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City Council Meeting 8-9-94 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 8808
(City council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA SUBMITTING TO THE VOTERS
ONE BALLOT MEASURE AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1994
WHEREAS, on June 28, 1994, the City Council adopted Resolution
Number 8778 (CCS) calling for and giving notice of a Regular
Municipal Election on November 8, 1994; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to submit to the voters,
pursuant to Government Code Section 34459, a ballot measure
pertaining to a proposed amendment to the City Charter;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. At the General Municipal Election called for
November 8, 1994, the following proposition shall be submitted to
the qualified electors of the City of Santa Monica:
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PROPOSITION II II Shall city Yes
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Charter Section 617 be amended to
permit the City Clerk to publish a
summary of an ordinance after it is
adopted by the city council instead No
of the entire ordinance, as the
City Charter currently requires?
The City Clerk shall cause the text of the proposition, which is
contained in Exhibit 1 attached hereto and incorporated by
reference, to be mailed to all qualified voters with the sample
ballot. The city Clerk shall cause the text of the proposition to
be published in the official newspaper and in each edition thereof
during the day of publication in the manner required by law.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 5011, the City
Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of each measure to be
submitted to the voters to the City Attorney and the City Attorney
is directed to prepare an impartial analysis of each measure
showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the
operation of the measure in accordance with the provisions of
Elections Code Section 5011. The impartial analysis shall be filed
by the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary
arguments.
SECTION 3. The provisions of Resolution Number 8778 (CCS) are
referred to for more particulars concerning the Regular Municipal
Election to be held on November 8, 1994.
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SECTION 4. 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:
MARSHA JONES MOUTRIE
City Attorney
By:~T-uL .
MARTIN T. TACHIKI
Chief Deputy city Attorney
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Exhibit 1
PROPOSAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TBE
CITY OP SANTA MONICA TO SUBMIT TO THE VOTERS
AN AHENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OP SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
1. Section 617 of the Santa Monica City Charter shall be
amended to read as follows:
617. Ordinances. Publication.
The city Clerk shall cause each ordinance
to be published at least once in the official
newspaper within fifteen days after its
adoption. The City Clerk may satisfy the
requirement to publish each ordinance by
causing a fair and impartial summary of the
ordinance to be published within fifteen days
after the ordinance's adoption and by posting
a copy of the full ordinance in the office of
the city Clerk. The City Attorney shall
prepare the fair and impartial summary of each
ordinance which is to be published by summary.
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Adopted and approved this 9th of August, 1994.
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Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution 8808 (CCS) was duly adopted at a
meeting of the City Council held on the 9th of August, 1994 by the following vote
Ayes Councllmembers Abdo, Genser, Olsen, Rosenstein, Vazquez
Noes. Councllmembers. Holbrook
Abstain: Councllmembers . None
Absent: Councllmembers: Greenberg
ATTEST.
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