R-9515
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City Council Meeting 5-23-00
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9515
(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 7,2000
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, four members of the City
Council shall be elected for a full term of four years; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the City Charter, two commissioners of the
Rent Control Board 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, three members of the Santa Monica Community College District Board of
Trustees shall be elected for a full term of four years; and
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
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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;
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 7,2000, which is the election required for the purposes of
electing four members of the City Council, two commissioners of the Rent Control
Board, and three 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 paraphernalia that may be necessary inorder to properly and lawfully
conduct the General Municipal Election.
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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 of the central counting place in the
time, form, and manner required by law.
SECTION 7. An election for members of 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.
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.
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SECTION 9. In the even the General Municipal Election is 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 23rd of May, 2000.
Ken Genser ~ - ·
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution 9515 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting
of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 23rd of May, 2000, by the following
vote:
Ayes: Council members:
Holbrook, McKeown, Feinstein, Bloom,
Mayor Pro Tern O'Connor, Mayor Genser
Noes: Council members:
None
Abstain: Council members:
None
Absent: Council members:
Rosenstein
ATTEST:
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Maria M. Stewart