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221 <br /> <br /> Mr. Pico believed that a Council initiative would save the tax <br /> payers money and resolve this issue in a timely manner. <br /> <br /> Mr. Roush explained that after the signatures are turned in, <br />the City Clerk must verify that the requisite number of signatures <br />have been obtained, which will take a period of time to do. It was <br />not appropriate for the City Clerk to conclude that because there <br />are 4,500 signatures obtained, and only 3,500 are needed, that the <br />3,500 are valid without going through the normal process of <br />checking them. If, however, it is found that the requisite number <br />of signatures are valid and the requisite number have been <br />obtained, then the City Council could vote to repeal the ordinance <br />without putting it to a vote. The Council could initiate an action <br />this evening to place before the voters the repeal of the <br />ordinance. <br /> <br /> Ms. Mohr asked if it would be legitimate to put this matter on <br />the November election with the School Board. She then asked if it <br />would be cost saving. <br /> <br /> Mr. Roush answered yes to the first question, if Council <br />called for a special election in March for the Council seat. The <br />City would split the cost with the School District if the elections <br />were combined in November. <br /> <br /> Larry Snyder, President of the Kottinger Hills Homeowners <br />Association, 1375 Bordeaux Street, pointed out that there was <br />approximately 4,100 signatures collected as of this evening. He <br />did support having an election so that the citizens could vote on <br />the issue and supported expediting the process. <br /> <br /> Gary Purnell, 2472 Via De Los Milagros, urged Council to <br />expedite this process. He did not support the project and felt <br />that a lot of work had already been put into this process. He <br />believed that having an election in November was delaying the <br />process too long. <br /> <br /> Martin Inderbitzen, 5000 Hopyard Road, represented the Lin <br />family, pointed out that the costs that may be incurred by this <br />referendum or special election was not caused by the Lin family. <br />He did not believe that it was appropriate to assume that there was <br />enough signatures at this time because they had not yet been <br />verified. Mr. Inderbitzen was disappointed to have the two <br />election issues combined because he felt that the Council election <br />was the more important issue. <br /> <br /> Mr. Pico asked if it were possible to have the election of the <br />City Council vacancy scheduled for March and also have referendum <br />scheduled for March but contingent upon the certification of the <br />signatures. If there was not enough signatures collected, then <br />could the Council delete the item from the ballot. He then asked <br />if Council could pass a resolution that would indicate that Council <br /> <br />12/1/92 19 <br /> <br /> <br />