Monday, June 29, 2009

PUBLIC NOTICE: Election on the Proposed Discontinuance & Abandonment of the Flanders Mansion Property in Mission Trail Nature Preserve

ABSTRACT: The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea’s PUBLIC NOTICE regarding the NOTICE OF PROPOSED ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION on 3 November 2009 for the purpose of deciding by a vote of Carmel-by-the-Sea voters whether or not the Flanders Mansion Property within Mission Trail Nature Preserve should be discontinued and abandoned as parkland is reproduced. On Tuesday, 7 July 2009, the City Council will conduct a public hearing at 4:30 P.M. at City Hall and will consider final adoption (second reading) of the ordinance. The City Council will receive oral and written comments from the public at the hearing; written comments can be delivered or sent to City Hall. Note: The Flanders Foundation’s lawsuit against the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea (The Flanders Foundation vs. City of Carmel-by-the-Sea et al. (M99437)) will proceed; no Hearing or Case Management Conference dates have yet been set for this case.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF PROPOSED ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION

On 16 June 2009, the City Council of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea had the first reading of an ordinance containing the following provisions:

Section One. Call Special Election. A special election is hereby called to put to a vote of the City’s electors the question of whether the use of that specific public park land known as the Flanders Mansion Property should be discontinued and abandoned. The specific property subject to this action is an approximately 1.252 acre parcel located at 25800 Hatton Road in Carmel, Monterey County, California and situated within the Mission Trail Nature Preserve (APN
010-061-005).

Section Two. Date of Election. The election is hereby called, and will take place on 3 November 2009.

Section Three. Severability. If any part of this ordinance, even as small as a word of phrase, is found to be unenforceable such fining shall not affect the enforceability of any other part.

Section Four. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after final adoption.

On 7 July 2009, the City Council will conduct a public hearing and will consider final adoption (second reading) of the ordinance described in this Notice. The hearing will be held at 4:30 p.m., in City Hall, East Side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenues, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The City Council will receive oral and written comments from the public at the hearing. Anyone interested in this matter also may submit written comments to:

Delivered to:
Heidi Burch, City Clerk
City of Carmel-by-the-Sea
East Side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenues
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

Mailed to:
Heidi Burch, City Clerk
P.O. Box CC
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921

Date of Notice: June 26, 2009
Publication date: June 26, 2009 (PC639)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What happens if the election is held and a CEQA judge rules the city illegally voted to sell the Flanders Mansion?