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city council Meeting 6-28-94 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 8778
(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 8, 1994
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 of the city Charter, four
members of the 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 Chapter 366 of the California
Statutes of 1982 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
WHEREAS, Elections Code Section 17050 authorizes the city
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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-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education and 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 8, 1994, which is the election
required for purposes of electing three members of the City
Council, three commissioners of the Rent Control Board, four
members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified school District, 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
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 14301.
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 17050, 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-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 23304.
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SECTION 8. The City Clerk is directed to send a copy of this
Resolution to the Board of Supervisors of the county of Los Angeles
and to the Registrar of Voters.
SECTION 9. In the event 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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MARSHA JONE~MOUTRIE
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved thIS 28th of June, 1994
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, Mayor
I hereby certIfy that the foregomg ResolutIOn 8778
(CCS) was duly adopted at a meetmg of the City CouncIl held on the 28th of June, 1994
by the following vote:
Ayes Councilmembers: Abdo, Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen,
Rosenstein, Vazquez
Noes: Councllmembers. None
Abstain Councllmembers: None
Absent Councilmembers' None
ATTEST.
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