J