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< /-N ^^ 5 **•£Cfl00•o DELIVER TO: AA ' ' ID f§? > S S !§3-0 3 ""?* H^4I S r ._5 S? [~§ z§ 0 3 2 3* ^ 1 w n*T ocontact the Registrar o«""^ ot» 3 c 00 ••Uloo ON 00 ~*<: gCD" M •o" ooQ_CD t> d §!11! s< gS •a 5' ^ Q ^< < ~ 3 g S = > =; i: 35 K.5 rCO a*d.O- CP C/5 e/5 O- CP CD3-=?o3 CP c/5' CDO. CL.O- as y* CP"G3CflCP w CP^3a.cr&j_ o" ^_^_ p Failure to vote in any swill cancel your permag S? £ 2P ^Q- p' S " i 3 (TOo g ^ <T>al election'Oter status50 i ^S a.>> 5 =' I5 ir. ^S '" | ^ S? ^ > r a r. *3 -^ \ "^ ^-^ S:2 3 ™* 1' | 2 c?' C 1 < f <TO a. OQ'a a- ^^ /j S'3 S 5" X a* Pc* CT"H r~ ™ g p c1 > il.c —3 g- <v —n Oc §' i;omaticallyyou check? -^ "9 "O ^B ^T* ^ r" > ™2_, pa«*•*r~i ™ Jv5 R - 5* P^ W t>J 0 ON t-j O •—- < ^J > 0 3 7T ^ 3"< <T5 Jit rtrt ,_,. 3 S- ^ S J 3 C G £^X ^^ o5 3srg Ci Oii:t absenteepermanentg- CD > 3 g 0 =£^ •§ °R S 0 ^ « z P5 30^ ^ H ^ "§-" 3 3 |r 2 -o ^ £• ™ry ;?"' fo ... Q- 3""* J R M c ^ ^"- c- n B. 5"* "-^ H ^ ° ft: §* ^ " ^" "^ 3- "^ 2 "^ "^ 2.1 c r^ i 1 g"<; c = o < 5* :/: X W_S ^ s i% *- **^§ I S = o - 1 i?* ^° ""' B ^ K 1 p>§g£g r™ '5 ^ ^yi ^ 3 O '"" QO r" -^ i^ H <* § O » "o 3 ^ go [2 g K ft 1 O CHANGE SERV?5m !XImD m S > z (/) ^o c 9_j 32 w aZJ > tn ,, T, 33 s § 1 § § < 8 1 o w» County of San Diego 167 Sample Ballot & voter information Pamphlet GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2004 ABSENTEE VOTERS: / Save this pamphlet for voting; another will not be sent with your ballot POLL VOTERS: / Check back cover for your polling place. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. / Don't wait! Call before Election Day if directions are needed or check www.sdvote.com / Mark and take this pamphlet with you to the polls Secretary of State will mail infermation about the state proposition. Go to www.sdvote.com for election night results. Llame al 858-565-5800 para solicitar information sobre los servicios de votacion disponibles en espanol. Tumawag sa 858-565-5300 upang magtanong tungkol sa mga serbisyo sa nagboto na makukuha sa wikang Filipino. Xin gpi so 858-565-5800 de hoi ve cac dich vu bau cuf blng tie'ng Viet. Sally McPherson, Registrar of Voters 5201 Ruffin Road, Suite I San Diego, CA 92123 858-565-5800 or 1-800-696-0136 167 Voter Information! Procedure To "Clean Up" The Voter Rolls To keep the roster of registered voters as accurate as possible ana reduce election costs, the San Diego County Registrar of Voters will oe using a procedure - known as "Alternate Residency Confirmation" - tna: permits removal from the active voter roll the names of those registered voters who have NOT voted in any election nor had their registration updated in the preceding four (4) years. Following the November 2, 2004 General Election, registered voters w have not voted nor had their registrations updated during the last feu- years will be mailed a postcard notice to confirm their residency. T pre-addressed return postage-paid card MUST BE RETURNED to t Registrar of Voters by the registered voter should he or she wish remain on the active voter roll. If the card is not returned in 15 days, or is returned by the postal service as undeliverable, the voter's registration will be moved to the inactive voter roll. Registrants on the inactive voter roll are not sent election materials - saving taxpayer dollars - and may be required to show proof of current residency in order to vote in future elections. This notice is a legal prerequisite to using the "Alternate Residency Confirmation" procedure (California Elections Code Section 2224c). voting is simple, secret and secure with the Optical Scan Paper Ballot System 1. Check In Receive ballot, marker, and secrecy sleeve from Poll Worker. 2. Vote Completely fill in the ovals.DO NOT circle or mark ovalswith an "X" or a "/". 3. Complete Ballot Vote both sides of the ballot. 4. Review Ballot Take time to check your ballot. 5. Keep It Secret Place your completed ballot intothe secrecy sleeve. 6. Cast Ballot Feod your ballot into the scanner. Poll Workers are available to help you if you have questions or need assistance. For more information please visit www.sdvote.coin or call 858.565.5800. FP-61-1 N SD 167-001 OFFICIAL iALLOT COUIfnrOFiiaiIBi©©, r,<SB*ERAi S.ICTIQN - MOVEMiS? 2^2004 . '. FI0PM. PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT Vote for One Party LEONARD PELTIER/ D JANICE JORDAN PEACE AND FREEDOM JOHN F. KERRY/ 1 1 JOHN EDWARDS DEMOCRATIC DAVID COBB/ LJ PATLAMARCHE GREEN GEORGE W. BUSH/ RICHARD CHENEY REPUBLICAN MICHAEL BADNARIK/ |_J RICHARD CAMPAGNA LIBERTARIAN MICHAEL ANTHONY PEROUTKA/ 1 CHUCK BALDWIN 1 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT D FEDERAL-;^.; : " , UNITED STATES SENATOR Vote for One MARSHA FEINLAND D Public School Teacher PEACEAND FREEDOM BARBARA BOXER 1 U.S. Senator DEMOCRATIC BILL JONES Farmer/Businessman REPUBLICAN DON J. GRUNDMANN D Doctor of Chiropractic AMERICAN INDEPENDENT JAMES P. "JIM" GRAY j | Judge LIBERTARIAN D OFFICIAL BALLOT COUNTY OP SAN DIEGO - GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 2,2004 FEDERAL UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 50TH DISTRICT Vote for One RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM | 1 United States Representative REPUBLICAN GARYM.WAAYERS 1 College Biology Professor GREEN DIANE TEMPLIN D Attorney /Realtor/Businesswoman AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FRANCINEP. BUSBY Governing Board Member. Cardiff School District DEMOCRATIC BRANDON C. OSBORNE | 1 Farrier/Horseshoer LIBERTARIAN D • . S1STE MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 74TH DISTRICT Vote for One PAUL KING J Small Businessowner LIBERTARIAN MARKWYLAND Small Business Owner REPUBLICAN KAREN R. UNDERWOOD j | Physician DEMOCRATIC D COUNTY ..^•- ^•-^.'Wmcvk^i • ,:_.:; . JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 1 Vote for One PATRICIA YIM COWETT j I Judge of the Superior Court D JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 24 Vote for One DAVID M. HENDREN I | Prosecutor JOSEPH P. BRANNIGAN Federal Prosecutor D ;. 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OFFICIAL BALLOT COUNTY OPSANDIESO - GENERAL aECJlON.- N0VBHB1R 2,2004 DISTRICT PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH PROP BB HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY CARE, TRAUMA CENTER IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR MEASURE: To prevent closure of patient Joors, reduce emergency room overcrowding, support rnedica! treatment advances, meet stricter earthquake safety standards, repair/upgrade aging hospital rooms and trauma treatment areas and expand and improve community medical centers, shall Palomar Pomerado Heallh issue $496,000,000 of bonds, to construct, acquire land, renovate, and improve Palomar Medical Center, Pomerado Hospital and additional medical facilities, with citizens' oversight and no money for administrators' salaries? D YES D NO The following pages contain STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY CANDSDATES ACCEPTING VOLUNTARY SPENDING LIMITS and CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS and LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES, TAX RATE STATEMENTS, ANALYSES, ARGUMENTS, REBUTTALS AND ORDINANCES (whichever are applicable to your ballot) TWO SEPARATE CALIFORNIA STATE PAMPHLETS (IN 81/2 X 11 NEWSPRINT) ARE PROVIDED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND CONTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE STATE PROPOSITIONS. ARGUMENTS AND REBUTTALS Arguments in support of or in opposition to the proposed measures are the opinions of the authors and have not been checked for accuracy by any official agency. CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS Senate and Assembly candidates who accepted voluntary spending limits, as well as all candidates for local nonpartisan offices had the opportunity to submit a statement. The following pages may not contain a statement for every candidate, as some candidates chose not to submit one. The statements are the opinions of the authors and have not been checked for accuracy by any official agency. Candidate statement costs are paid by the candidate or, in some cases, by the jurisdiction. (A complete list of candidates appears on the "SAMPLE" version of the Official Ballot in this pamphlet.) 7B789409 1033 00582 09 N SD 167-010 FP-03-8 N SD 167-011 CANDIDATES ACCEPTING VOLUNTARY SPENDING LIMITS (These provisions apply to State Senate and Assembly candidates only.) Pursuant to Proposition 34 adopted by the voters at the November 7, 2000 General Election, the following candidates have accepted voluntary spending limits and, therefore, are eligible to submit a candidate statement. This notice will not apply if no candidates for State Senate or Assembly have qualified for the ballot in your party. CANDIDATES BY DISTRICT CANDIDATE STATEMENT SUBMITTED 39th State Senate John Murphy, LIB NO 66th State Assembly Jack N. Lee, LIB Laurel Nicholson, DEM NO YES 73rd State Assembly Kathleen Calzada, DEM Andrew H. Favor, LIB NO YES 74th State Assembly Paul King, LIB Karen R. Underwood, DEM NO YES 75th State Assembly Karen Heumann, DEM George A. Plescia, REP Richard J. Senecal, LIB YES YES NO 76th State Assembly Jennifer Osborne, LIB Lori Saldana, DEM NO YES 77th State Assembly Virgil "Randy" Hall II, LIB Chris Larkin, DEM NO YES 78th State Assembly Josh Hale, LIB NO 79th State Assembly Eli Wallace Conroe, LIB Juan Vargas, DEM NO YES STATE ASSEMBLY 74th District - Democratic DR. KAREN UNDERWOOD Pediatrician I'm Dr. Karen Underwood. I'm a medical doctor with a practice in pediatrics. I disagree with votes made on the Capitol on issues important to the health of our children. That's why I decided to run for the State Legislature. I need your support and I will earn it. I believe keeping children away from cigarettes is of crucial importance. The tobacco lobby is big business - and they argue that an attack on them is an attack on business. But addicting children is a bad business, and it should be stopped. That shouldn't make me different but it does. When elected, I will change the law to outlaw: 1. Selling cigarettes in vending machines - only living salespersons can ask for identification. 2. Smoking in cars with children so young they must legally be placed in "child seats". A TOBACCO TAX IS THE ONLY TAX INCREASE I WOULD SUPPORT IN THE LEGISLATURE. My fight to keep tobacco from children and my pro-choice position on women's health issues have earned me the support of the California Nurses Association. www.underwoodforassembly.ors FP-53 N SD 167-012 CS-0374-1 N SD 167-013 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Judge of the Superior Court - Office No. 24 DAVID M. HENDREN Prosecutor/Deputy District Attorney Join Every Major Police & Prosecutor Organization In Endorsing Hendren: SHERIFF BILL KOLENDER . . . SAN DIEGO POLICE . . SAN DIEGO DEPUTY SHERIFFS ... C.H.P— unuia vista Police... Oceanside Police ... Coronado Police... Escondido Police... El Caipn Police . . . National City Police . . . Harbor Police . . . P.O.RAC. (54,000 officers). . . San Diego Deputy District Attorneys . . . California Deputy Attorney Generals . . . Women Prosecutors of California. MOST EXPERIENCED: Only candidate to prosecute... murderers ... child molesters... rapists . . . cop Killer... 1,000+ criminals . . . with civil and legislative experience. HIGHEST RATED LAWYER: Received highest rating from nation's largest independent lawyerrating service. DISTRICT ATTORNEY BONNIE DUMANIS says: "David successfully prosecuted some of San Diego's most vicious criminals. He's honest, fair and clearly the best choice." EXPERT LEGAL MIND: U.C.L.A. Law Revjew . . . handpicked to advise Legislature . . . policeinstructor. . . formerly with premier San Diego firm. FIREFIGHTERS' CHOICE: San Diego Firefighters . . . Oceanside Firefighters . . . San Diego Retired Fire/Police. CRIME VICTIMS' CHOICE: Father of murder victim Polly Klaas ... Amber Foundation for Missing/ Exploited uniiaren. JUDGES' CHOICE: Endorsed by dozens of judges. . . . "Hendren's one of San Diego's finest lawyers." Judge John Thompson. COMPASSIONATE: Volunteers in church . . . school . . . free legal services to poor. . . married with children, ages 7 and 4. CALIFORNIA'S TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER says: "Hendren's smart, honest and dedicated to justice. He'll be an ideal judge." Attorney General Bill Lockyer www.HendrenforJudge.com COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Judge of the Superior Court - Office No. 24 JOSEPH P. BRANNIGAN Age: 54 Federal Prosecutor 25 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE - Has prosecuted criminals in State and Federal courts. Rated Well Qualified (highest rating) by San Diego County Bar Association. ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY: Prosecutes criminals violating Federal law ... International Drug and Ajien Smugglers ... Money Launderers ... Child Pornographers ... Bank Robbers . . . Identity Thieves. FORMER DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Prosecuted criminals violating State law ... Domestic Violence . . . Burglary . . . Homicide . . . Major Drug Dealers . . . Drunk Drivers. FORMER FBI AGENT: Investigated International Terrorism . . . Organized Crime . . . Political Corruption . . . Corporate Fraud . . . Foreign Counterintelligence. MILITARY SERVICE: Army Officer. . . Infantry . . . "Big Red One" . . . Judge Advocate General (JAG). POLICE AND PROSECUTORS' CHOICE: Endorsed by Oceanside, La Mesa, Coronado Police Officers Associations . . . Latino Peace Officers Association . . . Seven Former United States Attorneys . .. San Diego City Attorney Casey Gwinn . .. San Diego Fraternal Order of Police and Former FBI Agents Associations . . . National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys. CRIME VICTIMS' CHOICE: Endorsed by Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau and Citizens for Law and Order. JUDGES' CHOICE: Endorsed by dozens of Superior Court Judges based upon decades of law enforcement experience, judicial temperament, integrity, fairness and sound judgment. Married 23 years ... 8 year old son . . . Volunteers in church, school and community activities. A career committed to safe streets, communities, schools - and protecting families and society. Vote for EXPERIENCE . . . DEDICATION . . . INTEGRITY www.BranniqanForJudge.com MIRACOSTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Member, Governing Board - Trustee Area No. 3 ANDREW MAURO Age: 60 Community College Trustee Community Involvement: I have been an active and involved Encinitas resident for over 30 years. I have served as president of the San Dieguito Citizens Planning Group, San Diego County Flower and Plant Association, and San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy. I have coached youth sports and continue to lead numerous public nature walks in our local reserves. In my career I have been responsible for planning and managing the Del Mar Fair, and overseeing the construction of the grandstand and other new facilities at the fairgrounds. I have served on the Cardiff Town Council and am currently a trustee for MiraCosta Community College. As a current Trustee of MiraCosta Community College, my responsibility is to ensure our community is well served in the operation of the college and the programs it offers. I energetically embrace my role in shaping and approving the policies that guide MiraCosta, helping maintain its position as one our country's most successful community colleges. A vote for me as Trustee will allow me to continue to help MiraCosta Community College provide all segments of our community with open access to life-long learning and educational enrichment. MIRACOSTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Member, Governing Board - Trustee Area No. 3 JACQUELINE SIMON Community College Educator EDUCATION: Master of Arts in Speech Communication, California State University, Hayward. . . . Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, San Jose State University. EXPERIENCE/LEADERSHIP: I have over seventeen years of teaching experience at the community college level as well as experience in the private sector writing and producing technical and educational manuals. I have been elected as a representative to a community college educators association. I served as the election committee chairperson of the association. I am a member of the Society for Technical Communicators. I am the best candidate for this position because of my vision for the future of Miracosta College. I foresee a college devoted to the community, to the students, to the faculty, to the administrators, and to you the taxpayers who make this great community college possible. I will work hard, attending all Board of Trustee's meetings and functions and being available to all constituents to discuss mutual concerns. VOTE FOR JACKIE. CS-04AO-1 N SD 167-014 CS-35MO-1 N SD 167-015 SAN MARCOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member, Governing Board JAY PETREK Age: 44 Appointed Governing Board Member Incumbent Parent/Committed to our children's future Jay Petrek currently serves as the San Marcos School Board Vice President and ensured that MISSION HILLS HIGH SCHOOL and SAN ELIJO SCHOOL were constructed on time for the 2004 school year; emphasized educational excellence resulting in higher student test scores; identified future school sites to ease student overcrowding; and ensured that District financial decisions were prudent. Jay has served the community as a Parent Teacher Organization President, a volunteer on numerous school committees and as a youth baseball coach. Jay has lived in San Marcos for over ten years and holds an Urban Planning Bachelor of Science Degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He and his wife Heather have three children, enrolled in San Marcos schools since Kindergarten. Upon election Jay will continue to focus on hiring and retaining excellent educators who utilize teaching techniques that reach all students; constructing two new elementary schools and rebuilding San Marcos Elementary School to meet growing needs; maintaining a fiscally sound District; continuing to improve school safety and security; encouraging higher student academic performance; and maintaining effective relationships between the District, parents, students, local city staffs and community. ELECT JAY PETREK TO THE SAN MARCOS SCHOOL BOARD. SAN MARCOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member, Governing Board MARY C. BOREVITZ Incumbent Mary Borevitz is a knowledgeable, dedicated Board Member who has been elected President of the San Marcos School Board three times. Due to her experience and devotion to education, Borevitz has been elected by her peers to the State's California School Boards Association and also serves as Federal Governmental Relations Chair for Congressman Darrel Issa. Under Mary's leadership, the San Marcos Unified School District has: a fiscally conservative budget which has preserved all essential programs and services in these difficult financial times; a stellar reputation among teachers, students, parents, community members, and other school districts; built 6 schools in the last 7 years keeping up with the tremendous growth in San Marcos; continuously improved test scores. Others school districts in California want to model themselves after the San Marcos Unified School District as evidenced by the fact that our Superintendent was recently designated Superintendent of the Year by his peers. Is San Marcos Unified an outstanding district? Yes! Can we do better? Yes! Borevitz will continue to support a fiscally conservative budget, programs to enhance the learning environment, and excellent parent/community/school relationships. My goal is for each and every one of .our students to realize their full potential. Re-elect Incumbent Mary Borevitz. SAN MARCOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member, Governing Board DAVID L. HORACEK Age: 41 Business Owner/Parent Education is the foundation of our children's future and I believe this begins with a school system that prepares them for their future. This is accomplished when teachers, parents, and administration work together for the betterment of the children. As a parent of two children, I understand the importance of establishing fundamentals and implementing a nourishing environment. As a successful businessman I am committed to a "job well done". I believe the following for the school district: Fiscal Accountability - every dollar should remain in the classroom ... Literacy - Every child must be able to speak English and be able to read ... Safety - Children cannot learn if they don't feel safe in school. Parents must know their children are safe!! I am currently the president of Enterprise Satellite Solutions, a provider of "world wide satellite internet solutions". Our office is located in San Marcos. I am a resident of San Elijo Hills (San Marcos), where I reside with my wife, and our two young daughters. Their future in the public education system is important to me and I am committed to establishing a pro-active role in this endeavor. SAN MARCOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member, Governing Board PAM BANCELLS Age: 42 Incumbent As an incumbent, I have seived as a Trustee of the San Marcos Unified School District since 1996 and am proud of the many District accomplishments during my tenure. Years of exercising fiscal accountability has allowed San Marcos to avoid eliminating many "extras" such as nurses, librarians, and classroom aides that directly impact student learning, which so many neighboring districts have had to cut as a result of the State's budget crisis. Planning for the future has allowed us to keep up with our explosive population growth. We have built 7 new schools including a second high school and a third middle school. Three additional elementary sites are in various stages of planning so that we remain ahead of future growth. We believe "All Students Can Learn" and our test scores continue to increase. We expect more from our teachers and students and they are rising to the challenge. Successful elimination of the multi-track, year-round calendar has provided time throughout the year when all students are out of school. This has allowed parents more flexibility in planning family activities and vacations, and arranging child care. Vote for the experience to continue this positive growth. Vote for Incumbent, Pam Bancells! CS-1309-1 N SD 167-016 CS-1309-2 N SD 167-017 CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council WILLIAM S. JUBB Age: 58 Banking This election is about choices and direction. The citizens of Carlsbad need and deserve a member of the City Council that responds to the citizen's requests in a timely and direct manner. My commitment is to listen, ask the tough questions and make a fair and impartial decision. which is something presently lacking. The individuals that have gone before the City Council have been frustrated by pre made decisions and foregone conclusions. I offer the citizens of Carlsbad an opportunity to correct this problem. As a Carlsbad resident for over 20 years, I am aware of the current changes, traffic problems and school conditions. The vast amount of developments presently under way will also have a dramatic influence on Carlsbad. The future requires a strong individual that is capable of making difficult and independent decisions necessary to protect the integrity of Carlsbad. It is my intent to consider the impact of all decisions on local citizens and local businesses. It is now time to consider your choices for the future of Carlsbad and give a clear statement of direction you want the City of Carlsbad to go. Thank you for your time and consideration, Bill Jubb LL.B, J.D., Broker, Teacher. CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council ANN J. KULCHIN Council Member, City of Carlsbad ANN KULCHIN ... AN EXPERIENCED AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY LEADER. Vote for ANN KULCHIN. ANN has a long history of commitment to our community. She has proven her ability to manage tough local and regional governmental issues. ANN'S experience qualifies her to continue in a leadership role. Now more than ever, we need experienced people, to make the important decisions that affect our quality of life. ANN continues to work to preserve our quality of life by: BEING FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE . . . BUILDING AND EXPANDING LIBRARY SERVICES . . . ENFORCING THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN . . . REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD . . . RESTORING OUR BEACHES . . . PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMUNITY PARKS. ANN'S government involvement demonstrates her leadership ability: Chair, Sandag Shoreline Preservation Committee... Past President, San Diego Water Agencies ... Past President League of California Cities, Past Chair, North County Transit Board. ANN LISTENS. SHE KNOWS HOW TO GET THINGS DONE. IN RETURN FOR YOUR VOTE, YOU WILL GET ENERGY, EXPERIENCE AND UNSELFISH COMMITMENT. ANN IS DEDICATED TO YOU AND TO MAINTAINING CARLSBAD'S REPUTATION AS THE JEWEL OF NORTH COUNTY. VOTE FOR ANN KULCHIN . . . SHE'S RESPONSIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE. CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council JOHN S. GILL Financial Services Company Division Manager SDSU, BS in Business Administration. Carlsbad is a well-run, well-planned, and delightful city in which to live and work due to the efforts of the current and past city councils. I would very much like to support their ongoing plans as the voice of South Carlsbad by bringing forth creative and long-term ideas from a fiscally conservative perspective. My background includes 30 years in the insurance and financial services businesses in management positions. I have been a member of numerous business associations and was elected as an officer to most of them. Just recently I was an officer of the North County Coastal Community Foundation. As a former beach lifeguard, I am dedicated to public safety and would investigate the feasibility of a Carlsbad lifeguard service. Naturally I am very interested in sandy beaches and swimming facilities. Having coached youth baseball and football, I am committed to recreational opportunities. While on the Encinitas Parks & Recreation Commission, I was instrumental as a "moderate" in writing several compromise positions on thorny issues. Lastly, I would only consider "Big Box" stores in existing retail or industrial zones in the Palomar Airport corridor. Thank you for your vote. CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council OFELIA (OFIE) E. ESCOBEDO Partner/Owner, Lola's Market/Deli I love Carlsbad. Carlsbad is a special place for me, filled with many happy memories. I want Carlsbad to continue being the kind of town where the residents still respect and understand each other, a place where families can walk around in safety and their children thrive and grow. I will continue to fight for improving the quality of life for all our citizens making sure that everyone can enjoy the fruits of their labor. Listening and addressing the concerns of our community will continue to be high on my agenda. I have the experience and knowledge to guide Carlsbad into the future and will address the problems that affect us to the best of my ability. CS-09AO-1 N SD 167-018 CS-09AO-2 N SD 167-019 CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council NORINE SIGAFOOSE Age: 59 Business Woman/Hotelier For two decades, Norine Sigafoose has been a citizen advocate with vision, determination and commitment to maintain Carlsbad's high quality of life. Norine is a business owner, steward of the environment, champion of youth and protector of private property and public interests. Her input has helped city officials make tough decisions that impact Carlsbad. Therefore, Councilmen, Matt Hall and Mark Packard and business leader, Jeff Segall, wholeheartedly endorse Norine for City Council. A leader in tourism, Norine served as Chair of the Carlsbad Convention and Visitors Bureau, guiding the local industry to generate millions of dollars for our general fund. Devoted to safeguarding our valued open space, Norine chairs the Carlsbad Beach Preservation Committee and supports completion of the trail system. As a retired Carlsbad School District employee, Norine recognizes the potential and challenges facing our youth. She has served on the Boards of Directors of Carlsbad Boys and Girls Club and the YMCA. Public safety, transportation issues and coordination with the school districts are three of her main concerns. Norine believes with prudent fiscal practices, smart planning and conscientious public policy, together we can enhance the many qualities that make us proud to call Carlsbad our home. CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council WM. DAVID WELLS Arbitrator N.A.S.D. Consultant CURRENT WORK/ACTIVITIES: Industry Arbitrator (National Association Security Dealers). Consultant major west coast food company. Volunteer Case Manager Interfaith North Coastal Service Center (past board member/vice president). Inspector Board of Elections. Member Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ... St. Patrick Church. PAST CAREER: National Sales Manager for major food processor; Owner, food brokerage business; professional organization-sales and .food industry. HOME LIFE: David and wife Helen have enjoyed ten-year Carlsbad residency. They have eight adult children. Responsible citizenship is important to the Wells family. They will live an interesting and happy "rest-of-their lives" in Carlsbad. DAVID'S COUNCIL CONTRIBUTION WILL BE TOWARD: Continued balance of community services and growth measures. Fresh assessment and attention to needs of contemporary and traditional families of varied ages-concerning personal and social values, with acceptable living opportunities for everyone. Reasonable socioeconomic and lifestyle consideration before major decisions are concluded with long-lasting and costly commitments to more informative reporting to the citizens. CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council TRACY CARMICHAEL Businesswoman TRACY CARMICHAEL is what Carlsbad is all about. TRACY CARMICHAEL is one of the reasons Carlsbad is such a great place to live and raise a family. TRACY CARMICHAEL is a dedicated parent and wife, local businesswoman, longtime homeowner, and dedicated community volunteer. You may have already voted for Tracy twice before. TRACY CARMICHAEL served as President and member for the Board of the Carlsbad Unified School District. She was elected in 1994 and reelected in 1998. TRACY CARMICHAEL'S COMMUNITY SERVICE: Served as Member: Carlsbad Unified School District Fiscal Policy Team and Strategic Planning Team... Carlsbad Legislative Action Committee . . . League of Women Voters . . . Carlsbad Community Television Foundation . . . Graduate, Carlsbad Citizen's Academy. QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES: Public Safety: Tracy strongly supports Carlsbad's outstanding police officers, fire fighters and paramedics. . . . Growth Management: Growth is inevitable - unplanned growth is not. Tracy shares your concerns about the changes growth is creating. Existing neighborhood values must be protected and enhanced.... Public Education: Lead the successful school bond campaign for renovation and technology. Tracy will continue to insist that school facility construction will lead residential development. Carlsbad needs and deserves an innovative City Councilmember. Please vote for TRACY CARMICHAEL for Carlsbad City Council. CS-09AO-3 . N SD 167-020 CS-09AO-4 N SD 167-021 PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH - FULL TERM Member, Board of Directors MARCELO R. RIVERA Age: 54 Physician/Incumbent WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT: 1) Palomar-Pomerado Health District focuses on providing the highest quality healthcare for all. 2) The Palomar-Pomerado Hospital District will be the "health system of choice for patients, nurses, doctors and employees." 3) Palomar-Pomerado Health is "recognized nationally for outstanding clinical programs and access to comprehensive clinical services." 4) "Caring" is put back in Healthcare. MY BACKGROUND: Physician in our community for twenty-five years . . . Recognized by my colleagues as a leader; they elected me Chief of Staff of Pomerado Hospital . . . Four years of service on the Palomar-Pomerado Hospital Board .. . Chairperson, Hospital Finance Committee . . . Member of the Strategic Planning, Quality Management and Ad-hoc Nursing Committees . . . Thirteen years as a School Board Trustee . . . Married thirty-one years . . . Father of two. MY PLEDGE: I will maintain the fiscal solvency of the Palomar-Pomerado Hospital District and manage the taxpayers' money wisely. I will ensure that the Palomar-Pomerado Hospital District continues to improve and expand services, including Emergency Room, Trauma and Urgent Care services. I will work to form strong partnerships with Patients, Medical Staff, Nurses and Hospital Employees. Patients will have access to affordable, high quality healthcare, provided with dignity, compassion and privacy. I will be accountable and responsive to the community. Continue our momentum toward excellence! Re-elect Dr. MARCELO R. RIVIERA. mriv59@aol.com PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH - FULL TERM Member, Board of Directors MARY M. EVERT Age: 59 Management Consultant/Faculty I seek your vote to rejoin the PPH Board where I served as Chairperson during the major Palomar Hospital expansion and bond initiative in the 1980's. PPH then won Trauma Center designation and expanded services for community outreach, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation, chemical dependency treatment, and established the PPH Foundation. As Vice Chairperson, Association of California Hospital Districts, represented the District's interests statewide. While in Washington, D.C. from 1985-1997 served Reagan Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health, then as Director of a billion dollar low income return to work and energy assistance program. Also was President, American Occupational Therapy Association and Appointee, California State Independent Living Council. For last five years served on the PPH Foundation assisting growth of philanthropic support and regional Community Advocate Groups. Currently on two universities' faculty and providing strategic change consultation with organizations, including the healthcare sector. MBA in healthcare administration, two honorary doctorates (healthcare leadership). Penasquitos resident since 1977. Supports the PPH facility, emergency and community services bond initiative which will ensure safe, local, accessible, quality healthcare for our citizen's future needs. Advocate for excellent healthcare within fiscally responsible, adaptable delivery systems. Endorsed by Mayor Dick Murphy, Marilyn Dailey and Ken Lounsbery. PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH - FULL TERM Member, Board of Directors LINDA C. GREER Age: 51 Registered Nurse/Medical Office Administrator I would be privileged to serve the public as a Director of Palomar Pomarado Hospital. I am excited about the changes ahead for our hospital system. I would hope to bring a new approach to the views of the Board. I pride myself in the ability to read between the lines and focus on the important matters! I am very aggressive in achieving better medical services and care to North County citizens. I am first and foremost a PATIENT ADVOCATE. I understand the patient needs and the waste in government spending. I have been in the medical field for 31 years. I started as a Candystripper; then Nurse's Aide; then Registered Nurse working with hospital patients in the ICU. I am currently employed locally as a Registered Nurse and Medical Office Administrator. I want to see funds spent appropriately for needed services for the public, not for special interest groups. I am the Mother of nine children, a Registered Nurse and Medical Office Administrator. I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to serve the public in this Director position. PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH - FULL TERM Member, Board of Directors MICHAEL D. BERGER Incumbent/ER Physician I have spent my entire 33 year medical career in association with Palomar Pomerado Health, first as an ER Doctor at Palomar Medical Center for 29 years and then as a Trustee for the District the last 4 years. My qualifications include an intimate knowledge of the District, its hospitals, employees, nurses, administrators and medical staff. I look forward to applying my knowledge and experience to continued service to our community on the Board. I have two basic initiatives that I would like to continue to pursue if re-elected. The first is the continued upgrading of the quality of medical care at our hospitals and the second is the application of my experience in the delivery of health care through Telemedicine to even the most remote areas of our 800 square mile district. My goal is the assurance that the quality of care and the quality of our services are the finest in California. I believe that my experience and background make me uniquely able to pursue these goals and serve the communities in which we all live and work. CS-14PO-1 N SD 167-022 CS-14PO-2 N SD 167-023 PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH - FULL TERM Member, Board of Directors NANCY L. BASSETT Age: 66 Registered Nurse/Trustee, Palomar Pomerado Health As incumbent and the only Registered Nurse on the Palomar Pomerado Board of Directors, I represent patient care experience for the staff, the patients, and the community. With an MBA and 25 years in nursing, including 15 years as Patient Care Director and current employment in an Escondido medical office, I build on that experience for the future of our healthcare district. As chair of the Nursing Future Committee, I facilitated partnerships between PPH and California State University San Marcos and Palomar College to increase nursing programs in North County. Their expanded programs will graduate additional RNs to help alleviate the current nursing shortage. I also worked to foster professional relationships between physicians and nurses, collaborating on a mutually respectful approach to patient care. I am pleased and proud that my work in these areas prompted Palomar Pomerado Health to select me for the 2004 TWIN Award (Tribute to Women in Industry). I will continue to work in the next 4 years to ensure appropriate use of district financial and human resources, to facilitate appropriate recognition for all of our employees, and to ensure the continued high quality of care for which Palomar Pomerado Health has received National recognition. PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH - SHORT TERM Member, Board of Directors BRUCE G. KRIDER Age: 58 Appointed Incumbent/Hospital Consultant What's Important. Palomar Pomerado Health faces serious challenges in manpower shortages, rising technology costs, aged facilities and a shortage of space and beds to care for our fast growing population. We need experienced trustees with expertise. My Education: Bachelor's Degree: Sociology/Spanish; Masters Degree Hospital Administration from The George Washington University; Completed a Wharton School of Business Executive Strategic Planning Program. My Experience. I managed hospitals for twelve years in Michigan. I have been a hospital consultant since 1987 assisting hospitals and among them some of the best and largest U.S. hospital systems. I am considered an expert witness for hospital management by courts in multiple states. I have taught hospital management in multiple universities, lecture on hospitals internationally and in 1997 authored a book on healthcare financial valuation. I advised the state legislature and assisted the U.S. Congress by writing the language for the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1986 that resulted in saving many rural hospitals and preserving healthcare for many rural communities. My Pledge. I will use the best of my experience from 32 years of hospital management and consulting around the world to insure that our communities have the best, most cost-effective, accessible, affordable healthcare services. SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Proposition A (This proposition will appear on the ballot in the following form.) nn/\n A SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION H K (J r A IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. To relieve traffic conges-I iiwi rr tion, improve safety, and match state/federal funds by: Expanding I-5,1-8,1-15, SR 52, SR 54, SR 56, SR 67, SR 76, SR 78, SR 94, SR 125,1-805; Maintaining/improving local roads; Increasing transit for seniors and disabled persons; Expanding commuter express bus, trolley, Coaster services; Shall San Diego County voters continue the existing half-cent trans- portation sales tax (SDCRTC Ordinance 0401) for forty years, including creating an Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee to conduct yearly audits ensuring voter mandates are met? This proposition requires approval by two-thirds of the voters. Full text of this proposition follows the arguments. COUNTY COUNSEL IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) acting as the Regional Transportation Commission (Commission) has placed this measure on the ballot to extend the San Diego County Transportation Improvement Program and Expenditure Plan. This proposition would: 1. Authorize the Commission to continue to impose a transaction and use tax of Vz percent in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the County of San Diego for a period not to exceed forty years (commonly referred to as "TransNet"). The forty year term will not commence until the current tax expires in at the end of March 2008. 2. Authorize the Commission to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax to accelerate the construction of transportation facility improvements. Also establish an annual appropriation limit of $950 million for the Commission. 3. Require all revenues to be deposited into a special fund and limit the use of such revenues to improvements of transportation facilities and services and related environmental mitigation. No more than one percent of the total annual revenues available may be used for administrative expenses and no more than $250,000 per year will be used for the operation of an Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee. 4. Require that the revenues from TransNet be used to supplement existing public and private funding for transportation improvements. Further require that the revenues be combined with federal, state, local and private funding for transportation improvements. 5. With the exception of certain sections which require a vote of the electors of the County of San Diego to amend, the TransNet ordinance may only be amended with a favorable vote of at least two- thirds of the SANDAG Board of Directors using both the one vote per jurisdiction and the population- based weighted vote procedures. 6. Require revenues be used to fund specific projects and programs. The revenues will be allocated among highway, transit, and local street and road improvement projects. 7. Require establishment of the Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee (ITOC). The ITOC will develop recommendations for improvements to the financial integrity and performance of the TransNet program. 8. Require each city and the County to contribute $2,000 in exactions from the private sector, for each newly constructed residential housing unit (with exemptions for extremely low, very-low, low, and moderate income households) in that jurisdiction to the Regional Transportation Congestion Improvement Program as a condition tar eligibility to receive TransNet funds for projects within their jurisdiction. If 66 2/3% of all votes cast favor approval of Proposition A, the measure shall become effective on November 3,2004. The extension of th« TransNet tax authorized by the measure shall be operative on April 1,2008. Bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax may be issued at any time prior to, on or after April 1, 2008. The provisions of the measure relating to the allocation of revenues shall be operative on July 1,2008. CS-14PO-3 N 3D 167-024 PR-CWOM N SO 167-025 ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION A Vote YES on Proposition A to relieve traffic congestion and keep San Diego County moving - without raising taxes! Proposition A renews the existing local half-cent sales tax that has helped finance every major highway, transit improvement and street repair in San Diego County since 1987. Vote YES to improve traffic flow and interchanges on every freeway in San Diego County - Interstates 5, 8,15, and 805 and State Routes 52, 54, 56, 67, 76, 78, 94,125, and 905. Vote YES to help ensure gridlock doesn't delay police, firefighter and ambulance response to emergencies. Vote YES to repair potholes and improve roads in every corner of San Diego County. Vote YES to provide special transit services for seniors and persons with disabilities. Vote YES to widen our freeways where possible for carpools and express buses. Your YES vote on Proposition A safeguards your tax dollars. • Accountability ... An independent citizen oversight committee will hold elected officials accountable for spending your transportation tax dollars efficiently and will review financial audits annually to ensure voter mandates are met. • Reliability . . . Government agencies are prohibited from using Proposition A dollars for anything except local congestion relief and transportation improvements. • Efficiency... The revenue will go to roads, not overhead. In fact, no more than 1 % of your tax dollars will go for administration. Proposition A guarantees transportation dollars raised in San Diego stay in San Diego. Without Proposition A, congestion relief will be delayed for decades. We can't count on state and federal highway funds any longer. Many projects won't be built without Proposition A. The Auto Club (AAA),theSan Diego County Taxpayers Association, the League of Women Voters, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, environmentalists, neighborhood groups and thousands of your neighbors agree: Vote YES on Proposition A. To see Proposition A improvements in your community, go to www.sdcongestionrelief.com. Vote YES on Proposition A. THOMAS McKERNAN President & CEO Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA) GRACE L. RODS Transportation Director League of Women Voters of San Diego County LISA BRIGGS Executive Director San Diego County Taxpayers Association KEVIN CRAWFORD President, San Diego County Fire Chiefs Association REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION A Prop. A is a flawed measure and an expensive 40-year gamble using $14 billion of your tax dollars. Prop. A is dishonest and deceptive Supporters claim that their measure will reduce gridlock and improve response time for emergencies. Regardless of what you are told in slick campaign mailers, the dirty little secret is that freeway and road projects listed in the measure can be changed or ignored. Prop. A is a blank check for bureaucrats Despite claims by proponents, Proposition A is nothing more than a taxpayer-subsidized blank check. With few exceptions, everything in the measure can be changed after the election by a vote of 19 political appointees who meet monthly in a downtown office building. Millions for operations, not new projects Of the money that is proposed to be spent on mass transit projects, 72% is to be spent on operations and not badly-needed capital improvement projects. So-Called "Independent Oversight Committee" Despite a voter-friendly name, the proposed "oversight committee" is nothing but an insiders' club representing industries that benefit financially from construction projects funded by Proposition A. With no citizen representation and costs listed as "estimates" you cannot be assured your taxes will be spent appropriately. There is a better way Your Prop. A tax dollars should be spent where the problems exist today - on our roads and highways - not on operations and pork-barrel projects. You deserve a much better plan. Vote No on this $14 billion boondoggle! Vote No on Prop. A www.traffictax.org DIANNE JACOB Chairwoman San Diego County Board of Supervisor PAM SLATER-PRICE Vice-Chairwoman San Diego County Board of Supervisors ROGER HEOGECOCK KOGO Radio Talk Host DANIEL L. SULLIVAN, Ph.D. Executive Vice President, Qualcomm Incorporated Chairman, San Diegans for Congestion Relief PR-CW01-2 N SO 167-026 PR-CW01-3 N SD 167-027 ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION A REJECT THIS 40-YEAR TAX - A MUCH BETTER PLAN IS IN THE WORKS Prop A is a clunker proposal that won't solve traffic congestion. Look around. Why reward failure? Why the rush? The current tax doesn't expire until 2008. There's plenty of time to do it right. VOTE NO ON BILLIONS FOR BOONDOGGLES Proponents promise congestion relief, smarter growth, better transit and taxpayer safeguards. You've heard this before. Over the past 20 years their plan hasn't kept up with growth. Traffic has gotten worse. San Diegans deserve a better plan - and results - not more of the same. DEVELOPERS SKATE - WHILE CONSUMERS PAY Prop A is unfair. It asks consumers to pay sales taxes toward "our fair share." But billion-dollar exemptions for developers are included. Developers will continue to build projects and stick us with the traffic. To build an effective transportation system, developers must pay their fair share too! PROMISES MADE - FINE PRINT GIVES WIGGLE ROOM Prop A promises what pollsters say you want to hear - not what will be delivered. There are no cost controls and projects can be changed. The 'Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee" consists of special interests only without citizen representation. The promised environmental protections are weak and unenforceable. Growth will continue to overwhelm us with traffic. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES - WASTED TAXPAYER DOLLARS Over the 40 years you will pay this sales tax, they estimate half-a-billion dollars - or more - can be diverted away from badly needed projects to pay debt. BILLIONS SPENT-TRAFFIC GETS WORSE Say No to more of the same. Say No to this flawed 40-year tax. Prop A is opposed by: San Diego: - County Board of Supervisors, - City Councilmember Donna Frye, - Sierra Club, Audubon, Baykeeper, Surfrider Foundation GET THE FACTS WWW.TRAFFICTAX.ORG Vote No on Prop A CAROLYN CHASE Planning Commissioner City of San Diego JERRY HARMON Traffic Relief Is Possible (TRIP) MARCO A. GONZALEZ Attorney, Surfrider Foundation RICHARD MILLER Chapter Chair, San Diego Sierra Club REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION A Proposition A opponents really don't want to solve San Diego County's #1 problem - traffic congestion. Their single-issue political agenda will leave the rest of us sitting In gridlock for years to come. These narrow-minded extremists oppose proven ways to relieve congestion. They want to force more of us to rely on an unproven system of buses designed by an academic theorist. Proposition A builds upon 16 years of success in helping make San Diego County a great place to live - without increasing taxes. It's a balanced plan for badly needed transportation improvements. That's why it's endorsed by the League of Women Voters of San Diego County and the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation. Proposition A will create a road, highway and transit system that will reduce congestion and enable our public safety services to better respond to emergencies. That's why it's supported by police and fire chiefs. Vote YES to require unprecedented environmental considerations in a transportation measure, including habitat protection, mitigation of construction impacts, and contributions from developers. That's why environmental groups including The Nature Conservancy, the Buena Vista Audubon Society, the Endangered Habitats League. The Trust for Public Land and many others support Proposition A. Vote YES to require unprecedented taxpayer protection in a transportation measure, including regular audits and an independent oversight committee. That's why the San Diego County Taxpayers Association and the San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce support Proposition A. Vote YES to spend more time at home with your family, not fuming in stalled traffic. Vote YES on Proposition A. WILLIAM M. LANSDOWNE Chief San Diego Police Department DAN SILVER, M.D. Executive Director Endangered Habitats Leagie GREG COX Supervisor County of San Diego ANDREW MAURO Conservation Chair Buena Vista Audubon Society CECELIA CAZARES Chair, Legislative Committee San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce DIANE COOMBS Taxpayers for Better Transportation Planning PR-CW01-4 N SD 167-028 PR-CW01-5 N SD 167-029 TransNet Extension ORDINANCE AND EXPENDITURE PLAN Commission Ordinance 04-01 The San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission ordains as follows: SECTION 1. TITLE: This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the San Diego Transportation Improvement Program Ordinance and Expenditure Plan (Commission Ordinance 04-01), hereinafter referred to as the Ordinance. This Ordinance provides for an extension of the retail transactions and use tax implemented by the initial San Diego Transportation Improvement Program Ordinance (Commission Ordinance 87-1 - Proposition A, 1987) for a forty year period commencing on April 1,2008. The Expenditure Plan for this extension is set forth in Sections 2 and 4 herein and is an expansion of the Expenditure Plan contained in Commission Ordinance 87-1. SECTION 2. EXPENDITURE PLAN SUMMARY: This Ordinance provides for the implementation of the San Diego Transportation Improvement Program, which will result in countywide transportation facility and service improvements for highways, rail transit services, new bus rapid transit services, local bus services, senior and disabled transportation services, local streets and roads, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, transportation-related community infrastructure to support smart growth development, and related environmental mitigation and enhancement projects. These needed improvements shall be funded by the continuation of the one-half of one percent transactions and use tax for a period of forty years. The revenues shall be deposited in a special fund and used solely for the identified improvements. The specific projects and programs to be funded shall be further described in the document titled "TransNet Extension Expenditure Plan Analysis", which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. Any ancillary proceeds resulting from the implementation of the San Diego Transportation Improvement Program shall be used for transportation improvement projects in the San Diego region. A summary of the major projects and programs, including the major highway and transit improvements depicted on Figure 1, is provided in the following sections. All dollar references in this Ordinance are in 2002 dollars. A. Congestion Relief Program - Major Transportation Corridor Improvements: 1. Highway and transit capital projects: Of the total funds available, an estimated $5,150 million will be used to match an estimated $4,795 million in federal, state, local and other revenues to complete the projects listed below (see Figure 1). The total costs include an estimated $500 million in financing costs related to bonds to be issued to accelerate the implementation of the major Congestion Relief projects identified in this section. The costs shown include the total estimated implementation costs of each project net of habitat- related environmental mitigation costs for those transportation projects, which are funded under Section 2(D). Three of the highway projects listed below (SR 67, SR 76, and a portion of SR 94) are described as including environmental enhancements, as further described in the dpcument titled "Environmental Enhancement Criteria Mitigating Highway 67, 76 and 94 Expansion Impacts", which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. Local street and road projects, bicycle and pedestrian improvements, and other projects not shewn. *c \ Escondido Figure 1 TRANSNET EXTENSION Major Highway and Transit Improvements • • • • Transit I I I I I Highways with Environmental Enhancements Q Border Access ^^ Improvements MILES 0 3 I > 1 1—0 4.83KILOMETERS .AN PR-CW01-6 N SD 167-030 PR-CW01-7 N SD 167-031 a. Highway Capital Improvements (including managed lane/high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane additions and general purpose lane additions) - $6,760 million: 1. Interstate 5 South: Add two HOV lanes from I-8 to SR 905 - $722 million. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Interstate 5 Mid-Coast: Add two HOV lanes from I-8 to I-805, including funding for environmental work and preliminary engineering for improvements at the I-5/I-8 interchange - $192 million. Interstate 5 North: Add four managed lanes from I-805 to Vandegrift Boulevard in Oceanside, including HOV to HOV connectors at the I-5/I-805 interchange and freeway connectors at the I-5/SR 56 and I-5/SR 78 interchanges - $1,234 million. Interstate 8: Add two general purpose lanes from Second Street to Los Coches Road - $29 million. Interstate 15: Add four managed lanes from SR 78 to Centre City Parkway in Escondido and from SR 56 to SR 163 and add two HOV lanes from SR 163 to SR 94, including HOV to HOV connectors at the 1-15/SR 78 and 1-15/SR 94 interchanges - $882 million. Interstate 805: Add four managed lanes from I-5 to SR 54 and two reversible HOV lanes from SR 54 to SR 905, including HOV to HOV connectors at the I-805/SR 52 interchange and improvements at the I-805/SR 54 interchange - $1,371 million. SR 54/SR 125: Add two lanes to provide a continuous facility with three general purpose lanes and one HOV lane in each direction - $139 million. 8. SR 56: Add one general purpose lane in each direction from I-5 to 1-15 - $99 million. 9. SR 52: Construct four-lane freeway from SR 125 to SR 67, add two general purpose lanes and two reversible managed lanes from 1-15 to SR 125, and add two HOV lanes from I-805 to 1-15 - $476 million. 10. SR 67: Expand to a continuous four-lane facility, including environmental enhancements, from Mapleview Street to Dye Road - $218 million. 11. SR 75/SR 282: Provide matching funds for construction purposes only for a tunnel from Glorietta Boulevard to Alameda Boulevard - $25 million. 12. SR 76: Add two general purposes lanes from Melrose Drive to 1-15, including environmental enhancements from Mission Road to 1-15 - $164 million. 13. SR 78: Add two HOV lanes from I-5 to 1-15 - $495 million. 14. SR 94/SR 125: Add two HOV lanes from I-5 to I-8, including freeway connectors at the SR94/SR 125 interchange - $601 million. 15. SR 94: Widen to six lanes from SR 125 to Avocado Boulevard and expand to a continuous four-lane facility from Avocado Boulevard to Steele Canyon Road, including environmental enhancements from Jamacha Road to Steele Canyon Road - $88 million. 16. Border Access Improvements: Provide matching construction funds for access improvements in the international border area - $25 million. b. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Rail Transit Capital Improvements - $2,685 million: 1. BRT service from Escondido to Downtown San Diego using the 1-15/SR 94 managed/HOV facilities, including new and improved stations and direct access ramps - $369 million. 2. BRT service from Escondido to Sorrento Mesa using the managed lane facility on 1-15-$60 million. 3. 4. 5. PR-CW01-8 BRT service from Otay Mesa to Downtown San Diego using I-805/SR 94 managed/ HOV lane facilities, including new stations and direct access ramps - $497 million. BRT service from San Ysidro to Sorrento Mesa using the managed/HOV lane facilities on 1-805/1-15/SR 52 including station improvements - $70 million. Blue Line Light Rail Transit improvements including station enhancements, signal upgrades, conversion to low-floor vehicles and grade separations in Chula Vista - $268 million. N SO 167-032 6. Mid-Coast Transit Guideway Improvement Project using light rah technology to provide high-level transit service along the I-5 corridor from the Old Town area to the U.C. San Diego/University Towne Center area, would rely in part on federal funding. Absent federal funding, then bus technology may be considered for the high level service planned for this corridor - $660 million. 7. Super Loop providing high quality connections to locations in the greater U. C. San Diego/University Towne Center area, including arterial improvements with bus priority treatments, stations and vehicles - $30 million. 8. North I-5 Corridor Coaster/BRT service providing high quality north-south transit service improvements by upgrading the Coaster commuter rail tracks and stations, providing BRT service in the El Camino Real corridor, or a combination of the two - $376 million. 9. Orange Line Light Rail Transit Improvements including station enhancements, signal upgrades and conversion to low-floor vehicles - $69 million. 10. SR 78 Corridor Sprinter/BRT service providing high-quality east-west transit service improvements by upgrading and extending the Sprinter rail line, providing BRT service along the Palomar Airport Road corridor, or a combination of the two - $197 million. 11. BRT service from San Diego State University to Downtown San Diego along the El Cajon Boulevard/Park Boulevard corridor with arterial improvements with bus priority treatments, stations and vehicles - $89 million. 2. Operating Support for the BRT and Rail Transit Capital Improvements: Of the total funds available, an estimated $1,100 million will be used to operate and maintain the services described under Section 2(A)(1)(b). 3. Environmental Mitigation: An estimated $600 million, including $450 million for direct mitigation costs and $150 million for economic benefit, will be used to fund the habitat- related mitigation costs of the major highway and transit projects identified in the Regional Transportation Plan as part of the Environmental Mitigation Program described in Section 2(D). B. Congestion Relief Program - Transit System Service Improvements and Related Programs: An estimated $2,240 million will be used to provide ongoing support for the reduced-price monthly transit programs for seniors, persons with disabilities, and students and for the continuation and expansion of rail, express bus, local bus, community shuttles, and dial-a-ride sen/ices, including specialized services for seniors and persons with disabilities, and related capital improvements. C. Congestion Relief Program - Local System Improvements and Related Programs: An estimated total of $4,480 million will be allocated to local programs in the following three categories: 1. Local Street and Road Program: An estimated $3,950 million will be allocated on a fair and equitable basis, using the formula specified in Section 4(D)(1), to each city and the County of San Diego (hereinafter referred to as local agencies) to supplement other revenues available for local street and road improvements. In developing the biennial list of projects to be funded with these revenues as required under Section 5(A), local agencies shall give high priority in the use of these funds to improvements to regional arterials, grade separation projects, and related facilities contributing to congestion relief. At least 70% of the revenues provided for local street and road purposes should be used to fund direct expenditures for construction of new or expanded facilities, major rehabilitation and reconstruction of roadways, traffic signal coordination and related traffic operations improvements, transportation-related community infrastructure improvements to support smart growth development, capital improvements needed to facilitate transit services and facilities, and operating support for local shuttle and circulator routes and other services. No more than 30% of these funds should be used for local street and road maintenance purposes. A local agency desiring to spend more than 30% of its annual revenues on local street and road maintenance-related projects shall provide justification to the Commission as part of its biainial project list submittal. The Commission shall review each local agency's biennial project list submittal and make a finding of consistency with the PR-CW01-9 N SD 167-033 provisions of this Ordinance and with the Regional Transportation Plan prior to approving the local agency's project list for funding. The Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee shall also review the proposed project lists and make recommendations to the Commission. 2. Environmental Mitigation: An estimated $250 million, including $200 million for direct mitigation costs and $50 million for economic benefit, will be used to fund the habitat- related mitigation costs of local transportation projects consistent with the Regional Transportation Plan as part of the Environmental Mitigation Program described in Section 2(D). 3. Smart Growth Incentive Program: An estimated $280 million will be allocated to the Smart Growth Incentive Program to provide funding for a broad array of transportation-related infrastructure improvements that will assist local agencies in better integrating transportation and land use, such as enhancements to streets and public places, funding of infrastructure needed to support development in smart growth opportunity areas consistent with the Regional Comprehensive Plan, and community planning efforts related to smart growth and improved land use/transportation coordination. These funds shall be allocated on a regional competitive grant basis. It is intended that these funds be used to match federal, state, local, and private funding to maximize the number of improvements to be implemented. The Commission shall establish specific project eligibility criteria for this program. D. Transportation Project Environmental Mitigation: An estimated $850 million will be used to fund habitat-related environmental mitigation activities required in the implementation of the major highway, transit and regional arterial and local street and road improvements identified in the Regional Transportation Plan. Of this total, an estimated $250 million is related to mitigation requirements for local transportation projects and an estimated $600 million is related to mitigation requirements for the major highway and transit projects identified in the Regional Transportation Plan. The intent is to establish a program to provide for large-scale acquisition and management of critical habitat areas and to create a reliable approach for funding required mitigation for future transportation improvements thereby reducing future costs and accelerating project delivery. This approach would be implemented by obtaining coverage for transportation projects through existing and proposed multiple species conservation plans. If this approach cannot be fully implemented, then these funds shall be used for environmental mitigation purposes on a project by project basis. Additional detail regarding this program is described in the documents titled "TransNet Extension Environmental Mitigation Program Principles" and "Environmental Enhancement Criteria Mitigating Highway 67, 76, and 94 Expansion Impacts", which are hereby incorporated • by reference as if fully set forth herein. E. Bicycle, Pedestrian and Neighborhood Safety Program: A total of two percent of the total annual revenues available (an estimated $280 million) will be allocated to the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Neighborhood Safety Program to provide funding for bikeway facilities and connectivity improvements, pedestrian and walkable community projects, bicycle and pedestrian safety projects and programs, and traffic calming projects. These funds shall be allocated on a regional competitive grant basis. It is intended that these funds be used to match federal, state, local, and private funding to maximize the "number of improvements to be implemented. The Commission shall establish specific project eligibility criteria for this program. F. Administration and Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee: Up to one percent of the total annual revenues available will be used for administrative expenses and up to $250,000 per year will be used for the operation of an Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee. SECTION 3. IMPOSITION OF TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX: In addition to any other taxes authorized by law, there is hereby imposed in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the County of San Diego, in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and Division 12.7 of the Public Utilities Code commencing with Code Section 132000, an extension of the existing transactions and use tax at the rate of one-half of one percent (1/2%) commencing April 1, 2008, for a period of forty years, in addition to any existing or future authorized state or local transactions and use tax. If, during this time period, additional state or federal funds become available which would fund the projects and services contained in the Regional Transportation Plan, then the tax may be reduced by action of the Commission. SECTION 4. EXPENDITURE PLAN PURPOSES: The revenues received by the Commission from the existing measure as extended by this measure, after deduction of required Board of Equalization costs for performing the functions specified in Section 132304(b) of the Public Utilities Code, shall be used to improve transportation facilities and services countywide as set forth in the Expenditure Plan and in a manner consistent with the long-range Regional Transportation Plan and the short-range, multi-year Regional Transportation Improvement Program, and for the administration of the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") commencing with Public Utilities Code Section 132000. Commencing July 1, 2008, after the deduction of administrative expenses, Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee expenses, and funding for the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Neighborhood Safety Program as described in Sections 2(E), 2(F), 11 and 12, the remaining annual revenues shall be allocated as follows: A. Forty-two and four-tenths percent for the major highway and transit Congestion Relief projects specified in Section 2(A)(1), including four and four-tenths percent for the habitat-related mitigation costs of the major highway and transit projects as described in Section 2(A)(3) to be used to fund a portion of the Environmental Mitigation Program described in Section 2(D). B. Eight and one-tenth percent for operation of the specific transit Congestion Relief projects as described in Section 2(A)(2). This funding is for the operation of new or expanded services only and is not available for the operation of services in existence prior to the effective date of this Ordinance. C. Sixteen and one-half percent for the transit programs described in Section 2(B). The revenues made available annually for transit purposes shall be allocated and expended pursuant to the following distribution formula and priorities: 1. Two and one-half percent of the funds made available under Section 4(C) shall be used to support improved transportation services for seniors and disabled persons. These funds shall be used to support specialized paratransit services required by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 2. Three and one-fourth percent of the funds made available under Section 4(C) shall be used to support a competitive grant program for nonprofit organizations and local agencies. The funds shall be used to provide specialized transportation services for seniors focusing on innovative and cost-effective approaches to providing improved senior transportation, including, but not limited to, shared group services, special shuttle services using volunteer forces, and brokerage of multi-jurisdictional transportation services. 3. From the remaining revenues, there shall be expended such sums as necessary to guarantee in the North San Diego County Transit Development Board and Metropolitan Transit Development Board areas of jurisdiction for the duration of the measure (1) a monthly regional transit pass for senior (60 years or older) and disabled riders priced at not more than 25 percent of the cost of the regular regional monthly transit pass, and (2) a monthly regional youth transit pass for students (18 years or under) priced at not more than 50 percent of the cost of the regular regional monthly transit pass. 4. Remaining revenues shall be allocated for transit service improvements, including operations and supporting capital improvements. The revenues shall be allocated through the annual transit operator budget process and the improvements to be funded shall be consistent with the Short Range Transit Plan. 5. To maintain eligibility for the receipt of funds under Section 4{C), a transit operator must limit the increase in its total operating cost per revenue vehicle hour for bus services or the increase in its total operating cost per revenue vehicle mile for rail services from one fiscal year to the next to no more than the increase in the Consumer Price Index for San Diego County over the same period. If the requirement is not achieved, the operator may not receive any additional funding under Section 4(C) in the following year above the amount received in the previous fiscal year adjusted for any increase in the Consumer Price Index for San Diego County. If there were unusual circumstances in a given fiscal year, the operator may request the approval of the Commission to calculate the requirement as an average over the previous three fiscal years. The operator may also request the approval of the Commission to exclude from tie calculation certain cost increases that were due to external events entirely beyond the operator's control, including, but not limited to, increases in the costs for fuel, insurance premiums, or new state or federal mandates. PR-CW01-10 N SD 167-034 PR-CW01-11 N SD 167-035 D. Thirty-three percent for the Local Programs described in Section 2(C) in the following three categories: 1. Twenty-nine and one-tenth percent for the local street and road program described in Section 2(C)(1). The revenues available for the local street and road program shall be allocated and expended pursuant to the following distribution formula: a. Each local agency shall receive an annual base sum of $50,000. b. The remaining revenues after the base sum distribution shall be distributed to each local agency on the following basis: 1. Two-thirds based on total population using the most recent Department of Finance population estimates. 2. One-third based on maintained street and road mileage. c. For the purposes of Section 4D(1)(a) and (b), any new incorporations or annexations which take place after July 1 of any fiscal year shall be incorporated into the formula beginning with the subsequent fiscal .year. The San Diego Association of Governments population estimates of such new incorporations or annexations shall be used until such time as Department of Finance population estimates are available. 2. One and eight-tenths percent for the habitat-related mitigation costs of local transportation projects described in Section 2(C)(2) to be used to fund a portion of the Environmental Mitigation Program described in Section 2(D). 3. Two and one-tenth percent for the Smart Growth Incentive Program described in Section 2(C)(3). E. General Provisions: 1. In implementing the projects funded under Section 4(A), priority shall be given to projects included in the Expenditure Plan for Proposition A as passed by the voters in 1987 that remain uncompleted, such as the eastern ends of the SR 52 and SR 76 highway improvement projects and the Mid-Coast light rail transit project. The Commission shall ensure that sufficient funding or bonding capacity remain available to implement such projects as expeditiously as possible once the environmental clearance for these projects is obtained and needed state and federal matching funds are committed. 2. Once any state highway facility or usable portion thereof is constructed to at least minimum acceptable state standards, the state shall be responsible for the maintenance and operation thereof. 3. All new projects, or major reconstruction projects, funded by revenues provided under this Ordinance shall accommodate travel by pedestrians and bicyclists, except where pedestrians and bicyclists are prohibited by law from using a given facility or where the costs of including bikeways and walkways would be excessively disproportionate to the need or probable use. Such facilities for pedestrian and bicycle use shall be designed to the best currently available standards and guidelines. 4. All state highway improvements to be funded with revenues as provided in this measure, including project development and overall project management, shall be a joint responsibility of Caltrans and the Commission. All major project approval actions including the project concept, the project location, and any subsequent change in project scope shall be jointly agreed upon by Caltrans and the Commission and, where appropriate, by the Federal Highway Administration and/or the California Transportation Commission. SECTION 5. EXPENDITURE PLAN PROCEDURES: A. Each local agency shall biennially develop a five-year list of projects to be funded with revenues made available for local street and road improvements under Section 4(D). A local public hearing on the proposed list of projects shall be held by each local agency prior to submitting its project list to the Commission for approval pursuant to Section 6. B. All projects to be funded with revenues made available under Section 4 must be consistent with the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). Project priorities or phasing shall also be consistent with the RTP. The Expenditure Plan shall be reviewed for consistency with RTP following each major update of the RTP as required by state or federal law. The Expenditure Plan shall be amended as necessary to maintain consistency with the Regional Transportation Plan. If funds PR-CW01-12 N SO 167-036 become available in excess of the amount allocated in the Expenditure Plan, additional projects shall be added to the Expenditure Plan consistent with the priorities in the Regional ' Transportation Plan. Any amendments to the Expenditure Plan shall be made in accordance with the procedures for amending this ordinance as provided for in Section 16. C. In the allocation of all revenues made available under Section 4, the Commission shall make every effort to maximize state and federal transportation funding to the region. The Commission may amend the Expenditure Plan, in accordance with Section 16, as needed to maximize the transportation funding to the San Diego region. SECTION 6. PROJECT PROGRAMMING APPROVAL: The Commission shall biennially approve a five-year project list and a biennial program of projects to be funded during the succeeding two fiscal years with the revenues made available under Section 4 herein. The program of projects will be prepared as a part of the Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) process as required by state and federal law. A public hearing will be held prior to approval of the program of projects. The Commission may amend the program of projects as necessary in accordance with the RTIP amendment procedures. Projects shall not be funded with the revenues made available under Section 4 unless the projects are in the approved program of projects. SECTION 7. COOPERATIVE FUND AGREEMENTS: Except as provided for herein, the distribution of funds as set forth in Section 4 shall be met over the duration of the measure. To maximize the effective use of funds, revenues may be transferred or exchanged under the following circumstances: A. The Commission, or agencies receiving funds by annual or multi-year agreement, may exchange or loan funds provided that the percentage of funds allocated for each purpose as provided in Section 4 is maintained over the duration of the measure and reviewed as part each 10-year comprehensive program review as described in Section 17. All proposed exchanges, including agreements between agencies to exchange or loan funds, must include detailed fund repayment provisions, including appropriate interest earnings such that the Commission suffers no loss of funds as a result of the exchange or loan. All exchanges must be approved by the Commission and shall be consistent with any and all rules approved by the Commission relating thereto. B. The Commission may exchange revenues for federal, state, or other local funds allocated or granted to any public agency within or outside the area of jurisdiction of the Commission to maximize effectiveness in the use of revenues. Such federal, state, or local funds shall be distributed in the same manner as the revenues from the measure. SECTION 8. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT: It is the intent of the Legislature, as stated in the Act, and the Commission that revenues provided from this measure be used to augment, not supplant existing local revenues being used for the purposes set forth in Section 4 herein. Each local agency receiving revenues pursuant to Section 4(D) shall annually maintain as a minimum the same level of local discretionary funds expended for street and road purposes on average over the last three fiscal years completed prior to the operative date of this Ordinance (Fiscal Years 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03), as was reported in the State Controller's Annual Report of Financial Transactions for Streets and Roads and as verified by an independent auditor. The maintenance of effort level as determined through this process shall be subject to adjustment every three years based on the Construction Cost Index developed by Caltrans. Any increase in the maintenance of effort level based on this adjustment shall not exceed the growth rate in the local jurisdiction's General Fund revenues over the same time period. The Commission shall not allocate any revenues pursuant to Section 4(D) to any eligible local agency in any fiscal year until that local agency has certified to the Commission that it will include in its budget for that fiscal year an amount of local discretionary funding for streets and roads purposes at least equal to the minimum maintenance of effort requirement. An annual independent audit shall be conducted to verify that the maintenance of effort requirement for each agency was met. Any local agency which does not meet its maintenance of effort requirement in any given year shall have its funding under Section 4(D) (1) reduced in the following year by the amount by which the agency did not meet its required maintenance of effort level. In the event that special circumstances prevent a local agency from meeting its maintenance of effort requirement, the local agency may request up to three additional fiscal years to fulfill its requirement. Such a request must be approved by the Commission. The Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee shall also review such requests and make recommendations to the Commission. Any local street and road revenues not allocated pursuant to the maintenance of effort requirement shall be redistributed to the remaining eligible agencies PR-CW01-13 N SD 167-037 according to the formula described in Section 4(D)(1). The maintenance of effort requirement also shall apply to any local agency discretionary funds being used for the other purposes specified under Section 4. In addition, revenues provided from this Ordinance shall not be used to replace other private developer funding that has been or will be committed for any project. SECTION 9. REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (RTCIP): A. New Development Exactions Starting on July 1, 2008, each local agency in the San Diego region shall contribute $2,000 in exactions from the private sector, for each newly constructed residential housing unit in that jurisdiction to the RTCIP. These exactions shall ensure future development contributes its proportional share of the funding needed to pay for the Regional Arterial System and related regional transportation facility improvements, as defined in San Diego Association of Governments' (SANDAG's) most recent, adopted Regional Transportation Plan. New residential housing units constructed for extremely low, very-low, low, and moderate income households, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Sections 50105, 50106, 50079.5 and 50093, will be exempted from the $2,000 per unit contribution requirement. The amount of contribution shall be increased annually, in an amount not to exceed the percentage increase set forth in the Engineering Construction Cost Index published by the Engineering News Record or similar cost of construction index. Each local agency shall establish an impact fee or other-revenue Funding Program by which it collects and funds its contribution to the RTCIP. Each local agency shall be responsible for establishing a procedure for providing its monetary contribution to the RTCIP. The RTCIP revenue will be used to construct improvements on the Regional Arterial System such as new or widened arterials, traffic signal coordination and other traffic improvements, freeway interchange and related freeway improvements, railroad grade separations, and improvements required for regional express bus and rail transit. This action is predicated on the desire to establish a uniform mitigation program that will mitigate the regional transportation impacts of new development on the Arterial system. While the RTCIP cannot and should not fund all necessary regional transportation network components and improvements, the RTCIP will establish a new revenue source that ensures future development will contribute its pro rata share towards addressing the impacts of new growth on regional transportation infrastructure. B. Oversight, Audit and Funding Allocations The Regional Transportation Congestion Improvement Program (RTCIP) shall be overseen by SANDAG and implemented by each local agency, with the objective of developing a consolidated mitigation program for the San Diego region as a funding source for the Regional Arterial System. The RTCIP and each local agency's Funding Program shall be subject to an annual review and audit to be carried out by the SANDAG and the Independent Taxpayers Oversight Committee, as defined in Section 11 of this Ordinance. Any local agency that does not provide its full monetary contribution required by Section 9(A) in a given fiscal year will not be eligible to receive funding for local streets and roads under section 4(D)(1) of the TransNet Ordinance for the immediately following fiscal year. Any funding not allocated under 4(D)(1) as a result of this requirement shall be reallocated to the remaining local agencies that are in compliance with this Section. C. Implementation of the Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTCIP) Provisions for implementation of the RTCIP are described in the document titled "TransNet Extension Regional Transportation Congestion Improvement Program," which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. SECTION 10. BONDING AUTHORITY: Upon voter approval of the ballot proposition to approve the extension of the tax and the issuance of bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax, bonds may be issued by the Commission pursuant to Division 12.7 of the Public Utilities Code, at any time, and from time to time, payable from the proceeds of the existing tax and its extension and secured by a pledge of revenues from the proceeds of the tax, in order to finance and refinance improvements authorized by Ordinance 87-1 and this Ordinance. The Commission, in allocating the annual revenues from the measure, shall meet all debt service requirements prior to allocating funds for other projects. SECTION 11. INDEPENDENT TAXPAYER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: An Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee (ITOC) shall be established to provide an enhanced level of accountability for expenditure made under the Expenditure Plan. The ITOC will help to ensure that all voter mandates are carried out as required and will develop recommendations for improvements to the PR-CW01-14 N SD 167-038 financial integrity and performance of the program. The roles and responsibilities of the ITOC, the selection process for ITOC members, and related administrative procedures shall be carried out in substantially the same manner as further described in the document titled "Statement of Understanding Regarding the Implementation of the Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee for the TransNet Program," which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. Up to $250,000 per year, with adjustments for inflation based on the Consumer Price Index for San Diego County, may be expended for activities related to the ITOC. SECTION 12. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES: Revenues may be expended by the Commission for staff salaries, wages, benefits, and overhead and for those services, including contractual services, necessary to administer the Act; however, in no case shall such expenditures exceed one percent of the annual revenues provided by the measure. Any funds not utilized in a given fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. Costs of performing or contracting for project related work shall be paid from the revenues allocated to the appropriate purpose as set forth in Section 4 herein. An annual independent audit shall be conducted through the Independent Taxpayers Oversight Committee to assure that the revenues expended by the Commission under this section are necessary and reasonable in carrying out its responsibilities under the Act. SECTION 13: ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE ACCOUNTS: Each agency receiving funds pursuant to Section 4 shall have its funds deposited in a separate Transportation Improvement Account. Interest earned on funds allocated pursuant to this Ordinance shall be expended only for those purposes for which the funds were allocated. SECTION 14. IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCES: Upon approval of this measure by the voters, the Commission shall, in addition to the local rules required to be provided pursuant to this ordinance, adopt implementing ordinances, rules, and policies and take such other actions as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out its responsibilities. SECTION 15. EFFECTIVE AND OPERATIVE DATES: This Ordinance shall be effective on November 3, 2004, if one of the following events occurs: 1) two-thirds of the electors voting on the ballot proposition approving the ordinance vote to approve the ballot proposition on November 2, 2004; or 2) a law is passed on or before November 2,2004 that lowers the voter approval threshold applicable to this Ordinance and the number of electors voting in favor of this Ordinance meets that threshold. The extension of the tax authorized by Section 3 of this Ordinance shall be operative on April 1, 2008. Bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax may be issued at any time prior to, on or after April 1, 2008. The provisions of Section 4 of this Ordinance, relating to the allocation of revenues, shall be operative on July 1, 2008. SECTION 16. AMENDMENTS: With the exception of Sections 2(D), 3, 4(E)(1), 8, 9, and 11 which require a vote of the electors of the County of San Diego to amend, this ordinance may be amended to further its purposes by ordinance, passed by roll call vote entered in the minutes, with two-thirds of the Commission concurring consistent with the Commission's standard voting mechanism. Separate documents incorporated by reference in the Ordinance in Sections 2,9, and 11 also may be amended with a two-thirds vote of the Commission. SECTION 17. TEN-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM REVIEW: The Commission shall conduct a comprehensive review of all projects and programs implemented under the Expenditure Plan to evaluate the performance of the overall program over the previous ten years and to make revisions to the Expenditure Plan to improve its performance over the subsequent ten years. Such comprehensive program reviews shall be conducted in Fiscal Years 2019, 2029 and 2039. Revisions to the Ordinance and Expenditure Plan required as a result of the ten-year review shall be subject to the amendment process in Section 16. SECTION 18. DE3GNATION OF FACILITIES: Each project or program in excess of $250,000 funded in whole or h part by revenues from this Ordinance shall be clearly designated during its construction or implementation as being provided by revenues from this Ordinance. SECTION 19. SEVERABILITY: If any section, subsection, part, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held unenforceable or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, that holding shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining funds or provisions of this Ordinance, and the Commission declares that it would have passed each part of this Ordinance irrespective of the validity of any other part. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any part, clause, or phrase of Section 9fV) of the Ordinance is for any reason held unenforceable or unconstitutional, the remaining portions of Section 9 shall be deemed invalid. PR-CW01-15 N SD 167-039 SECTION 20. ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT: Article XIII(B) of the California Constitution requires the establishment of an annual appropriations limit for certain governmental entities. The maximum annual appropriations limit for the Commission shall be established as $950 million for the 2004-05 fiscal year. The appropriations limit shall be subject to adjustment as provided by law. All expenditures of the transactions and use tax revenues imposed in Section 3 are subject to the appropriations limit of the Commission. SECTION 21. DEFINITIONS: A. Commission. Means the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission created by Chapter 1576 of the Statutes of 1985 (Division 12.7 of the Public Utilities Code, commencing with Section 132000). B. Transit. Means all purposes necessary and convenient to the construction, operation and maintenance of public transportation services and facilities including the acquisition of vehicles and right-of-way. Public transportation services include, but are not limited to, local and express bus, bus rapid transit (BRT), paratransit (dial-a-ride), fixed guideway, light rail (trolley) and commuter rail services and facilities. C. Local Streets and Roads. Means all purposes necessary and convenient for the purposes as described in Section 2(C)(1). D. Highways. Means all purposes necessary and convenient to the design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of highway facilities, including all state highway routes and any other facilities so designated in the Expenditure Plan. E. Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities. Means all purposes necessary and convenient to the design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of facilities intended for use by bicycles and pedestrians. Bicycle and pedestrian facilities shall also mean facilities and programs that help to encourage walking and the use of bicycles, such as secure bicycle parking facilities and bicycle and pedestrian promotion and safety education programs. F. Bonds. Means indebtedness and securities of any kind or class, including but not limited to bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and commercial paper. G. Expenditure Plan. Means the expenditure plan required by Section 132302 of the Public Utilities Code to be included in the transactions and use tax ordinance to be approved by the Commission. The expenditure plan includes the allocation of revenues for each authorized purpose. H. Regional Transportation Plan. Means the long-range transportation plan for the San Diego region required by Section 65080 of the Government Code to be prepared by the San Diego Association of Governments as the designated Regional Transportation Planning Agency. I. Regional Transportation Improvement Program. Means the five-year programming document required by Section 65080 of the Government Code to be prepared by the San Diego Association of Governments as the designated Regional Transportation Planning Agency. J. Transit Operator. Means any transit district, included transit district, municipal operator, included municipal operator, or transit development board as defined in Public Utilities Code Section 99210. K. Regional Comprehensive Plan. Means the document integrating land use, transportation systems, infrastructure needs, and public investment strategies within a regional framework to be prepared by the San Diego Association of Governments as required by Section 132360 of the Public Utilities Code. SECTION 22. EFFECT ON COMMISSION ORDINANCE 87-1: This Ordinance is intended to extend and expand the provisions of Commission Ordinance 87-1, and shall not be read to supercede Commission Ordinance 87-1. If this Ordinance is not approved by the voters of San Diego County, the provisions of Commission Ordinance 87-1 and all powers, duties, and actions taken thereunder shall remain in full force and effect. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission, the 28th day of May, 2004 by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Hall, Padilla, Monroe, Crawford, Lewis, Guerin, Holt Pfeiler, McCoy, Jantz, Sessom, Morrison, Feller, Cafagna, Murphy, Smith, Date, Powell, Vance, NOES: Commissioner Jacob ABSENT: None STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) Ron Morrison Chairman ) SS COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO) I, Gary L. Gallegos, the Secretary of the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an Ordinance adopted by the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission on May 28, 2004 at the time and by the vote stated above, which said Ordinance is on file in the office of the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission. DATED: May 28, 2004 Gary L. Gallegos Secretary [To obtain copies of the attachments incorporated by reference in San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission Ordinance 04-01, please contact the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) by mail at 401 B Street, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101, by phone (619) 699-1900, by e-mail at transnet@sandag.org, or via the Internet at www.sandag.org.] PR-CW01-16 N SD 167-040 PR-CW01-17 N SD 167-041 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Proposition B (This proposition will appear on the ballot in the following form.) nn/Nn n INITIATIVE ORDINANCE TO REPEAL THE GREG- rnlJr B ORY CANYON LANDFILL AND RECYCLING I I IWI h* COLLECTION CENTER ORDINANCE. Shall this Initia- tive be adopted for the purpose of preventing the future construction of the Gregory Canyon Landfill and Recycling Collection Center by repealing the 1994 voter-approved Gregory Canyon ordinance? This proposition requires approval by a majority (over 50%) of the voters. Full text of this proposition follows the argument. COUNTY COUNSEL IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS Proposition B would repeal the Gregory Canyon Landfill and Recycling Collection Center Ordinance, a citizen's initiative that was approved in 1994 by the voters of the County. The 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill and Recycling Collection Center Ordinance (hereafter referred to as the "1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance") amended the County's General Plan and County's Zoning Ordinance to allow a municipal solid waste landfill to be constructed and operated at the Gregory Canyon site in the North County. This site is on State Route 76, approximately three miles east of Interstate 15 and two miles southwest of the community of Pala. The site includes a segment of the San Luis Rey River and a portion of the western slope of Gregory Mountain. The 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance listed the permits required for a landfill at this site. These included applicable state and federal permits, and County watercourse alteration, grading, bridge, and building permits. The 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance also eliminated the need for a County major use permit for the project, and required that at least 1,313 acres of the Gregory Canyon site be dedicated as permanent open space as part of the landfill project. 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance did not affect California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review and mitigation requirements, or regulatory requirements for constructing and operating a landfill. Proposition B would repeal the 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance. To unwind the effects of the 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance, Proposition B would also designate the Gregory Canyon site as "(18) Multiple Rural Use." It would amend the zoning classification for the site to "A-70-Limited Agricultural Zone." These are the designations that were in place for this land prior to voter approval of the 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance. Proposition B would also provide for amendment of these designations by the Board of Supervisors to further public purposes and in compliance with applicable law. Future planning, zoning and use permit decisions concerning this site would be subject to the discretion of the County Board of Supervisors. A "YES" vote would indicate that you are in favor of the repeal of the 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance. This would mean that you do not want the 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance to continue as an ordinance. A "NO" vote would indicate that you are opposed to the repeal of the 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance. This would mean that you do want the 1994 Gregory Canyon Landfill Ordinance to continue as an ordinance. ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION B VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION B Here's why: Proposition B will STOP the development of a garbage dump in Gregory Canyon on the banks of the San Luis Rey River. We don't need a new landfill in San Diego County and we certainly don't need a filthy garbage dump sitting on the edge of a vital aquifer, next to a San Diego County Water Authority aqueduct. San Diego County's Disposal Facility Criteria are designed to eliminate inappropriate landfill sites from consideration. Previous studies commissioned by the County rejected and eliminated Gregory Canyon as an appropriate landfill. The Gregory Canyon Landfill developers then avoided the normal process for siting a landfill by sidestepping the land use approvals of the County and going to the ballot box in 1994 with a deceptive initiative called Proposition C. THAT'S WRONG! Proposition B rescinds Proposition C (1994) and requires that the Gregory Canyon site be reviewed in the same way as all other landfills. THAT'S FAIR! Proposition B also protects our water resources. THAT'S IMPORTANT! The proposed dump threatens a pristine free-flowing river that supplies clean drinking water to thousands of municipal customers downstream. We should do everything possible to stop the pollution of our drinking water anywhere in San Diego County! Remember: San Diego County imports 90% of its water! Every locally produced drop we save is important. PROPOSITION B IS ENDORSED BY: CITIES: OCEANSIDE, ENCINITAS, NATIONAL CITY, DEL MAR. WATER AGENCIES: Fallbrook Public Utility District, San Luis Rey Watershed Council, San Dieguito Water District, Yuima Municipal Water District and Oceanside Water Utility Department. ORGANIZATIONS: Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter, San Diego Baykeeper, Environmental Health Coalition, RiverWatch, San Diegans for Clean Drinking Water, League of Conservation Voters. We MUST protect San Diego County's drinking water! VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION B. TELL LOS ANGELES TO KEEP THEIR GARBAGE IN LOS ANGELES! STOP THE DUMP! For more information visit: WWW.DUMPTHEDUMBDUMP.COM 858-569-4202 PAM SLATER-PRICE Vice-Chair San Diego County Board of Supervisors TERRY JOHNSON Mayor of Oceanside PHIL STONE Chair San Diegans for Clean Drinking Water CHERYL REIFF Sierra Club Chapter Coordinator DONNA FRYE San Diego City Councilmember PR-CW01-18 N SD 167-042 PR-CW01-19 N SD 167-043 REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR PROPOSITION B WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM PROPOSITION B? This proposition is all about gambling. The casino owners wrote Proposition B and paid over $600,000 to get it on the ballot. The real story is that Proposition B isn't about protecting our environment or smart use of taxpayer money - it's about protecting the casino owner's profits. The Gregory Canyon landfill uses the same two-lane road as patrons of their casino, and the casino owners don't want to pay their share to widen the road. WHAT WOULD PROPOSITION B REALLY DO? It blocks construction of North County's only landfill, forcing trash to be transported -- at great expense to ratepayers - to distant and rapidly-filling sites in East County, near the San Diego River, and in South County, adjacent to the Otay River. It short-circuits over a decade of planning and environmental review, overseen by the County's Department of Environmental Health, that produced the safest, most environmentally protective landfill in the County (see Final Environmental Impact Report at http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/deh/chd/gcfeir.html). The landfill must comply with strict environmental regulations imposed by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Integrated Waste Management Board, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and San Diego Air Pollution Control District. PROPOSITION B REVERSES THE DECISION OF COUNTY VOTERS The only difference between the Gregory Canyon site selection and the process for any other landfill was that voters approved the Gregory Canyon site. Proposition B insults the voters and discredits the voting process. PROPOSITION B IS OPPOSED BY THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VOTE NO ON B - IT'S BAD FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY DIANNE JACOB Chairwoman San Diego County Board of Supervisors MICHAEL SHAMES Executive Director, UCAN The Utility Consumers' Action Network HOWARD WAYNE California State Assembly (Ret.) LIONEL G. BURTON, M.D. Mayor of San Marcos (Ret.) Past President, Vallecitos Water District F. LAURENCE SCOTT, JR. Treasurer, Citizens for Environmental Solutions ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION B APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 1994 Sixty-eight percent of San Diego County voters approved the Gregory Canyon landfill in 1994 with the requirement that it must meet strict environmental standards imposed by the State and County. TOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS After 10 years of thorough environmental review, the County .Department of Environmental Health certified the landfill's Environmental Impact Report, which determined the landfill will protect our water resources. The landfill's environmental system, featuring a five-layer, five-foot thick protective liner system, will make Gregory Canyon the most protective landfill in San Diego County. OPERATIONS MONITORED AND REGULATED The landfill will be closely monitored and regulated by State, Regional and County environmental agencies, and by the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District - the district nearest the landfill - to ensure that water resources are fully protected. These safeguards will be backed by unprecedented financial guarantees. AFTER A DECADE, THE NEED IS EVEN GREATER • North County's population and trash have grown rapidly, even with aggressive recycling programs. • The only landfill in North County (San Marcos) has closed. • The County has determined the Gregory Canyon landfill is necessary to meet San Diego County's long-term waste disposal needs without resorting to costly transportation to Arizona or other distant locations. • Trucking North County trash to landfills in East County (Sycamore) and South Bay (Otay) will increase traffic on our congested freeways, waste energy, and pollute the air. • Without the landfill at Gregory Canyon, rates to homeowners and business for trash disposal could escalate due to less competition and greater shipping distances. Please join respected civic leaders throughout the county, responsible environmentalists and professional water quality experts in opposing Proposition B. Proposition B - BAD for our environment, BAD for our economy, BAD for ratepayers DIANNE JACOB San Diego County Supervisor District 2 JUDY MCCARTY San Diego City Council (Ret.) Founder, City of San Diego's Recycling Program LUCY KILLEA California State Senate (Ret.) MARY SALAS Deputy Mayor City of Chula Vista PROFESSOR ROBERT L. SIMMONS Professor of Law, University of San Diego (Ret.) Past Member, San Diego Chapter Sierra Club Executive Committee Environmental Attorney PR-CW01-20 N SD 167-044 N SO 167-045 REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION B VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION 8! Proposition B - BETTER for San Diego. Here's why: 1. REBUTTAL: The dump WILL NOT PROTECT water resources. To the contrary: The proposed dump sits on a fractured bedrock groundwater aquifer, next to a San Diego Water Authority aqueduct on the banks of the San Luis Rey River. Even promoters admit, the liner could fail! PROMOTERS ADMIT RISKS: "Can the landfill leak? Of course it can. There is no fail-safe system." Landfill Project Manager Richard Chase, San Diego Union Tribune, May 7, 2000. EXPERTS AGREE -- THE RISKS ARE SERIOUS! EPA WARNING: "Even the best liner and leachate collection system will ultimately fail due to natural deterioration." USEPA, 53 FR 33345. SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY: "The two primary concerns with the Gregory Canyon landfill are the preservation of local water resources and protection of (the San Diego Aqueduct)." San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Lester Snow, October 6,1994. THIS RISK TO SAN DIEGO'S DRINKING WATER IS UNACCEPTABLE! 2. REBUTTAL: Numerous studies eliminated Gregory Canyon as a landfill site. SO, THE DUMP DEVLOPERS AVOIDED COUNTY LAND USE SITING APPROVALS THROUGH PROPOSITION C. AS A RESULT, THERE ARE: • NO ASSURANCES THAT LEAKS WILL BE PREVENTED • NO ENFORCEABLE RECYCLING REQUIREMENTS • NO FRANCHISE FEES • NO RESPONSE PLANS FOR CATASTOPHIC FAILURES • NO CONTROL OVER SOURCES OF TRASH Remember: THE GREGORY CANYON LANDFILL WILL ATTRACT TRASH FROM LOS ANGELES AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. TELL LOS ANGELES TO KEEP THEIR GARBAGE IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD! PROTECT SAN DIEGO'S WATER SUPPLIES! VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION B. DUMP THE DUMP! Contacts: WWW.DUMPTHEDUMBDUMP.COM 858-569-4202 SAN DIEGANS FOR CLEAN DRINKING WATER - YES ON B RAY HAYNES Assemblyman SHEILA MANNING President, River Watch DENISE MORENO DUCHENY CA State Senator JEROME STOCKS Encinitas City Councilman NICHOLAS INZUNZA Director, Sweetwater Authority The people of the County of San Diego ordain as follows: SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSES A. In 1994, the "North County Recycling and Solid Waste Disposal Initiative" (Proposition C) amended the County General Plan, Zoning Ordinance and other ordinances and policies of the County of San Diego to designate the Gregory Canyon site, located along State Route 76, east of Interstate 15, in San Diego County, as a possible site for a recycling collection center and Class III solid waste landfill. Proposition C was sponsored by a private waste company. B. The supporters of the initiative believe that the proposed landfill site is too close to the San Luis Rey River, one of the few free-flowing rivers in southern California and an important source of drinking water for County residents. They also believe that this water source could be polluted by contaminants leaking from the landfill, either through deterioration or damage to the liner or as a result of an earthquake or other natural disaster. C. The supporters of the initiative believe that the proposed landfill would be located too close to Gregory Mountain and Medicine Rock, sites sacred to local Indian tribes for generations. D. In addition, the supporters of the initiative believe that since the passage of Proposition C ten years ago, the need for this proposed landfill has changed. They believe that expansion of existing landfills and increased recycling programs are better ways to deal with the county's waste disposal requirements, thereby reducing the county's dependence on landfills. E. Proposition C specifically allowed the measure to be repealed by a majority vote of the people. It is now the intent of the people of the County of San Diego to repeal Proposition C in its entirety and to reinstate the General Plan, Zoning Ordinance and other land use designations for the Gregory Canyon site that existed prior to the passage of Proposition C in 1994 and to return the land use authority for the Gregory Canyon site to the County Board of Supervisors. SECTION 2. REPEAL OF PROPOSITION C. Provisions of Proposition C repealed by this initiative are designated by strike-out type below: NORTH COUNTY RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL INITIATIVE Tho People of San Diogo County Do Horoby Ordain QO Follows: SECTION 1. INTENT. PR-CW01-22 N SO 167-046 It io tho intont of thio initiative mcaouro: A:—To provide for tho citing of a now recycling collodion center and claoo III oolid waotc landfill to allow the rooidonto and buoinoooco in northern San Diogo County to diopooo of thoir oolid waoto in an environmentally sound and economically competitive manner. &—To onouro that tho recycling collection center and landfill arc designated constructed, and operated in a oafo and efficient manner by requiring that they fully comply with all environmental lawo and regulations. Tho Project will bo monitored during ito life on a regular baoio by regulatory agonoioo including, but not limited to, tho integrated Waoto Management Board, tho San Diogo County Air Pollution Control District and tho Regional Water Quality Control Board. &—To amond tho General Plan, Zoning Ordinance and other ordinances and polioioo of tho County of Son Diogo to allow tho conotruotion and operation of recycling collection center and Canyon oito located off State Route 76 approximately 3Va miloo oaot of tho intoroootion of Intorotato 16 and State Routo 76 approximately 3V4 miloo cast of tho intoroootion of Intorototo 15 and Sato Routo 76 in San Diogo County. The general location of tho Gregory Canyon oito io shown on Rguro 1 attached to thio mcaourc. &-.—To provide that at loaot .1313 acroo of Gregory Canyon oito will bo dedicated ao pormanont open opo.cc to create a oubotantial preservation area for aonoitivo habitat and opooioo. SECTION 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. A;—The San Marcos landfill io tho only remaining landfill oorving northern San Diogo County which includes tho oitico of Carlobod, Enoinitao, Dol Mar, Solana Boaoh, Eooondido, Oooanoidc, San Marooo and Viota, and tho uninooiporatod aroao of northern San Diego County including Pauma, Monooall, Valley Contor, and Fallbrook. &-.—The 1086 San Diogo Countyflogional Solid Waoto Management Plan and otudioo performed by tho County of San Diogo have documented tho critical nood for now oolid waoto facilities to oorvo the growing north San Diogo Countypopulation. G.. Tho County of San Diogo hao boon unsuccessful in citing any landfillo in Northern Sart Diogo County oinco tho San Marooo londfilltho approved in 1077. Thio hao occurred ao a result of local opposition and tho County of San Diego not proceeding with acceptable oitoo which have boon oxtonoivcly otudiod. PR-CWQ1-23 N SD 167-047 & — Tho conditional uoo permit ioouod in 1 002 by tho City of San Marooo for oxpanoion of tho San Marooo landfill roquiroo the County of San Diogo to aggroooivoly purouo altornativo north county landfill oitoo, and will expire by or boforo tho year 1000, unlooo tho City of San Marooo agrooo to extend tho torm of tho pormit. & — Loool oppooition to landfill oitoo and dioagroomont botwoon north county oitioo and tho County of San Diogo ovor tho handling of tho oolid waoto oyotom hoc oroatod a oolid waoto oriole involving dfeputoo botwoon tho oitioo and County of San Diogo. f. Tho Gregory Canyon oito woo oolootod ao ono of throo profof rod landfill oitoo by tho County of Son Diogo booed upon a 1087 otudy whioh evaluated 168 altornativo oitoo in northern San Diogo County oovoring a otudy area of 11 60 oquaro miloo. Subooquontly, ono of thooo oitoo, Blue Canyon, wao dropped by tho County of San Diogo and two now landfill oitoo havo boon added. Tho Gregory Canyon oito io now ono of four finaliot oitoo. &-. — In 1000 tho County of San Diogo prepared an environmental impact report evaluating tho environmental impaoto of operating a landfill at tho Gregory Canyon oito. Thio Environmental Impaot Report oonoludod that a landfill oould bo operated bat tho Gregory Canyon oito conoiotont with all fodoral and otato regulation!) governing landfill oporationo. R — All of tho San Diogo County Landfills havo boo ouooooofully operated by a private party for the County of San Diogo oinoo 1082. k — Tho Gregory Canyon oito io looatod in a oparooly populated aroa of San Diogo County. Solid waoto oporationo will ooour on approximately 270 aorco of tho Gregory Canyon oito. At least 1313 aoroo will bo dedicated as permanent opon opaoo to provide an important habitat and oonoitivo opooioo prooorvo. J: — Tho voters hereby find and dctormino that tho project will bo compatible with other uooo in tho area and tho County'o general plan for uooo in tho aroa upon implomontation of tho mitigation moaouroo required by thio mcaouro. K. Tho votoro hereby reaffirm tho policy of tho County of San Diogo that oaoh oub region of tho County ohall bo reasonable for providing ouffioiont oolid waoto faoilitioo to handle tho oolid waoto gonoratod in oaoh oub region and ooKd waoto ohall not bo ohippod from ono oub region to any other oub region oxoopt whoro an omorgonoy oxioto. SECTION 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT. Tho Project will include tho following oompononto: A: — General Description of tho Project. Tho rooyoling collection center and landfill will oooupy approximately 270 aoroo of tho Gregory Canyon oito. Tho landfill footprint containing rofuoo will cover approximately 150 aoroo of tho oito. Tho main foaturoo of tho Project include a lined landfill, oonotruotion of a now aooooo road and bridge providing aooooo to tho oito from Highway 76, a ooalc aroa, a rooyoling collection oontor, a faoilitioo and operation aroa, a borrow and otookpilo aroa, a Idaohato collection oyotom, and otorm water retention faoilitioo. Tho faoiHtioo and operation area will include a vioitoro' oontor, an office building, a maintenance offioo, a chop and yard, a fueling ototion/otorago aroa, a water tank truck waoh and waoh water treatment area, a water oupply well, groundwatcr monitoring wollo, a landfill goo collection and recovery oyotom, and a loaohato collection tank. Tho Applicant ohall bo entitled to adjuot the oizc and location of oolid waoto oporationo and to alter tho propoood faoilitioo baood on a detailed oito plan to bo oubmittod to tho Intogrqtod Waoto Management Board for ito review and approval as part of tho oolid waoto faoilitioo pormit. &-. — Dedicated Opon Spaoo. Tho remaining 1413 aoroo of Gregory Canyon oito ohall bo dodioatod ao permanent opon opaoo to tho County of San Diogo, tho Palo Band of Miooion Indiana, another public agonoy, or a Booouroo Conoorvation Group for long torm prooorvation of oonoitivo habitat and opooioo. Tho actual amount of acreage dodioatod may bo adjuotod ao nooopoary to accommodate oonotruotion and operation of tho Project. Tho opon opaoo area ohall not bo loco than 1313 aoroo ao a rooult of any adjuotmont. &-. — Aooooo Rood. Tho Project inoludoo oonotruotion of a now. aooooo route and bridge from Highway 76 to tho Gregory Canyon oito. & — Relocation of San Diogo Gao & Elootrio Powor Linoo. Tho projcot inoludoo relocation of San Diogo Gao & Elootrio tranomiooion linoo that aro looatod within tho aroa for tho propoood landfill and rooyoling collection oontor. All ouoh relocation will ooour &—Realignment of Highway 76. Tho Project inoludoo tho widening and realignment of State Road 76 on either aide of tho how aooooo road to improve eight diotanoo and to facilitate truck movomonto. Tho realigned segment would provide approximately 1000 foot of eight diotanoo in both dircctiono for traffic leaving tho landfill. Tho Applicant ohall contribute on a fair oharo booio to tho widening of State Route 76 wool of tho aooooo road to applicable otato otandardo. Tho fair oharo ohall bo baood upon the otato otandard average daily tripo. Thio realigned portion of Highway 76 will bo rootripod to provide for acceleration/ decoloration lanco and an over take lane for through traffic. Detailed piano for tho realignment of Highway 76 will bo oubmittod to CalTrano for review and approval prior to oommonoing any realignment work. f-.—Bridge. Tho Project will include a bridge ovor tho San Luio Roy River to provide separate roadwayo for aooooo to and from tho landfill, and to and from tho topooil otookpilo aroa. Thio will facilitate adequate internal oiroulation for tho landfill oporationo. &—Protection of San Diogo Aqueduct. Tho Project will include work required to protect any San Diego Aqueduct pipolinoo to the extent and in tho manner required by tho San Diogo County Water Authority. A map ohowing tho Project olcmonto io ohown on Figure 2 attached to thio mcaouro. The Applicant ohall be entitled to alter or change thooo olomonto baood upon a detailed oito plan to bo oubmittod to tho Integrated Waoto Management Board for review and approval in conjunction with tho oolid waoto faoilitioo pormit. SECTION 4. PERMITS. To onouro that the Project io dooignod, conotructod and operated in a oafc and efficient manner, tho Project ohall bo required to ooouro all of tho following pormito and approvalo to tho extent required by otato or fodoral law: A:—Environmental Review. Tho Project ohall complete' any additional environmental review required by fodoral or otato law to ooouro tho remaining pormito and approvalo. &—Consultation with Advioory Council on Hiotoric Prooorvation. Tho Applicant ohairoonoult with tho Advioory Council on Hiotoric Prcoorvation in accordance with §106 of tho National Hiotorio Prooorvation Act. C. 404 Pormit. Tho Applicant ohall occuro a pormit relating to §404 of tho Clean Water Act from tho Department of the Army Corpo of Enginooro. D. U.S. Fieri & Wildlife Service. Tho Applicant ohall conduct a §7 oonoultation with tho Department of Interior, U.S. Roh & Wildlife Service in compliance with tho Endangered Spocioo Act and ohall coordinate tho §404 permit with tho U.S. Fioh & Wildlife Service ao required by fodoral law. fe—California Department of Fioh and Game. Tho Applicant ohall ooouro a §1601 Stroambod Alteration Agreement with tho California Department of Fioh & Game and any other pormito required by tho California Department of Fioh & fVnmf^vaui i tv. f-.—State Water Rooourooo Control Board. The Applicant ohall ooouro a National Pollutant Dioohargo Elimination Syotom Pormit from tho State Wator Rooourooo Control Board. €r—Regional Water Quality Control Board. The Applicant ohall ooouro a Waoto Diochargo Pormit from the Regional Water Quality Control PR-CW01-24 N SD 167-048 R—California Integrated Waoto Management Board. Tho Applicant ohall obtain a Solid Waoto Facility Pormit from tho California Integrated Waotc Management Board and from tho local onforoomont agonoy for tho California Integrated Waste Management Board. \-.—California Department of Tranoportation. Tho Applicant ohall ooouro an encroachment pormit from the California Department of Tranoportation ao ncooooary for improvement!) to Highway 76. PR-CW01-25 N SD 167-049 ±.—Stato Office of Hiotorio Preservation. Tho Applicant ohall review cultural oitoo within the Gregory Canyon oito with tho State Office of Hiotorio Preservation for eligibility for tho National Bogiotor of Hiotorio Plaooo. K. County of San Diogo. Tho Applicant ohall ooouro a Wator Course Alteration Pormit, Bridge Pormit, Grading Pormit and Building Pormit from tho County of San Diogo. Tho County of San Diogo io hereby authorized and dirootod to inoiudo the Projoot in ito Integrated Waoto Management Plan ao roquirod by State Law and to make any findingo roquirod for ioouanoo of any noooooary pormito. y.—San Diogo Air Pollution Control District. Tho Applicant shall aoouro all pormito roquirod by tho San Diogo Air Pollution Control Diotriot to conotruot and oporation tho oolid waotc faoilitioo authorized by thio moaouro. M:—San Diogo Local Agonoy Formation Commiooion. Tho Applicant ohall obtain approval from tho San Diogo Local Agonoy Formation Commiooion for any poooiblo annexation into local wator districts ao roquirod by tho rulco and rogulationo of tho San Diogo Local Agonoy Formation Commiooiefh H-.—Utilitioo Scrviooo. Tho Project ohall comply with tho roquircmonto of local utility oupplioro in ocouring olootric, telephone, wator and fire protection ocrvicoo. Sower oorvioo will be provided by ohcmioal toiloto uocd by workoro at tho landfill. Tho Applicant will bo required to provide the oowago diopooal ocrvioo, removing effluent onoo per wook by pumpor truck from tho ohomioal toiloto for treatment and diopooal away from tho oitc. Q-.—Other Pormito and Approvalo. Tho Applicant ohall occuro all other pormito and approvalo ao required by federal or otato law. SECTION 5. MITIGATION MEASURES. To cnouro that the Project io conotruotod and operated in a manner which minimizoo ito environmental impacto, tho following mitigation moaouroo aro hereby adopted ao a condition of voter approval of tho Projoot: A:—Dayo of Oporation. Tho oolid waoto faoilitioo ohall remain open for tho roooipt of rofuoo a minimum of oight (8) houro a day, oix (6) dayo a wook, excepting thooo holidayo by county owned landfillo. &—Houro of Operation. Solid waotc oporation ohall occur only between tho houro of 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday unlooo different houro aro cotabliohod by the Integrated Waoto Management Board. For tho purpoooo of thio mitigation moaouro "oolid waoto oporationo" ohall inoiudo tho roooipt, handling, proocooing, and/or diopooal of oolid waoto or rooyolablo matorialo; oovor oporationo; oito grading and/or excavation, including blaoting and rook oruohing; and heavy equipment oporation. Other oito aotivitioo ouoh ao tho oporation of gao and loaohatc oollootion and troatmont oyotomo, remedial aotivitioo roquirod by a regulatory agonoy, maintenance within tho maintonanoo yard, and aotivitioo oonductod in 'a completely cnoloood building ohall not bo limited to thooo houro of oporation. &—Littor and Illegal Dumping. At least five (5) dayo oaoh wook, tho Applioanto ohall inopoot for, and clean up, all litter and illegal dumping which ooouro on, or adjacent to, tho landfill aooooo road and that portion of Highway 76 between tho intersection with Interstate 15 and tho oito. &—Hazardous Wator Exclusion Program. Tho Applicant ohall maintain trained, full timo poroonnol engaged exclusively and oontinuouoly in tho inspection of incoming rofuoo loado for hazardous waoto. Thooo poroonnol ohall bo stationed at the working faoo of tho landfill whenever tho landfill io open to accept waoto and email inopoot loads ao thoy aro tipped. Hazardouo waotoo encountered in thio faohion ohall bo handled and diopoood of in accordance with otato rogulationo. &—Liner and Loaohatc Collection System. A liner and loaohato oollootion oyotom ohall bo installed and monitored ao roquirod by tho Regional Wator Quality Control Board. F. Landfill Gao Syotcm. Tho Project ohall inoiudo a network of vertical extraction wollo, lateral tranomiooion pipoo to a gao recovery facility, and perimeter gao monitoring proboo. With thio system, tho landfill gao will bo extracted from tho landfill and combusted in an onoloood flare. G. Wator Quality. Tho Projoot ohall comply with all roquiromonto of tho Regional Water Quality Control Board to onouro protection of ourfaoo and underground wator quality. H: — Earthquakes. All structured looat'od at tho Gregory Canyon oito ohall bo dooignod by a qualified engineer to withstand tho maximum probable earthquake to avoid potential impacto associated with earthquakes and ground ohaking. k — Traffic Impaoto. In order to mitigate traffic impacto, tho Applicant ohall widon and realign State Route 76 on either aide of tho aooooo road to improve oight diotanoo and to facilitate truck movements. Tho realigned oogmont will provide approximately 1000 foot of oight diotanco in both dirootiono for traffic leaving tho landfill. Tho Applicant ohall oontributo on a fair oharo baoio to tho widening of State Route 76 woot of tho acoooo road to applicable otato otandardo. Tho fair oharc ohall bo baood upon tho otato otandard average daily tripo. Striping will be provided for acceleration/decoloration lanoo and an over take lano for through traffic. Thooo realignment piano may bo modified ao noooooary to moot CalTrano requircmento. A — Air Quality. Air Quality impacts aooooiatod with tho Project ohall bo mitigated by meeting all roquiromonto imposed by the San Diogo County Air Pollution Control Diotrict for Authority to Conotruct and Authority to Operate Pormito. K: — Noioo Abatement. Tho Applicant ohall prepare a Noioo Abatement Plan to inoiudo: 4r — Physical dooign provioiono to onouro that ambient noioo levels do not exceed 65 CNEL at tho boundarioo of tho Gregory Canyon site; S; — Inotallation of landfill equipment and vohiclco with noioo oupproooing equipment te aooiot in mooting tho above rootrictiono; 3: — Provioiono for at loaot 24 hour in advance written notice of any blaoting on oito to rooidonto within a one mile radius of tho blaot oitc. 4: — Whore ambient noioo lovolo oxoood 65 CNEL at tho boundarioo of tho Gregory Canyon oitc, the Applicant ohall retain a qualified noioc export to evaluate tho problem and recommend mitigation moaoi^oo. Thooo mitigation moaouroo ohall bo implomontod by tho Applicant. t — Odor Control. To control odoro on oito, tho Applioartt ohall oubmit an Odor Control Plan to the San Diego County Air Pollution Control Diotrict for review and approval. M; — Duot Control Plan. PR-CW01-26 N SD 167-050 To control duot from Project oporationo,-tho Applicant shall oubmit a Duot Control Plan to the San Diogo County Air Pollution. H-. — Biological Impaoto. All oonoitivc spooioo and habitat impacted by tho Projoot ohall be mitigated in accordance with rcquiromonto impoood by tho United Statoo Fioh & Wildlife Service ao part of the §7. G; — Vioual Impacts. In order to mitigate vioual impaoto aooooiatod with the Projoot, tho Applicant ohall employ oxtonoivo uoo of landscaping cmphaoizing native vegetation, and rounding/irrigation of olopoo on tho rofuoo column and ohangoo in olopo anglco. All landooaping ohall bo performed by a licenced landooapo architect in tho Stato of California. Thia lioonood arohitoot ohall prepare a detailed landooapo plan dooignod to minimize vioual impact aooociatod with tho Projoot to tho maximum feasible extent. Tho plan prepared tho lioonood architect ohall bo implemented by tho Applicant upon completion. R — Cultural Impaoto. Impaoto to Native Amorioan rooourooo impacted by tho Project ohall bo mitigated through tho development of a Memorandum of Agreement between tho Applicant and tho appropriate regulatory agonoico in aooordancc with §106 of tho National Hiotorio Pfooorvation Aot. To mitigate archaeological impaoto cauood by tho Projoot, tho Applicant ohall retain a qualified arohaoologiot to invootigato and rooommond appropriate mitigation moaouroo. Thooo mitigation moaouroo ohall bo implomontod by tho Applicant. PR-CW01-27 N SD 167-051 Q-.—Citizen Environmental Review Board. A Citizen Environmental Review Board (the "Board") ohall bo ootabliohod by agroomont between tho Applicant and the oitioo or other govornmontal cntitioo agreeing to supply waste to tho Project. Tho momboro of ouoh Board ohall bo appointed by oaoh ouoh oity or entity and ohall bo individual citizens who arc not omployooo or offioialo of otioh city or entity. Tho Board ohall havo tho authority to inspoot and roviow all roporto submitted by tho Project to any other regulatory agonoy and to make rcoommondationo to any ouoh regulatory agonoy with roopoot to tho operation of tho Project, including any enforcement aotiono tho Board may doom appropriate. Tho Board ohall establish an environmental roviow team oonoioting of qualified personnel to monitor tho oporationo of tho landfill which toam ohall havo rcaoonablo aooopo to tho landfill during all hours of operation of tho landfill. R—Additional Mitigation Moaouroo. Mitigation measures included ao part of any oubooqucnt environmental roviow of tho Project ohall bo included ao additional mitigation moaouroo for tho Project. Tho Applicant ohall oubmit a mitigation and monitoring program mooting otato and federal law to tho Integrated Waoto Managomont Board for roviow and approval ao part of tho oolid waste faoilitioo permit. SECTION 6. TIPPING FEE AND FINANCIAL GUARANTEES. A:—Tipping Fooo. It io tho intention of tho votoro to onouro that tho tipping foe charged by tho Project to any public agonoy supplying waotc to tho project dooo not exceed tho tipping foe currently charged at county owned landfill ao adjusted for inflation. Thio foe io currently $43 per ton. For calendar yoar 1004, thio tipping foe ohall bo $43 per ton. Commonoing January 1,1004, and continuing on January 1 of each yoar thereafter, thio tipping foe may bo inoroaocd by tho poroontago charge in tho Conoumor'o Price Index. All Urban Consumer's for tho Loo Angolcs—Anaheim—Rivoroido Area (1067 - 100) for Dooombor of tho prior yoar to Docombor of tho yoar thio price increase io to occur. The tipping foe ao act in thio section ohall bo oubjoot to changoo or adjuotmonto baood upon tipping fooo negotiated between the Applicant and various public agoncioo agreeing to provide oolid waoto to tho Project. ft—Financial Guarantees. Tho Applicant shall provide a cloouro and post oloouro plan complying with federal and otato law and shall provide bondo or other financial guarantooo to onouro performance ao required by federal and otato law. SECTION 7. IMPLEMENTATION. A:—Amondmonto to County General Plan. Upon tho effective date of thio initiative, tho land uoo element of tho County General Plan and all oub regional and community piano which apply to tho Gregory Canyon oito and any related mapo ohall bo amended to designated tho Gregory Canyon site Publio/Somi public lando with a Solid Waoto Facility Dooignator. Notwithstanding tho Publio/Sorni public dooignation, tho Gregory Canyon oito ohall remain private lando unlooo purchased or oondomnod by a public agonoy. ft—Amondmcnto to County Zoning Ordinance. Upon tho effective date of thio initiative, tho County Zoning Ordinance ohall bo amended to oroato a now zoning olaooification dooignatcd Solid Waste Facility ("SWF"). Thio SWF zoning claooifioation ohall bo applied only to tho Gregory Canyon oito and ohall allow tho Project without tho need for any pcrmito from tho County of San Diogo except tho Water Couroo Alteration Permit, Bridge Permit, Grading Permit and Building Permit. G-.—Amondmonto to Other County Ordinanooo and Policies. All other County ordinanooo, ruloo and regulations) which constitute legislative acts ohall bo amended ao noooooary to aooommodato tho Project ao sot forth in thio initiative. &—County Cooperation. Tho County of San Diogo ohall oooporato with the Applicant wherever possible in ioouing pormito and approvalo oo that tho Projoot can prooood in a timoly faohion. Tho County of San Diogo io hereby authorized and dirootod to amend other elements of tho General Plan, oub regional piano, community piano, Zoning Ordinance, and othor ordinanooo and policies affootcd by thio initiotivo QO ooon ao poooiblo and in tho manner and time required by State Law to onoufo oonoiotonoy between thio initiative and othor olomonto of tho County'o General Plan, oub regional and community piano, Zoning Ordinance and othor County ordinanooo and polioioo. SECTIONS. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this measure, the following words and phraooo ohall havo the following moaningo: A:—"Gregory Canyon oito" ohall moan tho approximately 1683 aoroo of land located off State Route 76 approximately 31/3 milco oaot of the intersection of Interstate 15 and State Route 76 occupying portions of Sections 4 and 5 of Townohip 10 South and Sections 32 and 33 of Township 5 South Rango 2 Woot of tho San Bernardino Principle Meridian. ft—"Integrated Waotc Management Board" ohall moan tho State of California Integrated Waoto Management Board. G-.—"Projoot" ohall moan tho recycling collection,center and landfill and aooociatod otructuroo and improvomcnto as doooribod in Section 3 of thio initiative measure ao oubooquontly modified by a detailed oito plan submitted by Applicant to tho Integrated Waotc Management Board ao part of the oolid waste faoilitioo permit. &—"Recycling collection center" shall mean a facility for tho buy back of oouroc ooparatod materials but not tho proooooing of mixed waoto. SECTION 0. PURCHASE BY PUBLIC AGENCY. Tho Gregory Canyon site shall remain private land until purchased by a public agency or Joint Powers Authority for its fair market value. Nothing contained herein ohall restrict tho right of any public agonoy to oxorcioo ito eminent domain power aa authorized by law to acquire tho Gregory Canyon oito. SECTION 10. AMENDMENT OR REPEAL. Thio measure may bo amended or repealed only by a majority of tho votoro voting in an election SECTION 11. INTERPRETATION AND SEVERABILITY. This measure shall bo interpreted oo ao to bo conoiotont with all federal and otato lawo, ruloo and rogulations. If any oootion, oub oootion, sontonco, clause, phraoo, part of portion of thio measure io held to bo invalid or unconstitutional by a final judgment of court of competent jurisdiction, ouch dooioion ohall not affect the validity of tho remaining portions of thio mcaouro. Tho voters hereby declare that thio moaouro, and each oootion, oub ooction, oontonco, clauoo, phraso, part or portion thereof would have adopted or paoocd irroopootivo of the fact that any one or more sections, oub sections, oontoncoo, clauoco, phraooo, parto or portions arc declared invalid or unconstitutional SECTION 12. CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER BALLOT MEASURES. In tho ovont that another ballot measure io placed on tho same ballot ao thio moasuro purporting to deal with the oamo oubjoct matter, and if both moaouroo should pass, tho votcro cxproooly declare their intent that both moaouroo ohall bo put into effect except to tho extent that opocifio provisions of ouoh measures are in diroot conflict. In tho ovont of ouoh a direct conflict, tho moaouro wr obtained more votes will control ao to tho oonflioting provisions only. Tho votoro oxproooly declare thio to bo thoir intent, notwithstanding any language to tho contrary in any othor ballot measurer PR-CW01-28 N SD 167-052 PR-CW01-29 N SD 167-053 N SCALE Figure 1 COO I O I HIGHWAY 78 ALIGHMEHT I B I ACCESS ROAD BRIDGE I O I TOPSOHJCOVER STOCKPI I O I LANDFILL ACCESS ROAD I Q I STOCKPILE HAUL ROAD I O I LANDFILL GAS FLARE I O I FACILITIES AREA I O I MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SECTION 3. DESIGNATION OF PARCEL TO PRIOR USES A. Amendments to County General Plan. Upon the effective date of this initiative, the land use element of the County General Plan and all sub-regional and community plans which apply to the Gregory Canyon site and any related maps shall be amended to designate the Gregory Canyon site as: "(18) Multiple Rural Use." B. Amendments to County Zoning Ordinance. Upon the effective date of this initiative, the County Zoning Ordinance shall be amended to amend the zoning classification for the Gregory Canyon site, currently designated Solid Waste Facility ("SWF") to: "A-70-Limited Agricultural Zone." C. Amendments to Other County Ordinances and Policies. All other County ordinances, rules and regulations which constitute legislative acts shall be amended as necessary to implement this initiative. D. For the purpose of this measure, the term "Gregory Canyon site" shall mean the approximately 1683 acres of land located off State Route 76 approximately 3 1/3 miles east of the intersection of Interstate 15 and State Route 76 occupying portions of Sections 4 and 5 of Township 10 South and Sections 32 and 33 of Township 5 South Range 2 West of the San Bernardino Principle Meridian. SECTION 4. AUTHORITY TO AMEND LAND USE DESIGNATION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. This measure may only be amended by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors to further public purposes and in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local law, or by an initiative measure approved by a majority of the voters voting on the measure. SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY If any term or provision of this measure or the applicability of any term or provision of this measure to any person or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions and applications of this measure and to that end, the voters, in adopting this measure, declare and intend that those provisions and applications are severable. PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH Proposition BB (This proposition will appear on the ballot in the following form.) nn/Mt nn HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY CARE, TRAUMA CEN-PnUr BB TER IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR MEASURE: TO• ' IVI •*•» prevent closure of patient floors, reduce emergency room overcrowding, support medical treatment advances, meet stricter earth- quake safety standards, repair/upgrade aging hospital rooms and trauma treatment areas and expand and improve community medical centers, shall Palomar Pomerado Health issue $496,000,000 of bonds, to construct, acquire land, renovate, and improve Palomar Medical Center, Pomerado Hospital and additional medical facilities, with citizens' oversight and no money for admin- istrators' salaries? This proposition requires approval by two-thirds of the voters. Full text of this proposition follows the arguments. TAX RATE STATEMENT An election will be held in Palomar Pomerado Health (the "District") on November 2, 2004, to authorize the sale o* up to $496,000,000 in bonds of the District to finance health care facilities as described in the ballot measure. If the bonds are approved, the District expects to sell the bonds in more than one series. Principal and interest on the bonds will be payable from the proceeds of tax levies made upon the taxable property in the District. The following three paragraphs are being provided in compliance with Sections 9400-9404 of the Elections Code of the State of California. 1. The best estimate of the tax rate which would be required to be levied to fund this bond issue during the first fiscal year after the sale of the first series of bonds, based on estimated assessed valuations at the time of filing of this statement, is 1.775 cents per $100 ($17.75 per $100,000) of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2005-06. 2. The best estimate of the tax rate which would be required to be levied to fund this bond issue during the first fiscal year after the sale of the last series of bonds, based on estimated assessed valuations at the time of filing of this statement, is 1.775 cents per $100 ($17.75 per $100,000) of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2016-17. 3. The best estimate of the highest tax rate which would be required to be levied to fund this bond issue, based on estimated assessed valuations at the time of filing of this statement, is 1.775 cents per $100 ($17.75 per $100,000) of assessed valuation. The tax rate is expected to remain the same in every year. Voters should note that the estimated tax rates are based on the ASSESSED VALUE of taxable property on the County's official tax rolls, not on the property's market value. Property owners should consult their own property tax bills to determine their property's assessed value and any applicable tax exemptions. Attention of all voters is directed to the fact that the foregoing information is based upon the District's projections and estimates only, which are not binding upon the District. The actual tax rates and the years in which they will apply may vary from those presently estimated, due to variations from these estimates in the timing of bond sales, the amount of bonds sold and market interest rates at the time of each sale, and actual assessed valuations over the term of repayment of the bonds. The dates of sale and the amount of bonds sold at any given time will be determined by the District based on need for construction funds and other factors. The actual interest rates at which the bonds will be sold will depend on the bond market at the time of each sale, which in any event will not exceed the legal limit then in effect. Actual future assessed valuation will depend upon the amount and value of taxable property within the District as determined by the County Assessor in the annual assessment and equalization process. This Tax Rate Statement has been prepared by and is submitted pursuant to direction of the Board of Directors of the District. PR-CW01-32 N SO 167-056 Dated: August 4,2004. PR-14PO-1 Nancy Bassett, RN, MBA Secretary, Palomar Pomerado Health N SD 167-057 COUNTY COUNSEL IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS This proposition, if approved by two-thirds of the voters voting on the proposition, would authorize the Board of Directors of Palomar Pomerado Health (the "District") to issue and sell up to $496,000,000 in general obligation bonds in one or more series and at one or more times. The issuance and sale of general obligation bonds is for the purpose of raising money for the district and represents a debt of the district. In exchange for the money received from the holder of the bond, the district promises to pay the holder a set amount of interest for a certain period of time, and to repay the loan on the expiration date. The proceeds of these bonds of the District would be used to provide financing or refinancing for hospital and health care facilities projects consisting of the acquisition and improvement of real property for hospital and health care purposes, including renovations and improvements to Palomar Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital and construction or acquisition of additional medical facilities. The interest rate on any bond, which is established at the time of bond issuance, may not exceed twelve percent (12%) per annum. The final maturity date of any bond may be no later than forty (40) years after the date of the bond. The dates of sale and the amount of bonds sold at any given time will be determined by the District based upon need for construction funds and other factors. The actual interest rates at which the bonds will be sold will depend on the bond market at the time of each sale, which in any event may not exceed the legal limit then in effect. The proposition incorporates the bond accountability requirements of state law as well as establishment of an independent citizens oversight committee. Principal and interest on the bonds would be paid by revenue derived from an annual tax levied upon the taxable property within the District in an amount sufficient to pay the interest as it becomes due and to provide a sinking fund for payment of the principal on or before maturity. Article XIIIA of the California Constitution exempts from the one percent property tax rate limitation ad valorem taxes to pay the interest and redemption charges on any bonded indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real property approved by the voters on or after July 1, 1978. The approval must be by two-thirds of the votes cast by the voters voting on the proposition. Legal authorization is contained in state law permitting hospital districts to issue bonds at the interest rate, for the period of time, and for the specified purposes, subject to two-thirds voter approval. A "yes" vote is a vote in favor of authorizing Palomar Pomerado Health to issue bonds for the purposes stated in the proposition. A "no" vote is a vote against authorizing Palomar Pomerado Health to issue bonds for the purposes stated in the proposition. ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION BB Yes on BB ensures our only Trauma Center can save lives in any emergency, whether it is a car accident, heart attack or disaster. • As the only Trauma Center in North County, Palomar Pomerado was the only Center accessible locally during last year's catastrophic wildfires, saving countless lives. Yes on BB repairs, upgrades and expands our overcrowded, aging Trauma Center, Emergency Rooms and Hospitals to adequately serve North County's rapidly growing, aging population. Over the next 20 years North County's population will grow to 1.3 million residents - including an increasing senior population. Trauma Center and Emergency Rooms beds are already completely full by 9 a.m. daily, delaying surgeries. • Nearly 80.000 patients were treated at our Emergency Rooms last year. Mere seconds can affect a patient's ability to survive delays on congested freeways. Yes on BB establishes more community medical centers in our local neighborhoods, providing health care closer to our homes when we need it. • Traffic congestion threatens the ability to give critically ill, injured patients access to the best care as quickly as possible. Yes on BB prevents closure of patient floors while state-mandated earthquake safety upgrades are made to Palomar Medical Center. Over 70% of the hospital beds at Palomar Medical Center are in buildings that don't meet state earthquake safety standards. Yes on BB provides new, expanded screening and treatment of illnesses such as cancer, Alzheimer's, stroke, diabetes, and heart disease. Yes on BB includes strict fiscal accountability provisions to ensure money is spent as promised, including an Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee and NO money for administrators' salaries. All funds are tax-deductible. Join Emergency Room Doctors, Nurses, 9-1-1 Paramedics, Police Officers, Firefighters - Vote Yes on BB -- our local Hospital, Emergency Care. Trauma Center Improvement and Repair Measure. MARTHA HALDA Trauma Survivor Mother of 2/Pauma Valley Resident LORI J. ROACH Registered Nurse, MICN JAIME RIVAS Emergency Physician/Medical Director ANDRE A. PAREDES Firefighter/Paramedic KENNETH H. LOUNSBERY Business Leader, Taxpayer, 34 Year Resident PR-14PO-2 N SD 167-058 PR-14PO-3 N SO 167-059 REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION BB Please vote NO on proposition BB This hospital district has for years received property tax revenue. This tax revenue has a purpose of funding the hospital emergency care, (trauma care buildings). The 8 1\2 million dollars received each year by the hospital district is a sufficient amount of money and no bond sale is necessary. Medical care is not furnished to large segments of the public, because they choose to use health insurance for medical care out side of the Palomar hospital. Military personnel, employee sponsored HMO's are a few examples of non users of the hospital. Non use of the hospital does not exempt the property owner from the tax burden. Business owners will find employee health care funding cost has increased and has attached itself to their business property tax payments. By approving this proposition you grant this hospital board the right to spend tax money as they see fit. The legal document is most clear there is a disclaimer on the facilities master plan. This document is a pig in a poke. The state controller office reports Palomar hospital's total revenue as $304.960,000. The district has cash and investments of $133,161,000. The above is for fiscal year 2003. Revenue and investments for 2004 will increase. Vote no. It is unreasonable to ask the public for a tax increase when investment funds are 133,161,000 dollars. CLARENCE JOHNSTON MRP Members Against High Taxes ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION BB Vote no on proposition BB This proposition will authorize the tax assessor to increase taxes approximately $88.75 per year for 40 years. (Based on median property assessed values) This tax has an excessively long maturity date and will guarantee all future property owners will pay a tax based on the assessed market value of their property. This tax is so large that social security recipients cost of living increases will be less than the tax increase. The hospital board provides estimates and projections when describing tax amounts. I give the truth not estimates and projections. The government will tax the owners of property sufficient amounts of money to pay the bonded debt of $496,000,000 Plus interest. A huge sum. The hospital district should receive federal tax dollars to build the hospital. The hospital board has not explained the need for a new hospital to the federal government. Please note some nations of Africa claimed a need for medical aid for their health care. Also Latino activists have demanded medical benefits for illegal aliens. Guess what? The Africans received 15 billion dollars and the illegal aliens 1 billion dollars. The district has failed to apply for assistance in the same manner as African nations. This district has failed to ask the two lady democratic party US senators for assistance in obtaining federal funds. If the two California senators do not oppose government aid outside the U.S.. They would surely approve needed aid for San Diego county. Please vote no. Do not place a tax burden on your neighbor. CLARENCE G. JOHNSTON AARP Members Against High Taxes REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION BB Don't let the opponent's over the top statements fool you! Yes on BB is fiscally responsible and includes a Citizens Oversight Committee and no money for administrators' salaries. The true cost for homeowners is less than $1.50 per month of $100,000 of assessed value - NOT MARKET VALUE! It will never be less expensive to upgrade, repair and expand our local hospitals. If we don't pass BB, our needs only will become more urgent and the upgrades more expensive in the future. There are simply NO federal or state funds to meet these needs. Yes on BB saves lives by ensuring that North County's only Trauma Center will be there when you need it. Our Trauma Center is already at capacity, with most emergency beds full by 9 a.m. daily. Without BB, we will be unable to keep up with today's emergencies, let alone local trauma needs a year from now. Yes on BB saves lives by establishing additional community medical centers in our neighborhoods providing urgent care close to home. Our roads and freeways are already terribly congested. Yes on BB saves lives by reducing wait times in our Emergency Rooms, ensuring patients have access to life-saving treatments. Mere seconds can make the difference between life and death. Do you want to take that chance with your family in an emergency? Vote Yes on BB to ensure our only Trauma Center is able to save lives in any emergency or natural disaster. If we don't do it, no one will. - PR-14PO-4 N SO 167-060 JAIME RIVAS Emergency Physician/Medical Director MIKE BERTRAND Firefighter/Paramedic LORI J. ROACH RN, MICN KEN LOUNSBERY Business Leader, Taxpayer 34 Year Resident DONNA F. TORO North County Senior Advocate PR-14PO-5 N SD 167-061 FULLTEXT HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY CARE, TRAUMA CENTER IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR MEASURE This measure may be known and referred to as the "Hospital, Emergency Care, Trauma Center Improvement and Repair Measure" or as "Measure BB." FINDINGS Palomar Pomerado Health (the "District") of North County San Diego provides accessible health care services, including trauma, emergency, and acute care services. Over the next twenty years, North County San Diego communities are expected to grow to approximately 1.3 million residents, including a steadily increasing senior population. Palomar Medical Center serves as the only Trauma Center in North County San Diego. Palomar Medical Center is 50 years old. Over 70% of the hospital beds at Palomar Medical Center are located in buildings that do not meet state earthquake safety standards. Based on an evaluation of reports prepared by outside experts, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the District has determined that it would be significantly more expensive to retrofit and upgrade the existing Palomar Medical Center than it would be to build a new medical center. Local neighborhoods lack adequate nearby community medical centers. The Board, with the input of District medical staff, nursing personnel and support personnel and members of the public, has developed a comprehensive Facilities Master Plan to address the future health care needs of the population of the District, calling for (i) replacement of patient care facilities which do not meet mandated state standards for earthquake safety, (ii) renovation and repair of existing aging facilities to support advances in medical treatment, and (iii) expansion of localized, community-based health care services in certain regions of the District; A local general obligation bond was identified as one component in meeting the overall financing needs identified in the Facilities Master Plan, to be used for authorized improvements to buildings. In addition, the Board has identified a variety of other funding sources necessary to achieve the purposes outlined in the Facilities Master Plan, including hospital revenue bonds, hospital revenues, and private donations. The Board expects to draw on these other sources of funds to finance facilities and equipment not funded from a local general obligation bond. BOND AUTHORIZATION By approval of this measure by at least two-thirds of the registered voters voting on the proposition, the District shall be authorized to issue and sell bonds of up to $496,000,000 in aggregate principal amount to provide financing or refinancing for hospital and health care facilities projects consisting of the acquisition and improvement of real property for hospital and health care purposes, including renovations and improvements to Palomar Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital and construction or acquisition of additional medical facilities, subject to all of the accountability safeguards specified in this measure. The Board plans and expects to use proceeds of the bonds authorized by this measure to finance various components of its Facilities Master Plan, which are expected to include the following projects: Emergency/Trauma Care Facilities • Establish and construct four dedicated trauma/cardiac resuscitation treatment areas at an additional medical facility, referred to as Palomar West Medical Center, expand Emergency Room treatment rooms and provide additional operating rooms to ensure more rapid treatment of trauma, acute care and other patients requiring emergency care at Pomerado Hospital and Palomar West Medical Center • Add Intensive Care Units at Pomerado Hospital and Palomar West Medical Center Earthquake Safety Upgrades • Upgrade local hospitals to ensure all new patient and treatment areas meet current state seismic requirements Community Medical Centers • Establish and construct local medical centers in communities which may include Ramona, San Marcos, Valley Center and Rancho Penasquitos PR-14PO-6 N SD 167-062 Repairs and Upgrades to all existing Hospitals and Medical Centers • Repair and upgrade operating rooms and interventional suites, including catheterization labs and interventional radiology labs • Renovate, remodel and expand patient rooms to accommodate current medical practices, technology and equipment and support future advances • Repair and upgrade aging roofs, plumbing and other major building systems • Upgrades and repairs to meet ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) requirements Upgrades to Palomar Medical Center • Construct/remodel Palomar Medical Center to create a Specialty Services Hospital, to include: • Rehabilitation Therapy/Stroke Rehabilitation Center • Radiation Therapy/Cancer care treatment areas • Expand inpatient mental health center Upgrades to Pomerado Hospital and Pomerado Hospital Campus • Upgrade existing second floor to provide an intermediate care monitoring unit • Establish new Cardiac Catheterization Lab • Create Women's Center for Obstetric and GYN Patients • Establish an outpatient surgery center to increase operating room capacity • Expand and improve wound care clinic Palomar West Medical Center • Establish and construct Palomar West Medical Center in order to comply with State seismic safety requirements, including acquisition of land and/or buildings, as appropriate Construct Acute, Specialty Care and Outpatient Centers • Establish Women's Outpatient Centers at Palomar West Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital for women's health services (such as mammography, breast cancer biopsy, ultrasound, outpatient OB testing and specialist services) • Establish outpatient radiology center at Palomar West Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital • Establish outpatient mental health center at Palomar Medical Center The Board has reserved the right to change its Facilities Master Plan from time to time, and to finance authorized projects with the bonds as it deems advisable and necessary. The inclusion or specification of a project in the foregoing list or in the Facilities Master Plan is not a guarantee that such project will be constructed or completed, or that it will be constructed or completed as described above or in the Facilities Master Plan, or at any particular time or in any particular order of priority. Projects and upgrades will be completed as needed at a particular site according to Board-established priorities. This measure authorizes the financing of projects, and shall not be deemed to be an approval of any project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act. Specific Purposes. All of the purposes enumerated in this measure shall constitute the specific purposes of the bonds, and proceeds of the bonds shall be spent only for such purposes, pursuant to California Government Code Section 53410. ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee. If this measure is approved, the Board shall establish an independent Citizens' Oversight Committee within ninety (90) days of the date the Board enters the results of the election, such independent Citizens' Oversight Committee (i) to be comprised of at least nine (9) members, each member to be selected by the Board through a public application process and to serve without compensation, (ii) to include one (1) member active in a taxpayers' organization, one (1) member active in a senior citizens' organization, one (1) member active in a business organization, resignation from such taxpayers' organization, senior citizens' organization or business organization, as applicable, to be deemed a concurrent resignation from the Citizens' Oversight Committee, and one nurse or physician, three (3) members of which shall be appointed by the Board to serve for an initial term of one (1) year, three PR-14PO-7 N SD 167-063 (3) members of which shall be appointed by the Board to serve for an initial term of two (2) years and three (3) members of which shall be appointed to serve for an initial term of three (3) years, each member thereafter appointed to the Citizens' Oversight Committee by the Board to serve for a term of two (2) years and each member to serve for no more than two (2) consecutive terms, (iii) to be provided with each report provided to the Board under this measure and (iv) to remain in existence for so long as any bond proceeds remain unexpended. If this measure is approved, the Board shall establish by one or more resolutions such additional provisions and procedures as shall be necessary to provide for the formation and operation of the Citizens' Oversight Committee. No Money For Administrators' Salaries. Proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized by this proposition shall be used only for costs incurred in connection with construction and acquisition of medical facilities, and the cost of the issuance of the bonds, and not for any other purpose, including staff and administrator salaries and other operating expenses. Special Bond Proceeds Account; Annual Audit And Report to Board. The Board hereby directs that a separate account shall be established for deposit of proceeds of the sale of the bonds authorized by this measure if this measure is approved by the District voters. For so long as any proceeds of bonds authorized by this measure remain unexpended, the chief financial officer of the District (the "Chief Financial Officer") shall cause a report to be filed with the Board no later than five (5) months after the end of each fiscal year, commencing with the first fiscal year during which any proceeds of bonds authorized by this measure shall have been received. The report shall state (1) the amount of bond proceeds received and expended in such fiscal year and (2) the status of any projects funded or to be funded from the proceeds of bonds authorized to be issued by this measure. The report may be incorporated into or filed with the audit or other appropriate routine report provided to the Board. Audited financial statements of the District will continue to be made available in accordance with applicable requirements. OTHER TERMS OF BONDS The bonds authorized hereby, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $496,000,000, shall be issued upon the order of the Board in one or more series and at one or more times as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise money for the purposes set forth herein. The bonds shall bear interest payable at a rate not exceeding the legal limit (at the current time twelve percent (12%) per annum). The bonds, or any series thereof, shall have a maturity date no later than forty (40) years following the date of issuance of such series (pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code Section 53508 or any law applicable at the time of issuance of such series). Principal of and interest on said bonds shall be collected and paid in accordance with Section 32312 of The Local Health Care District Law (the "Law"). WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK AT THE POLLS or VOLUNTEER YOUR HOME, BUSINESS OR SITE TO SERVE AS A POLLING PLACE? If you are interested in serving your community and at the same time meeting your neighbors, call us at (858) 565-5800. We will place your name in our files and contact you for the next election in your area or you can complete the application below and send it to: San Diego County Registrar of Voters Precincts and Polls Section 5201 Rut/fin Rd. Suite I San Diego, CA 92123 Poll Workers receive the following compensation per election for their services: Inspectors $100, Assistant Inspectors $80, Clerks $60. Polling Place Host receive $50-$70. Polling Place hours are 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Call the Registrar's office for additional information. 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They care. They want to help reunite families. They feel that they have something to offer children. They know that there are not enough foster homes. They feel that children deserve the difference that they can make. What are the characteristics of foster parents? They accept the temporary nature of their role as foster parents. They hold a non-judgmental attitude toward the parents of the children in their care. They work cooperatively with the agencies involved in the child's care. They own or rent a home that is safe, clean, and with adequate space and furnishings. They discipline in a positive manner. They may have children living in the home or may have already. raised their children. They have sufficient income to support themselves without relying on the foster care payments. They are in good physical and emotional health. They may be married or single. They are over 18 years of age. .What is the first step in becoming a foster parent? Learn more about foster parenting by calling the -County of San Diego, Health & Human Services Agency toll-free. 1 (877) 792-KIDS(5437) This page would have been blank due to printing layouts. The Registrar of Voters has used this space to provide additional information. Prescription for Wellness Make Healthful Food Choices Do Some Physical Activity Don't Use Tobacco 6et Preventive Health Care Why? 0 1. Feel Better! 2. Have energy 3. Stay Healthy How? 1. Eat at least 5 servings of fruits/vegetables each day. A serving could fit in your hand or a small juice glass. Include fruit/veggies in soups, stews, sauces^etc. 2. Cut back on high fat foods. 60 lightly on butter, margarine, oil, lard, or bacon fat. Eat plenty of rice, beans, pasta, potatoes - less meat/chicken. 3. Set at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on most days. Do it in bits or all at once. Walk quickly Mow the lawn Use the stairs Dance while you dust Play with family or friends Ride a bicycle 4. Quit smoking - Better yet, don't start! Ask your doctor about programs to help you stop. 5. Ask your doctor about tests for illness. Find it early and get treatment for best results. Blood Pressure Pap Smear Cholesterol Colon Cancer Tests Mammography Prostate Cancer Tests County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Services This page would have been blank due to printing layouts. The Registrar of Voters has used this space to provide additional information. FP-50 N SO (67-068 FP-52 N SD 167-069 O Ol u>O o 5•q E O "< =• ll IIIIH (D 3D(D(O 2.3 o 3"Uu cn(Da COQ) !£CD C •g 2 CD £ <9. 3o S.13 QQ) fD O enq en3 Q)<: tQ 5 3 o ? T T n_ CD Q o —*- ^—i oi < 13 q oQ O O. 5' (Q o 8 0007\- CD 0 zrO CD ^ 0 Q %CD T3 3- TV Zq. 0 •< y D =-: -* o ^ CQ 0 i/i QDo_ IT Ocoo 017o.o_ oo —s zz' T3 <'2-O 0 O 5'^ D (Q^ c/}. O oo O ^Q 3< D 13 Q Q-Q. ^(Q Q 0 S-5' CD" ^-. 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For assistance, call 858-694-3441. • Cassette recordings of candidate statements and propositions are available by contacting any branch library. • The County of San Diego does not discriminate on the basis of disability. If you are a voter who is disabled and feel you have been denied participation in the Electoral process, contact the Registrar of Voters Office at 858-565-5800. • If your polls'is not accessible, you may request to have a ballot brought to an accessible location as near as possible outside the polls. A voter unable to mark a ballot may also receive the assistance of not more than two persons selected by the voter. ACCESS YES OR N07 FP-04-2 It is the goal of the Registrar of Voters Office that all polling locations be accessible to voters who are disabled and elderly. Refer to this symbol on the back cover of this pamphlet. If your polling place is not accessible, please call the Registrar of Voters Office at 858- 565r5800 for alternative voting methods. We will continue our search for an accessible polling facility for future elections. N SO 167-072 82 oLU CD -pj O OC <DC CDLUOC <(/> ID OO o CMin IDoo O CD O Q. OCMinift <ooo CM CD< O O O UJ 5 z UJDCQQ OCID UJcc