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2006-03-07 Clean Water Ballot City of Encinitas Special Vote by Mail Election — Ballots Due by March 7, 2006 '* OFFICIAL PROPERTY OWNER BALLOT ** Proposed City Clean Water Regulatory Fee (Proposition C) Deborah Cervone, City Clerk, City of Encinitas, 505 South Vulcan Ave., Encinitas, CA 92024 • (760)633-2601 Owner's Name: <OWNER NAME> Assessor's Parcel Number: <APN> Owner's Street Address: <ADDRESS> City: <CITY_STATE_ZIP> Parcel Address: <SITUS> This is not a bill. This is an Official Property Owner Mail Ballot. The City of Encinitas is asking property owners to vote on a Proposed Encinitas Clean Water Regulatory Fee to help the City improve the water quality of local water bodies. If the Proposed Encinitas Clean Water Regulatory Fee is approved by a majority of property owners voting on the subject, the monthly fee charged will be based upon the type of property as outlined in the chart below: Property Type: Proposed Monthly Clean Water Regulatory Fee per Meter Residential $5.00 Non-Residential $5.00 For Additional Information on the Proposed Encinitas Clean Water Regulatory Fee please visit the City's website at %%i%-iv.citvofencinitas.or2. To be entitled to complete and submit this Property Owner Ballot, the person completing and submitting this Property Owner Ballot must be the record owner of the property identified above or the representative of the record owner of such property who is legally authorized to complete and submit this ballot for and on behalf of the record owner. Upon completion of the ballot below, do not detach it from this form. Place the complete Property Owner Ballot in the return envelope and seal the envelope. Mail or deliver the Property Owner Ballot to the City of Encinitas, City Clerk, 505 South Vulcan Ave., Encinitas, CA 92024. For more detailed instructions see the back of this form. Please return this entire page and completed ballot below, sealed in the enclosed envelope, to the City Clerk by 4:00 p.m. on March 7, 2006 PROPERTY OWNER BALLOT Assessor's Parcel Number: <APN> Owner Name: <OWNER_NAME> To protect public health by maintaining local water quality and safe, clean beaches, creeks, and lagoons, shall the City of Encinitas assess a S5 per month per water meter Clean Water Regulatory Fee on Encinitas commercial and residential properties for the next 10 years to support mandated clean water programs that strive to prevent illegal discharges into storm drains, prevent sewage spills, and reduce pollutants from waterways; with an independent Citizen Oversight Committee to ensure that all funds are used to protect Encinitas water quality and waterways? ❑ YES, I SUPPORT the proposed Encinitas Clean Water Regulatory Fee (Proposition C). ❑ NO, I OPPOSE the proposed Encinitas Clean Water Regulatory Fee (Proposition C). 1 hereby declare under penalty of perjury that/am the record owner, or authorized representative of the record owner, of the parcel identified above. Date Printed Name Signature <BALLOT_YES> <BALLOT_NO> SUMMARY OF PROPERTY OWNER VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT PROCEDURES BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS BY 4:00 P.M. TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2006 If you are the owner of record, or authorized representative of the record owner, of the property described on the enclosed Property Owner Ballot, you may submit the enclosed Property Owner Ballot to the City to support or oppose the proposed Encinitas Clean Water Regulatory Fee (Proposition C). Please follow the instructions below to complete and return your Property Owner Ballot. 1. Mark your vote on the enclosed Property Owner Ballot in favor or against the proposed Encinitas Clean Water Regulatory Fee by placing an"X" in the corresponding box. Only Ballots with one (1) box marked will be counted. 2. Mark, print, sign and date your Property Owner Ballot in ink. Do not use pencil. Property Owner Ballots received without a legibly printed name, signature, date, or not completed in ink will not be counted. 3. Place your ballot into the provided return postage pre-paid envelope and seal the envelope. 4. Property Owner Ballots may be delivered or mailed to: City Clerk, City of Encinitas, 505 South Vulcan Ave., Encinitas, CA 92024. For questions about the ballot process, please call Deborah Cervone, City Clerk at (760)633-2601. 5. The City Clerk must receive all Property Owner Ballots no later than 4:00 p.m. on March 7, 2006. Ballots received after the deadline, regardless of the date mailed or the date of the postmark, will not be counted. 6. One ballot will be mailed per parcel. The City Clerk will not determine proportionate interests in property. The City Clerk will assume by its execution that the owner returning the ballot has done so with the authorization of the other owners. 7. In the event of a dispute regarding whether the signer of a Property Owner Ballot is the owner of the parcel to which the Property Owner Ballot applies, the City will make such determination from the latest equalized tax assessment roll of the County of San Diego. The City will be under no obligation to obtain or consider any other evidence as to ownership of property and the City's determination of ownership will be final and conclusive. 8. In the event of a dispute regarding whether the signer of a Property Owner Ballot is an authorized representative of the owner of the parcel, the City shall rely on the statement on the Property Owner Ballot, signed under penalty of perjury, that the person completing the Property Owner Ballot is the owner's authorized representative and any evidence submitted to the City Clerk's office prior to the end of the Property Owner Balloting period. The City shall be under no obligation to obtain or consider any other evidence as to whether the signer of the Property Owner Ballot is an authorized representative of the owner and the City's determination shall be final and conclusive. 9. If a Property Owner Ballot is lost, destroyed or never received, the City Clerk's office will provide an "official" Replacement Property Owner Ballot to the owner upon receipt of a written request by mail or fax to (760) 633-2627 stating, under penalty of perjury, that the property owner has failed to receive, lost or destroyed his or her original ballot. Replacement ballot request forms may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office (760-633-2601) or via email (dcervone @ci.encinitas.ca.us). The City Clerk's office will keep a record of each ReplacemenVOriginal Property Owner Ballot provided to an owner and will verify that only one Property Owner Ballot has been returned for the parcel. If an owner returns both the original Property Owner Ballot and a Replacement Property Owner Ballot, the County will count the Replacement Property Owner Ballot and disregard the Original Property Owner Ballot. 10. The City Clerk will only accept the original Property Owner Ballots (and original Replacement Property Owner Ballots, as applicable) mailed or otherwise provided to property owners by the City. Photocopies, faxes, and other forms of the Property Owner Ballot will not be accepted. 11. The tabulation of Property Owner Ballots will be performed in the City Clerk's office, during normal business hours, following the end of the Property Owner Balloting period. Each parcel upon which the fee is to be imposed has one (1)vote. The results of the tabulation will be announced at the City Council meeting following the completion of the tabulation and entered into the minutes of the meeting. Complete Property Owner Balloting Procedures are on file at the City Clerk's office and are also available on the City's website at www cityofencinitas.oro. The information in this notice and the accompanying materials were compiled and are distributed at public expense by the City of Encinitas in compliance with Article XIIID of the California Constitution. This information is presented in the public interest. It is not intended to influence or attempt to influence the actions of the voters to vote yes"or"no"on the enclosed Property Owner Ballot.