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Carmel-By-the-Sea Flanders Mansion, Measure I (November 2009)
A Carmel-By-the-Sea, Measure I regarding the Flanders Mansion Property ballot question was on the November 3, 2009 ballot for voters in the City of Carmel-By-The-Sea in Monterey County, where it was approved.
Measure I allowed the sale of the Flanders Mansion property.
Voters who wished to vote by mail had until October 27 to do so; otherwise, voters went to the polls on November 3.[1]
Election results
| Measure I | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 913 | 62.32% | ||
| No | 552 | 37.68% | ||
- These final, certified, results are from the Monterey County elections office.
The sale of Flanders Mansion
Flanders Mansion is a National Register Property located in the Mission Trail Nature Preserve. The city council of Carmel-By-The-Sea voted in December 1999 to sell the property. The "Flanders Foundation" was formed to resist the sale. The Flanders Foundation filed a variety of lawsuits against the city since 2005 to prevent the sale of the property, costing the town over $800,000 in legal fees.[2]
The city originally purchased the 15+ acre Flanders property, including the Mansion, in 1972 for $275,000. The mansion was built by the Flanders family in 1920.
Ballot question
The question on the ballot:
| Measure I: "Approve discontinuance and abandonment of, and authorization to sell, Flanders mansion property public parkland. Shall discontinuance and abandonment of the Flanders Mansion Property (APN 010-061-005) as public parkland, and authorization to sell the Flanders Mansion Property "with Conservation Easements and Mitigation" as passed on May 12, 2009 by the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council by Resolutions No. 2009-30 through 2009-33, be approved?"[3] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ KION-TV, "Five Ballot Measures in Monterey Co. Election," October 9, 2009
- ↑ Legal documents regarding the attempted sale of Flanders Mansion
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
