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SR-4-A (4)~ ~Dy-~~~ CC flctyclerklel~c~ions1031699 C~ty Cour~crl Meeting November 24. 1998 Gt~ - 81~ TO Mayor and City Counc~l FROM City Staff SUB,~ECT Adoption of Resolutions CallEng fo~ a Special Municipa! Elect~on to F~II an Unscheduled Vacancy on the City Counc~l Introduction Councilmember Greenberg tendered her resignation fram the City Council effect~ve S~ptember 25. 1998, due to her move outside of tlne Cfty boundar~es At ~ts regufar meeting of Octaber 13, 1998, the City Council accepted Councilmember Greenb~rg's ~esrgnation and declared her seat ~acant Section 603 af tt~e City Charter states, in part, that any ~acancy on the City Council shall be filled by appointment withm thirty days after the office is decfared vacant, and shall Council fai! to fifl the ~acancy, Council s~all forthwith cause an election to be held to fill such ~acancy Co~ncit has he~ci dGSCUSSions during the ~ctober 13, and October 27. 199$, meetings regard~ng the procedure for filling the vacancy. and candidates #~a~e been inv~ted to submrt letters of interest and applications Th~s staff report recommends that Council delrberate and take action to f~lf the vacant seat or adopt the attached ordinance and resolutions necessary to call a special el~ction to fill the vacancy Election Scheduiinq Procedures Section 1403 of the C~ty Charter provides far all eiections to be held m accordance w~th the provisions of the Electtor~s Code of the State of Calrfomia, un~ess otherwise prawdec~ by ordmance The Hections Code estabiishes March 2, 1999, as the next appropnate date for an election Staff recommends that if a special election is called, ~t 1 ~ `$~ ~ be scheduled for March ~ 6. 1999, for two reasons The first is t#~at on March 2, 1999, a large number of c~ties wif! be hofc~~ng stand-alone electior~s and will be using the services of the oniy election suppiier focated in So~them California Second, this will be the first stand-alone election the City Clerk's Office w~li admin~ster in 15 years, and w~ll reqwre a substant~al amount af work in a short period of t~rne The additional two weeks af time will provade some rel~ef to staff Attacfi~ed are the followmg Exh~bit A~s an emergency ord~nance for adopt~on sett~ng the date of the speciaf election. pursuant to Section 14p3 of the City Charter, Exhibit B is a resolution calling a special eiection to fill an unscheduled ~acancy on the City Councif to be F~eld on March 16, 1999. Exhibit C is a resoiut~o~ requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles ta render spec~fied services to the C~ty relating to the special efection. Exhfb~t D is a reso~ution author~zing servrces, s~pplaes and equipmer~t from Martin & Chapman Company far the specral elect~on, and, Exh~b~t E is a resolut~on ardering the can~ass of the specEa! electian be made by the CEty Clerk BudqetlFinanciaf impact There are no appro~ed funds m the City Clerk's Office elections budget for Fisca! Year 1998-1999 Martin & Chapman has given an est~mate of $1 per ~oter for senrices, supplies and equipment There are 55.237 registered ~oters in the City as of October 5, 1998 Staff is reques#~ng fiunds fior services and supplies from Martin & Chapman in t~e amount of $60,000, ir~clud~r~g ap~roxfmately $4,163 for cont~ngertcies Staff is also requesting $20,000 ir~ fundmg for services ~rom Los Angeles County Although it ~s not antrc~pated that the cost will be that h~gh, it ~s difficuft to estimate a more precise amount smce this is the first stand-alone election in a long time The County charges $1 36 per ver~ication of voter's s~gnatures Dunng the Novemtaer 1996 electtor~ there were 5,589 absentee balfots received for City candidates and measures ~ f If a similar number were recei~ed for this elect~an, the ~erificatton of these signatures would accouRt ~or $7.600. ~n add~t~on to the cost for the othe~ servECes requested from the County Staff ~s request~ng $15,000 for postage and $9,500 for labor costs to ma~l o~t ~ater pamphlets This estimate ~s based on the cost for maif~ng pamphlets for the 199fi e4ect~on The pamphlet for the special election would contam fewer pages than the 1996 pamphlet and cost less Howe~er. there will be the added cost of ma~lmg out absentee ballots d~rectly from our office, and not #ram the County Finally, staff ~s requestmg $22.50~ for various other costs incl~ding. but not I~mited to stipends for precinct workers and fees for usmg precmct sites, wages for temporary and election day workers, o~ert~me funds for City Clerk's staff. legal publ~shmg costs, and, miscellaneous supplEes ar~d expenses If a s~ec~al election ~s called, there w~ll be a need to a~gment C~tyN's budget to accommodate election programmmg Staff recornmends that $10,000 t~e appropriated for Fiscal Year 1998-99 Ir~ summary we are requesting a total appropriat~on of $137,800 to be allocated as follows $15,~00 to 01-120-212-0OOQO-2232-00000 {metered postage), $800 00 to 01-120-212-0OOQO-2252-00000 {legal advertismg), $102.000 ta 01-120-292-00000-~5~6-00000 (Professional 5erv~ces), $2,000 #0 01-~ 20-212-04000-2231-00000 (aff~ce suppl~es}, $2,000 to 01-120-212-00000-1154-00004 (temporary employees), $6,000 to d1-120-2~2-00000-1149-DOOOa (avertime). a~d. $10,D00 to 51-'l10-207-00000-4439-ODOOD (other costs) * Recommendation It ~s respectfully recommended, shoufd CouncEl not fill the vacancy by appoir~tment and find it necessasy to cai4 a spec~ai elect~on. t~at Counc~l adopt the emergency o~d~nar~ce and f~~e resolut,ons, ar~d approve the apprapr~ation as outlmed in the budget section of the report Prepared by Mar~a M Stewart, City Clerk Atta~hments Exhibii A- Emergency Ordmance Ext~ibit B- Resofution Calling Spec~al Election Exhibit C- Resolution Requesting Services from the County Exhibit D- Resolution Authorizing Provision of Election Services Exhib~t E ~ Resolution O~'dering Cle~'k to Canvass Resu~ts ~ ~ f lattylmunillawslm~mispecelec ord City Counc~~ Meeting '~ 1-24-98 Santa Manica, Califomia ORDINANCE NUMBER (City Counc~l Series) AN ORDlNANCE OF 7HE C~TY COUNCfL QF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AD~tNG SECTION 1'! 04 'I80 TO THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE SETT~NG QF SPECIAL ELECTIONS WHEREAS, S~nta fl~an3ca City Charter Secttan 14fl3 authar~zes the C~ty Counc~l ta adop# an ordinance ~f it desires to set an electivn on a date other than that set forth irt the Cal~fornEa Elect~ons Code, and WHEREAS, when a C~ty Counc~l vacancy occurs which cannpt be filled e~ther at t~e next generai elect~on due to the timing of the vacancy nor by appointment, a special election must be set ta fill that vacancy, NDW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCiL O~ THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HE~iEBY ORDA4N AS FO~LOWS SECTION 1 Section 11 04 180 is hereby added to the Santa Monica Munic~pal Code to read as follows Section 11.04.180. Setting of Special Elections by Resolu#ion. The City Council ~s aut~orized to set the date of a special electEOn by resolutivn The City Cauncii may set the date of a special electcon or~ an i * established elect~on date as provided for by the Califarr~ia Eiect~ons Code or an any other date as the C~ty G~ur~c~l may se4ect as pecmitted by taw SECTION 2 Th~s ~mance is declar~o be an urgency measure adopted pursuant to the p~ovis~ons af Sectio 5 of the Santa Mon~ca C~ty Charter ThEs Ordinance is necessary #o prese the pubi~c health, safety, and welfare SECTION 3 Any pro~ision af the Santa Mornca Mur~icipaV Code or appendf~es thereto ~ncons~stent with tt~e pro~ESions of this OrdEnance, to tl~e extent af such inconststenc~es and no further, ~s hereby repealed ar mod~f~ed to that extent necessary to effect the provis~ons of this OrdEnance SEGTION 4 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or p~rase of this Ordmance as for any reasan held to be ~n~alid or unconstEtutio~al by a decis~on of any court of competent 3urisdict~on, st~ch dec~sion shall not affect the vaf~d~ty of the remamting ~ortions ot this Qrdir~ance T~e City Council F~ereby declares that ~t would ~ave passed this OrdEnance and each and every section, su~sectEOn, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared ~nval~d or ur~const~tutiona! without regard to whether any portron of the ordinance woufd be subsequently declared mvalEd or ~nconst~tutional SECT~ON 5 The Mayor shaff sign and the City Clerk shalf attest to the passage of this Ordinance The C~ty Cferk shalV cause the same to be pubf~shed once tin tne offic~al 2 r~ewsQaper w~th~n 15 days after its ado~t~on Ets adaptaon APPROVED AS TO FORM ~ ~ < r'~2,~,~,;~€..~:.~ ~~ MARSHA .~~NES MOUTR[E C~ty Attorney Th~s Qrd~nance sF~all ~ecorne effect~ve upon FR[3M : PHON~ NC. : 31045~86~9 ~o~. 09 199~ 10'S?AM P? 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G~s ~.~. ~.~-~..~, ~~ . ~-~`~"~ ~• ~- ~ ~ c~,,,. ~.e~e ~ ~-o Ltr~~Z.~ ~j°7r` ~~ ~--~, I~ ~~ • ~ ' ~ ~~- ~ !~ ~, ~t S~r-~*- Y~t ~r~~it . ~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~ ~.- ~ ~ ~~ .~ ~ ~ r-~-~-- ' fA~ ~ ~ ~ t~. f~. ~ c~~1 a.~d~~ ~.r~ ~ ~-.~ ~~~.C ~ ~~,.,~- ~~ su~~C-~..P~c ~ ~~ I~. . ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~.~ ~~ , ~ ~~u~ ~ ~~ /~~•~ . ~~,c ~ a...~ ~ y~ ~ ~. t~~ ~ ~ s~ ~-~ ~ ~..~ r,~ S~F,~ti, /~-~~- Gv~-~.~ ~ ~j~ ~~ I ~~~-~ ~ ~+~. ~ ~v~ Cck.a_.~,a[~.t ~~ . ~ ~ ~ ••-- ti~ ~~ 1 ~,`~..~~ -- '~ /Lc~~ ~ : ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~a~ ~ o ~ ~~ ~~ ` Hav 09 9S OS:OBa Jennifer L. Polhemus 31Q-450-3696 p.i ~ November 9, 1998 The Santa Monica Gity Co~ncil V!A FAX P.O. Box 2200 Senta Monica, CA 90403 Dear City Cauncil: Nov ~ a ~~ I urge you #o appaint Richerd Bloom or Bob Holbroak ~o- fill the vac~nt City Cou~cil seat, with the ~nderstanding thet if the new eppointee evenfu~lly pre~ails ~n the recer~t elect~ar~ resufts, he wvuld resign, and the other vwuld be appointed in his place Th~s is the oniy solutior~ that makes sense. I have heard that you w~ld consider appvfnting sameane else, partrcularly a w~oman to improve the Counc~t's gender balar~ce. Wh~~e the idea is somewt~at iaudable, ~t e~ressly ignores the direct~ns that the ~oters have ~ir~dy oi~en yo~. VVhat ~e~~timata reason would there be ta ~gnore your o~nm rroters? Sincerely, fi~~ f ~ ~ i ~ ~~~~~ H~rlaw Sharp 252 7 32"° 5t~ee# Sarrta Monica, CA 9D405 ~ 1~cd f ~ ~ ~y~~ ~~ i~ ~ov ~o ~ CIT~r' OF SANTA M4NICA 1VZEMORANDUN~ DATE November 9, 1998 TO Cauncil FROM Ron Rosse ~:~ ~ ~~ r Noveo~ SUBJECT Council appoaritment replacmg Asha Greenberg Mr Rosse called to ask Councal to appomt someone to current vacant seat and not allovv far a special election Feels very strongly that CounciI should reach this decision and a~oid the extra e~enditure a special electzon c~~ould bring Grateful for your consideratian and vision ~~~ ~~ NOV ~ p ~ - 11'3~11998 1e:1~ 3~94505961 ~ riOVember 9, 199$ Sant~ Monica Cit~~ Cauncil ~~$5 h~ain St Santa Nionica, CA 9040I Re• Apgointment #o Asha Greenberg's Vacant Scat an 11-10-98 Dear Santa Ivlonxca City Catencilrncmbers: PAG~ 6_ ~-~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ In ~~icw.~ of the fact that Richard Blr~om and Bvb Halbrook are nuuisng neck to neck far the last ~•aea,nt City Council seat in the election af ~ 1-3-9$, and both ha~e in excess of 1[l,U~~ votes fram the electorate, I respecliull~ rec~uest th~t you appoint ane of them ta the vacant sea± of Asha Greenberg This wa~~ you a~re carryi~g aut the cnandate of the voters, and nat wast~z~g tdxpayer's mQney on a special electivn I wat~c~ rather see that rnoney used for ~naz~y other important uses ~n Santa Manica Thss sr~~m~ a#~r tn~ng to ~.o, ~d it is what ihe elec#arate voted for. That~ you very much, Stncerel} , ,~ ~ ~~ i /~~ / j 1 KatYty Kn~ght ri 11?2 Oafc St. Santa Maniea, CA 9~4p~ {3 i 0) 450-5961 ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ N OV f 0 i9~3 FROM ' COMM~~ITY CO~~ECTIDN5 i ~i~o~~s Dear Fnends, s ~ k ~Y ~~~ p ~. ~ NOV 10 ~3 I ne~d Sour help tociay Ivnt far zne, but ro make th~~ e~ty a~af~r place ca l~~~e. Y have be~n a vxc~z~n ~f ~,olent cnme tv~ice yn thts csty ~n 1991 a stra~ger brc+ke in zray hame and ~ttern~ted ta sexuatly assault me ~~hx~e ~ w~s a.~leep. I wa~ cumpelled to rnake a chan~e I started seiting up neighborhaoci u~aiches at the Ic~cai churches_ I did not w~t a~yone to bo throu~h thc ~am I~ncountered. Yt was my rntssion to bnrt~ nur c:Ommunity to~ether It was dnring th2~ trme t~eat I rAel Rzc:hard Slaona ax~d ha~ my ~rst ~ncrodu~tian to local palitics At a time wh~n ~ needred campa~~~on Riehard ~ecarne a fnend. He h~u cont~nued to pruvid4 sensitrvitv, calrr~ess and tl~vouor~ to the me a.rad to t~e i~sues of crime o~er the years. This last year i was ag~un I~e1~ up in at~ ~r~r~ed Rok~i~ery' lt ~s hard to believe crime c~uld stnke twice in this ]~ttie nei~hborhovd. Rxch~rd w•as there ag~in fo~ suppa~'t X am n4w the pr~5ident of a loc:dl busuFeSS Community Connect~ons that ~puts nee~ds and services tagettie~ He ~a~ cont~nued to a~idress the ~~sues H~s c~cd~caL~on to the cit}° ~s exeIx~piary_ Rschard ran far a seat an rhe City Cauncil l~esc week. 'The rae~ is not oti~cr. It has volleyed baek and forrh i~ ha~ heen ~r~ a neck-to neck race for a. city counc~I po~itton Today, after la.st weeks electian rhere ~~ one open seat . One s~t tt~at shoul~] be g~vc tc~ Richard. The alten~ati~e is to have a specia] B~~Ct14T1} at the ta.~-payers expen~~. I beli~v~ that Cht seat si~ou~d go to the runtaer up regardle~s of ~,•h~ came ~n J~15t because it ~s the commOn SenSe thirig [4 d4. It is people's ~k~osce_ l am thn~leci that it is Rtehard ~ w~z~tt h~€nn ~n th~~ ~eat beca~c~e he h~s Common sG~~c. He holds attnbutes a~ cnrnrr:~n s~se, c~mpa~s~an and dedicauon '~hese character traits crc~~s gender an3 pol~ucal liaes_ ~ 2~rj'~ ask~ng you to caIl the foIlowine nurnbc:rs today and as~C t~~te City Counc-1 ta do the" l~ight 'I'hir~g". Put R~chard in ~eat Cal1 aur Council Mcmi~rs Now . Ru#h Ebner- 458-820~, Robert Hollbrack, 394-1094. PaUI Rosenstein. 828-5435, Mike Fineste~n, 392-8450, Ken ~enser & Pam D'Conner. Thar~ '-y0u, a ~ L~'" " ~ ~s'i~'~[1 ~a.iTl~3~~~_~r , ~~~-~p 173a-1/2 Qcean Park Blvd. Santa Monica,GA.sa4a~ PH~tiE N0. : 310 452 0~72 Nov. 1~ 1998 01:31~M P1 ~~~ ~~ ~ NOYip~~ . 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Velkes ~ ,. , 1~ 41 24"~ S#reet ~~ ~~ ~~ r Santa Monica, CA 9~403 ~3~ D} 829-9824 ~~: ; H ~ ~ . _ ~ V~a ~acsrrr~~le N~vcr~bcr 9, 1998 City Council Members Fvr tl~e C~[y of Sant~ Monica City Hall 1685 Main 5trcet Sant~ Mon,c~, CA Re Agenda ltem 4A Fo~ 3~ 1 i 0,'98 City Co~ncil Meeting Dear Cvur7c~l Persons ^ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ N OY f 0 ~3 The democr~t~c process urgzs that lfie City Council fill th~ vacan~y cr~ated by thc recent res~gnat~on of Asha Greanberg wrtF~ th~ cand~~ate w~~o pfaces faurth i~~ las~ Tuesd~y's electicn. Ttlis allows the vaters to cvntmue io elect thcFr c~ty councif inembers t~mely and w~th no add~tional cosl lv the city or taxpayers. Please cons~d~r my request. truly, Ronald IVl"Ve ~~~~ ~~~ ~~ Nav a o ~~ FROM : S.L.Kawash~ma PHQNE N~. : 31@ 4501754 N~U 1@ iQ9S ~8'~BA~ P1 Y ~ i~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~`~r 1 LJ ~ ` ~- ~~~ ~~~''" " ~ ~ NOV 10 ~~ DA7E- Navember 9, 7998 TQ: Councilman Michael Feins#etn FROM: Susa~ L, Kawash~ma RE- item # 4A on the No~ember 10, 1998 Agenda f am respectfully requesting t#~at you oonsider nominating the fourth pSace candidate in th~s ~ast City Council Member elect~on to the seat that will be vacated by Asha Gree~berg Both the third and fourth place candidates received a subst~nti~~ r~umber of votes in a very close race, E~dicating wide range support Plesse save the taxpa~+~rs the cost of ano#k~er eSectiaR, s~d ~t+lize that money for more press~ng needs. Thank you for your consir~eratron S~ncere~y, /°J J_ J/~ ,~ -F JffJt~yrl.~ Y ~- ~~-[1>~'efJY~.f Sus~n L Kawashima (310) 399-4 873 ~z ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ wov ~ o ~ I i Y 7C I~- ]J MI ~ ~-oCtf~CGSf' ~-J- V-4].• ~ 160 Y J'~_ l~remorandum ~7u ~~~ ~ LJ l~'~i ~ .. lL DAT~ November 9, 1998 ~_- ~ r~r so: C~ty Council F ~o M • Edward Gastillo a~: Item 4A - Replacement Appointment !n the interest of saving time and mar~ey for the citizens of Santa Monica, please appoint the 4th place f~n~sher i~ tF~e recent elections to Asha Greenberg's vacated position This makes the most sense, since these persons campaigned and were accessible to the publ~c 5ave us time, energy and rnoney by impfementing th~s simple sofution Thank you for your atter~tion to this matter Edwarcf Castillo 1144-A Chelsea Ave Santa Monica, CA 90403 (3~ 0} 453-8511 ~' ~ ~ si ~~ ~~ ~ NOV f O ~V ~ E.~' ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ov io f~ Nou 10 '9$ 10.a3 KOhJICA FAX 720 ~~ ~~" ~~ ~, _., J..~ i r~ i i~ ~ November 9, 1998 Attn: Mayor Holbrook and City Cnuncil Members Re_ City Counc$1 Meeting of 11-10-9~ Ttem: 4 A Newspaper articles and inte~ested friends have made me aware of the CXty Cour~cil of 5anta HoniCa's deadiine to appaint a 4th member of the City Cauncil for the coming term. P _ ~ t ~ ~ ~ ,.~• N01i 10~3 It is my apxnion that the mast fair and expedient method to accomplish this would be to appoin~ the 4th peraon to be ~lected in terms of votes received in the recent election. `This member should not be appvfnted from a list of people who have apglfed. The voters should be alloved to e3ect the membere of the Santa Monica City Cfluncil. I Was bvrn and ra~.sed in Santa Mot~ica, have liv~d here for mast of ~y iife, and also asn a h~me oxner of some 20 yeara. It is my fee~inq and belief that most of ~he people ~n Santa Monica have simiiar op~,niona as ta the above. Pi~ase carefully cansider this opinian and thank you far yovr conslderation. SincereYy, ~ ~ s- ~ -~c.r ~ _ ` - ally S. Keane 933 21st St. #11 Santa Monica, CA 30403 ~~~ ~~ F~x to: 314/394-2962 ~ ~ov t o ~ i ' ~ A~ ~ a ~ ~ - . ; ~ov t ~ ~ FAX # 39~-29b2 i~iia~~s To San#a Monica City Council ~ R~~th Ebner, M~chael Fe~nstein, Ken Gei~ser, Robert Holbrooic, Pam O'Connar, PauI Rosenstein ; From: Donna Sternbeag ~ Re: City Council seaf vacated by Greenberg I am v-n itu~g to urge you to sa~e our city the~cost of a~other election by using the results ofthe rzcent election to filI the recently vacated cour~cil sea#. Since t~ere is such a c~ose race be~ween Ho~brook and B~aam it ~s evidei~t that a large nurrtber of Santa Monica residents suppart both candidates Ii vvould be a cost efficient and equ~table solutian to give the counci2 seats to the top four candidates from the eIectian. I aslc you to seriousiy cons~der this praposition for the gooc3 of Santa A~Ionica. Thank you. ~:~ ~ T~ ~- N~V f 0 ~9y-3 ~e-~ s~tie~~ez~ ~~+~ar~~~is.az~o~Qaaa ~ ' ~_ _ ___-'__=u __ --. 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AS A~SID~ OF SA~Ti~ 1N~IBICAJPI"CD RABC.~HOiOD H$ IS ~lst~u.g AWAA~' OF 1`EUS PROBLF.I~S IAAlil~~T IF FABQRHOUD A1~D CITY. CLYD~ Sll[tTF IS A L~ADSR. ... S~S HIS fi~OAIC, FOR YSARS, AS A~ ~GAHIZSft ~ L~~ CIF ~i~s PIGOB~4BDRHOOD ASSCICIATBS. CLFIJE 5'1~1£TB IS A!P Ili1'~,LIG~lv~' P~S~ CAPABLE OF BLUCIIl/lTIPG 1`~s' ~OBLSlI~S AAD 1Y~S A~D Ti~A1V~ OF HIS CAllallBlT.P ~AD CITY. CL~DB 3J1ffTH IS A PFOBLS~! S~LYBR. HS CAB ~Ls'LP To ORGAAIZS AlVD 1~VI?ALIZS ktrt'~T5 AND PRAGR~MS FOR '1'~r B$T~PT OF ALL ~~l~'N~5 IlY OUR C0~lUAI~7. .. CO~CIAL , BUS11r[~.SS, 1wr~U3TRI~lL AAD SOiCIAL. LS.Sl' Ti~E F~X`Er T... CLYDE sglit/SD I1P 'llils U.S.a1lIR111FK CQRPS. S~ER FI YQTB F~ CLYDF ~IITE F~ CI37 COif6CIL . CLd~tDIA~I.I, ~ AUL~ ~~~5~ ~, ~'~B Li1R'ti~tt X28G, eTR. Ti~ESTSIDS COALITIUIP ~'~SRR, I~r~srr-G'I~TURAL ADYISDRY GRQUP, 5. M ~~D T~ ~-~ ~av to ~ ' ~ov Q9 98 09:18a Jennifer L. Paihemus 310-450-3696 p.l ~.~~ ~o _~ November ~, 199$ Jennifer L. Polbemus 252 ~ 32~ S~eet Santa Monica, CA 94405 310-392-0972 The Honorable City Councll VIA FAX City Half San~a Mvnica, CA Re• Appointrnent of Councilmembes to Replace Asha Greenberg Dear Councjlmembers: Nav ~o ~ As you consider the quest~on of the vacant City Council seat, you need not won~er how the people of Santa Moruca wouid want yau tv act. You are fom~nate to have a C1ear directivn fram ~~our voter constituents - more thAn 1 d,000 of them. As it appears now that Bob Holbrook will likely reta.in his seat, you should appoint Richard Blaom_ ~n the event #hat the final vote count from the November elect~on favors Richard jr~stead of Bob, then Richard would resign his appointed seat, and you shoul~ appo~nt Bob Holbroak to the vacant seat at that time. To me, t~us is a matt~r of s~at~smanship, rather than party pal~tics. Even ~f the candidates involved were peaple wha I had nat supported in the election_ I wouid stili u~-ge you to fallow #his course, and follow the will af the vate~rs. To ignore the expressed wlshes of your electorate woutd smack of ~"back- room" dea~, and would set us ~ack as a city. Sincerely, ~ ~~~ ~.~ ~ _ ~~ Jennifer L. Pvlllemus ~ NOV 1 p ~ ~Q~ D TO : i ~ i ~ c~~ aF s~~~rA ~~arricA NOY ~ 0'~,9$ CITY COUlVCIL OFFICE II~'TER-DEPARTI47ENT MEMO DATE November I0, 1998 TO MaSTor and Citv Council SUBJECT A~enda Item ~4-A of i I/10/98 Citv Co~ncil Meet~n~ The follou~mg citizens ha~ e called the Council office to urge Counc~imembers to agpamt Clyde Smith ta the unschec~u~et~ vaca~t C~ti~ CouncrZ seat 5usan & Patr~ck Potter 257 15~' Street Santa ~Vlon~ca, CA La~ erne & Carl Havell 1016 22"d Street Santa Monaca., CA Louise & Bo~ Gabnel Claudette Pa~s 111 ~ 14~' Street Santa Mor~ca, CA l~Zaria & Marcelo Sfrotti 1725 Maple Street Santa Moruca. 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Iv0 1B1 C70c n l~gue~ The Anti-Defamat~an LeAgue hss recendy learned that the City of caasidering holc~ng an ugcomuig speciaE ele~tion for City Council 5pnng. The Anti-Defamat~on League, faunded in ~913, is the n ar~tion fighting anti-SeErut~sm and bigotry through programs counteract hatred, pre~udice. and higotxy. ~ ~ ~- ~ ~L1~~0 Santa Monica is on a Satvrday tlus A8t1~A'S ~~3~IAg and services that As we ~re sure you lcnow, Saturday is the dewish sabbath, obsezved hy .Tews as a day of holiness, resi, and re~oiciag A Saturday election would presEnt a numbeT af pt'oblems for observant Jews and athers w~t4 celebrate a Saturday sabbath. Most importantty, Jev-nsh voters would be unable to vote ar part~cipate in any way on ElecUOn Day, While they w~nuld be able ta vote absentee, they would nat be able #o car~sider all of the politaca! rna~l, slate cards, ana adver[isements that azc $vailable in the closing days of the campaign Jews, aad other Saturday Sabbath observers, w4~ld ~e cornpeIled io v~te withnut the benefit of newspaper endorsements, fina~ candidate appearances, and last-m~nute revelat~ons that Election Day voters witl have. lewish candadates, and their abservant supparters, would also be unable to campaign vn Election day In addition, the Satiuday electian may cause probiems for )ewish electian emp~oyees who cannot wark on the Sabbath. Vottng is the foundation af our dem~cr~cy. We urge yott to consider holdi~g the election on anather date, having a mult~-day election, or implement~ng a vote-by-mail elechon We look forward tn working with yau on t}us issue Sf11C2Y"~1}~, ~ , Yv " _ ~ ~ ' Dav' . Lehrer ~ Ta[na.r Galat~an Reg~nnat DueCtor We~tern States Associate Cnunse! Antr-~efamat~on Leagle of B'nai 6'nth 1~49g 5anta M1nni~a Boulevard, l,os An~efes CA 9QOZ5-5031 [31D} 446-AO{10 Fax {3101 470-871 Z www adi org ~. (py~o~3 CC flctyclerklelectionslstaff rpt supp City Council Meeting December 8. 1998 TO Mayor and City Counci! FROM C~ty Staff SUPPt~ME~TAL ~CO ~EC - 81998 SUBJECT Supplemental Report Relative to AdoptEOn o# Resolut~ons Callmg for a Speciai Munic~pal Electron to Frll an Unscheduled Vacar~cy on the C~ty Counc~l Ir~troduction At its meeting af November 24, 1998. the C~ty Co~ncil directed staff to return with mfiormation an alternative dates for fhe spec~al election, ir~cfuding a Saturday electEOn, a Sunday electiort. a two-day SaturdaylSunday e~ect~on. additio~al costs. input from tt~e publ~c and relrg~ous leaders regardmg the alternative election dates, and ways of ~ramoting such an elect~on Alternative Dates Sectiort 1403 of the City Charter pro~ides for all electio~s to be held in accordance with the provisions af the Elections Code of the State of California. unless atherwise provided by ordinance Consequentky. the City Cour~cil may call an election on a Saturday or an a Sunday. by ordmance The same conclus~on applies to callmg a two- day election on a Saturday and Sunday Were Council to set the electior~ date ~t the December $, 1998, meeting, Co~ncil could caEl the election far any day of the week sta~ting A~ril 1, 1999, and thereafter Were Counc~l to call the election for a Tuesday, the ~lectian may ~e called for any Tuesday in Apr~l For a Tuesday election staff recommends either April B, or Apr~l 27, 1999 Those are dates that the election supplier/consultant has the feast amou~t of obligat~ons with other ci#ies ~~.r~~"rA~. L ~„~ 7a ~EC - $ ~g ~ Were Co~rncil to call an electfan for a Saturday, a Sunday, or a Saturday and Sunday, the electian could be called fior any weekend m April It is ~ote~ that dur~ng the res~arch of th~s pro}ect sources contacted advised that historrcally, weekend elections have not y~elded a significar~t ~ncrease m ~oter turnout The sources contacted were John Mott-Smit#~. Chief of Eiection Ser~ices at the Secretary of State's Office. Jenniffer Coflins-Foley. Execufave Liaison Officer at the County ClerklReg~strar Recorder, Deborah Se~ler of Sequoia Pac~fic (Electior~ Suppliers). Paul Marshal! of Martin & Chapman Company (Elect~on Suppl~ers), and Richard Smolka, Professor Ameriius at Amer~can Urnversity, Washington D C Mr 5molka wn#es a regular column far tl~e Election Drgesf, a national pubi~cat+an for ~lection Officers Additional Cost A Saturday or a Sunday e~ection would result in a mi~imal increase to co~er overtime costs for the County and efection staff A two-day Sa#urday a~d Su~day election woufd result in an increase of approximately $15,OOQ-20,000 to pay for ~recmct workers and pal4ing sites and for overt~me for the County and eiection staff There woufd be an added cost fo~ use af police afficers to guard voted ballots between the end of the first election day and t#~e begmning of the second day It is expected that most of the police off~cers would be work~r~g o~ert~me and the total amount would depend on the opt~on selected for guarding the ballots There are three possible opt~~ns on secunng ~oted baibts between the first and second day T~e ~oter~ ballots could remam at the pollmg site This opt~on wou~d requ~re a police officer at each precmct guarding the ballots from the closang of t~e polis on the first day and t#~e apen~r~g of the polls t~e second day We estimate there wili be abaut forty-fi~e to fifty consolidated precmcts The highest hourly rate for a police aff~cer ~s ~ ~ $50 76 per hour T~e amount for fiorty-five 12-haur sh~fts at this rate is about $27,400 Th~s would be the ssmplest ar~d most eff{c~er~t method, but also the most expens~ue The secor~d option is for precinct officers to dei~ver tt~e voted bailots to the City Clerk's Office at the end of the f~rst day and pick them up prior to the openmg of the polls tt~e next day ThES option would }~ut additional respor~sibilities or~ the precinct workers. so as an altemati~e, Gity s#aff could deliver the baliot boxes to each precinct the followmg morning This option would require pol~ce off~cers esco~ting the ballots firom the precmct worker's veh~cle outs~de of City Hall to thE vault in the C~ty Clerk's off~ce, and standmg guard outside #he City Clerk's vault o~ern~gF~t, where the voted baliats would be stored The cast to have three paiice ofF-cers escortir~g ballots ~nto CEty Nall the f~rst ever~ing and out of C~ty Hall the next morning is abaut $90Q 00, and for one police officer standing guard fior a 12-hour shift wrll be about $609 00 The third option wouid be to keep t#~e voted baltots at the Cierk's off~ce and ~ssue the precmct work~rs a second baHot box The ac4ditional cost for poiice officers escort~ng the bailots into City Hall is abo~t $460 QQ This option, however, allows far the poss~bility of errors in acco~ntmg for all the baNots voted m a prec~net and the balanc~ng o# the ballots and the number of voters' signatures rn the rosters at the end of the second day Staff recommends the opt~on of ha~ing precinct wor#cers deli~er the baklat boxes to the City Clerk~s office at the end of the first day and Crty staff delivering the baflot boxes ta the precincts the second day , , , ~eqislatEOn Needed Were Council to call a two-day efection. a subsequent ordinance would be nee~ed to establish procedures for such an elect~on Council may call a two-day elect~on at the D~cember 8. 1998. meeting and direct staff to return as soon as possib{e with the impfement~r~g ordmance PolEinq Site Hours on Election Days Staff recommends that if a two-day efection is ca~led the hours that the palling sites are normally apen be changed to begin at 8 00 a m,and ciose at 4 00 ~ m, on the first day and open at '~ 0 00 a m, and close at 4 00 p m. the second day Public Inpu# A public no#ice w~ll be p~blished in Our Trmes on Sunday, December fith, ask~ng members of the publ~c to wnte, fax, call, e-mail or appear in person to g~ve their comments on the possibility of holdmg an elect~on on the altemat~ dates The notice wEll also be published in the Santa Mortica Sun on Fraday, Decem~er 5~' Staff created art interactive notice on tF~e City's web page that will allow comments #o be submitted direc#ly from the notice s~te Religious groups were contacted by staff. asked their opinion and alsa asked to consult with as many members and mterested parties ~n their congregations as possibie and pro~ide their comments tn any of the at~ove methods Some of the comments received were as fol~ows Beth Shir Sholom Chabad House No Saturday election Woufd be d~scriminatory to ha~e it on Saturday Sunday would t~e better Kehiilat Ma'Arav No Saturday election ~ r C~abad S# Cleme~t s Cathoiic Church Frrst Afncan Met~odist Episcopal B~bie Baptist Calvary Baptist F~rst Christian Church of Santa Monica Christiar~ Missionary Alfiance Church Mt Oli~e Lutheran C~urch Pilgr~m Lutheran Church Agamst the SaturdaylSunclay election cor~cept Either day okay Saturday election better Do not want weekend eiection Weekend election okay No special concerns Prefer Saturday election Na concems Would prefer a Saturday rather than Sunday No return calls were received to messages left at the follaw~ng Communian Church GoQCf Shepherd Chu~-ch St Peter & St Paul Sanctuary Church Assembly of God Mt Hermon Baptist Tnnity Baptist St Anne's Cathol~c C~urch Sunset Park Christian Church St Paul~s Lutheran Church F+~st Church of the I~azarene The Church tir~ Ocean Park St Augustine by the 5ea St Monica's Catholic Church Promotmq the Election 5taff has the following suggest~ons far promotrng a weekend or a two-day election Send~ng an ~nformative maEfer to ail registered ~oters. instaiiing a minimum of three ; , street banners at st~ateg~c locations. setting up posters at ma~or and ne~ghborhood retail shops. grocery stores and markets. advertise rns~de the Biue Buses, produce a CityTV feature, publ~c announcements or~ KCRW. ar~d. a promotionaE art~cle in SeaScape. if passEbie, Conclus~on The information requested has been provided Council may calE a Saturday special electEOn, a 5unday special election, a two-day SaturdaylSunday special election, or the con~entiar~al Tuesday efection on any day as of April 1, 1999 Pre~ared by Mana M Stewart City Cierk 6