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SR-9-B (26)s~ f/1 r~ "f FEB - 8 #~4 CC:CED:(PC am lelectionlreferen) Santa Mvmca, California CZty Counczl Meeting Febzuary S, 1994 TO Mayar and Ciry Councilmembers FROM Clarice E Dykhouse, City Clerk SUBJECT. Certification of Quaiificat~on of Referendum Petitions Regardulg the Civic Center Specific Plan INTRODUCTION Thfs report recommends the City Councxl receive and file the attached Certification of Qualification for two referendum petftfons, and direct the Crty Attarney to prepare the necessary documents to etther repeal Resolutians No 8685 {CCS) entztled "A Resolution of the Crty Council af the C~ty of Santa Monica Approeing the Adoption of the C~~ic Center Specific P1an and Adopting a Statement of Overridin~ Considerations" and No 8685 (CCS} entrtled "A Resolut~on of the City Council of the City of Santa Mon~ca Amending the Land Use and Circulation Element of the City of Santa Momca General Plan" or submit them ta a vote af t.he people BACKGROUND 4n December 23, 1993, two referendum pet~tions were filed with the City Clerk protest~n~ the adoption of Resolutions Nos 8685 (CCS) and 8b86 (CCS} adopted by the Santa Monica City Counc~l on No~e~nber 23, 1993 The petitions requested the reconsiderat~on or repeal by the Gity Council of the Resolutions or that they be submitted to a vote of the people of Santa Mvnica at the next regular election Smce both petitions contained signatures of re~istered ~oters of Santa Monica in excess of the 14~ requued, the Resolutions are now "suspended" unt~l repealed or a resolutaon declarmg the result of an election is adopted. Once repealed or disapproved by the ~oters, it cannot be enuacted by the Council for a period of one year after the date of repeal or disapproval of the voters, DISCUSSION City Council act~on to receive and file the Certification ~s required, followed by d~rectian to the Crty Attorney to prepare either a Resoluuon to• 1 Repeal both Resolution No. $b85 (CC5) and No 8686 {CCS), or 1 fEB - 8 ~94 ~~ 2. Call a Special Elect~on in not less t~an 88 days, or Note If the City Council decides ta cail a Special Election to be consohdated with the June Pnmary ballot, it wtl~ be necessary to adopt the Resalutions calli~g the election and request~ng consolidat~on as soon as possible The last day to delrver a request for consoltdat~on ta the Boarc~ of Super~isors is March 11, 1994, with Arguments for and agamst the measures due to the Registrar-Recorder no later than March 15 and Rebuttals on March 25, 1994 3 Place the measures on the ballot for the Regular Murucipal Election to be held on November 8, 1994. BUDGETIFINANCIAL IMPACT The estimated cost to place the two rneasures on the ballot wauld be as follows SPECIAL ELECTIONS June 7, 1994 Special Municipal Election Consolidated wrth Statewide Direct Prunary Election Cost $45,OOfl for one measure, $15,OOQ for each additianal rneasure Total Cost $60,0~0 Electaon Held on a Date Other than June 7, 1994 Cosr ~1fl0,Q00 GEIVERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION November 8, 1994 General Mumcipal Elect~on consolidated with Statewide General Election Cost: $25,OIX? The cost fvr any of the above elections will be reflected m the Departrnent's Elect~on Division groposed budget for FY1994-95 In addition to the above costs, the cost for verification af signatures by the Registrar-Recorder will be approx~nately $28,000 and will requ~re an appropriat~on of $28,000 m FY 93-94 from the General Fund Reserve to Election Professional Services, Account No Q1-120-212-OOODO- 5505-OD000 2 RECOMMENDATION Recei~e and file Certification of Qualification, approve allocation of funds m the amount af $28,004, and d~rect the City Attorney to prepare the necessary documents Prepared by. Clance E. Dykhouse, Ciry Clerk Attachments• Certificate of S~gnature Count of Referendum Petition regardmg Resalution No 8685 Certificat.e of S~gnature Count of Referendum Pet~tion regarding Resolutson No 8686 CERTIFICATE OF SIGNATURE COUNT STATE QF CALI~ORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )SS. CITY OF SANTA MQNICA ) I, CLARICE E DYKHDUSE, City Clerk of the Santa Monica do hereby certify that at 2 40 P M on December 23, 1993, John Bodin, Laurel Raer~nau and Eric Siss submitted to my o#fice a referendum petition entitled "REFERENDUM AGAINST RESOLUTION NO $685 (CCSS APPROVING THE ADQPTION DF THE CIVIC CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN AND ADOPTING A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIQNS" In accordance wrth Election Cade Sect~on 4051 it has been determined that the last officral report of registration to the Secretary of State at the time of filing was 54,668 registered vaters and 10°/a o~ said registration would require 5,466 ~alid signatures to qualify the referendum petitian. In accordance with Electian Code Saction 3707 ~t has been determined that sa~d petition contains 8,534 signatures of which 6,557 s~gnatures qualif~ed and 1,977 signatures did nat qualify {Exhibit A}. The numi~er o# s~gnatures qualified, 6,557, Es in excess af the minimum number af signatures req~r~red and said petition is hereby qualrfied this 8th day of February, 1994 o ~. ~~ ~ c~A~c-~ ~ ovKHQUSE; cMc _C~th Cl~rk c~f the City of Santa Monica ~~ o~~'`',-, COUNTY ~F L05 ANGE~ES Exxl~Yx A :~: ~~ ;;-0= REGISTRAR-RECORDER/COUNTY GLERK ~`~~~~ 12400 INIPEfiIA~ HWY - P p BOX 1024, NORWALK. CALIFdRNIA 9065Y-1024 S4Y~~t~~ BEATRIZ VALaEZ PEGIS-~~R-r~E~~OFGEA%COL1hJ~Y C~ERK February 3, 1994 Mrs. Clarice E. Dykhouse, C~ty Cl.erk C~ty af Santa Mon~ca 1685 Maa.n Street, Room 102 Santa Mon~ca, Californ~a 90407-2200 Dear Mrs. Dykhouse: Enclosed are ~66 petition sect~ons pertaining to a referendum aga~ns~. ardinance No. 8685 submitted ~or signatu~e verificatzon on December 27, ~993. The resu,lts of the signature verification are as follows: Number of signatures filed 8,534 Number of signatur~s Taerafied 8,534 - Number of signatures qualified 6,557 - Number of signatures not qual~fied 1~977 Tota~. 8, 534 Please call Alzce R~vers of the Electi~n Coordination Un~t at (310) 462-2632 zf you need any add~tianal infarmation. Very tru].y yours, ~ BEATRIZ V DEZ Registra ecorder/County Cl.erk ~r~~.s~ CERTiFICATE OF SIGNATURE COUNT STATE OF CALIFORNIA 1 COUNTY QF LOS ANGELES ? SS CITY OF SANTA MONICA ) I, CLARICE E. DYKHOUSE, C~ty Clerk of the Santa Monica do hereby certify that at 2.40 p.m. on December 23, 1993, John Bodin, Laurel Roennau and Eric Siss submitted to my office a referendum petition entitled. "REFERENDUM AGA(NST RESOLUTION NO. 8686 SCCS} AMENDING THE LAND USE AND CIRCULATION ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONlCA GENERAL PLAN" In aecardance with Elect~on Code Sect~on 4051 it has been determined that the last official report of registration to the Secretary of State at the time of filing was 54,668 registered voters and 10% of said registration would require 5,466 ~alid signatures to qualify the referendum petition. In aceordance w~th Elect~on Code Section 3707 at f~as been determmed that sa~d petition contains 8,459 signatures of which 6,347 signaturas q~alified and 2,112 signatures did not qualify (Exhibit A) The number of signatures qual~f~ed, 6,347, ~s in excess af the m~nimum number of signatures required and said petition is hereby acknowledged as qualified this 8th day of February, '! 994. ~a ~/~~..~'~''_ CLARIC~ E. DYKHOUSE~, CMC CEty Cierk of the City of Santa Mon~ca ~p~~paoea,~~W ~ j ~ 4 a ~; „ ,~~ ~~ v '~ :,' ~2 4~ ~Am`~4` EXHIBIT A COUNTY OF L.OS ANGELES REGfSTRAR•RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK 124Q4 IMPERIAL HWY P O BOX 7024, NORWALK. CALIFORNIA 9Q651-1024 BEATRIZ VALDEZ RE~15TR4~ PFCpRDFF%CGl1'i"Y GLErIK Febr~ary 3, 1994 Mrs. Clar3ce ~. Dykhouse, City Cl~rk City of Santa Monica ~685 Main Street, RooFn 102 Santa Man~ca, California 90407-2200 Dear Mrs. Dykhouse: Enclosed are 166 petition sections pertaining to a refer~ndum aga~nst ordinance No. 8685 submitted for ~ignature verif~cat~.on on December 27, 1993. lhe results of the signature verification are as fol.~ows: Number of s~gnatures fil~d 8,459 Number of signatures verzfzed 8,~~9 - Number of signatures qual~fied 6,347 - Number of signatures not qualified 2,112 Total $,459 Please call Alice Rivers of the Elect~on Coordination Unzt at (310) 462-2632 if you need any additional information. ~Tery truly ~ours, ~ ~ BEATRIZ V EZ - Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk PT77.SM2