DEPARTMENT: Office of the City Clerk
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Leticia M. Vacek
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-Wide
SUBJECT:
May 9, 2015 Special City Election
SUMMARY:
Consideration of an Ordinance ordering a Charter Amendment Election for May 9, 2015, to add Section 3a, entitled "Limitation on powers; streetcar or light rail", providing that no grant of permission to alter or damage any public way of the city for the laying of streetcar or light rail tracks shall ever be valid, and no funds shall be appropriated and no bonds or notes shall be issued or sold for the purpose of streetcar or light rail systems, unless first approved by a majority of the qualified electors at an election containing a proposition specifically identified for and limited to such purpose.
Following are dates leading up to the Saturday, May 9, 2015 Special Election:
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Last day to Register to Vote for the May Election.
Monday, April 27, 2015
First day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Last day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Election Day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On Thursday, August 7, 2014, through Ordinance No. 2014-08-07-0519, the City Council of the City of San Antonio's action to withdraw the City's participation in the VIA Streetcar Program acknowledged the efforts of the Streetcar Vote Coalition and the petitions it collected containing over 26,000 signatures seeking an election to amend the City Charter to require an election on streetcar or light rail. By that action, the Council also authorized the redirection of the $32 million previously identified for the VIA Streetcar Program to other eligible projects and programs in the center city area, as they are identified, and established a Charter Review Commission to conduct a review of the Charter and bring forth proposals for additional amendments, including Council pay, the fill...
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