R-9760
City Council Meeting 5-14-02
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9760 (eeS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE
OF THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002
WHEREAS, City Charter Section 1400 provides that a General Municipal Election
shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November of each even
numbered year for the purpose of election of elected officers; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the City Charter, three members of the City
Council shall be elected for a full term of four years; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the City Charter, three commissioners of the
Rent Control Board shall be elected for a full term of four years; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions ofthe Education Code, four members ofthe Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education shall be elected for a full term
of four years; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Education Code Section 72034 and resolutions
adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Santa Monica Community College District, four
members of the Santa Monica Community College District Board of Trustees shall be
elected for a full term of four years; and
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WHEREAS, Elections Code Section 12109 authorizes the City Council to provide
that all ballots cast at the General Municipal Election be counted at a central counting
place; and
WHEREAS, the Education Code and the Elections Code authorize the consolidation
of the election of members of the Santa Monica College District Board of Trustees with the
General Municipal Election and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of
Education.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A General Municipal Election shall be held in the City of Santa Monica
on November 5, 2002, which is the election required for the purposes of electing three
members of the City of Santa Monica City Council, three commissioners of the City of
Santa Monica Rent Control Board, four members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
School District Board of Education and four members of the Santa Monica Community
College District Board of Trustees,
SECTION 2. The ballots to be used at the General Municipal Election shall be both
as to form and matter contained therein such as may be required by law.
SECTION 3, The City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to procure and
furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment, and
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paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the General
Municipal Election.
SECTION 4. The polls for the General Municipal Election shall be open at 7:00 a.m.
on the day of the election and shall remain open continuously until 8:00 p.m. of the same
day when the polls shall be closed except as provided in Elections Code Section 14401.
SECTION 5. The notice of the time and place of holding of the General Municipal
election is hereby given and the City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to give
such further or additional notice of the election in the time, form, and manner required by
law.
SECTION 6. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 12109, the City Clerk is
authorized, instructed, and directed to give notice ofthe central counting place in the time,
form, and manner required by law.
SECTION 7. An election for members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District Board of Education and the Santa Monica College District Board of Trustees shall
be consolidated with the General Municipal Election. Separate ballots shall be provided
for those voters who reside outside the City of Santa Monica pursuant to Elections Code
Section 10409.
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SECTION 8. The City Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Resolution to the
Board of Supervisors and to the Registrar of Voters/County Clerk of the County of Los
Angeles.
SECTION 9. In the even the General Municipal Election i~ consolidated with the
Statewide General Election on the same date, the provisions of this Resolution, which are
applicable only in the event the election is conducted by the City, shall be of no force or
effect.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Adopted and approved this 14th day of May, 2002.
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Kevin McKeown, Mayor Pro Tem
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 9760 (CCS) was duly adopted at a
meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 14th of May, 2002, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members:
O'Connor, Bloom, Genser, Katz, Mayor Pro
T em McKeown
Noes: Council members:
None
Abstain: Council members:
None
Absent: Council members:
Holbrook, Mayor Feinstein
ATTEST
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Maria Stewart, CitY C rk