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City Council Meeting 06-08-10 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 10482 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OFTHE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE
FOR THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010, FOR ELECTION OF CERTAIN
OFFICERS AS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE
SANTA MONICA CITY CHARTER
WHEREAS, Gity 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 to a full term of four years, and
WHEREAS, uhderthe provisions of the City Charter, two members shall be elected
to two-year partial terms left vacant by the passing of Councilmember Herb Katz in January
2009, and the passing of Mayor Ken Genser in January of this year; 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, one commissioner shalt be
elected for atwo-year partial term left vacant by the resignation of Joel Koury on August 5,
2009; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions ofthe Education Code, 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, uhderthe provisions of Education Code Section 72034 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 12109 authorizes the City 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 College District Board of Trustees with the
General Municipal Election and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of
Education..
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 2, 2010, which is the election required for the purposes of electing five
members of the City of Santa Monica City Council -three for four-year terms expiring in
2014 and two for the remaining terms of two deceased City Council members which terms
will expire in 2012; three commissioners of the City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board for
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four-year terms expiring in 2014 and one for the remaining term of an unscheduled
vacancy which term will expire in 2012; four members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
School District Board of Education; and, four members of the Santa Monica. Community
College District Board of Trustees, and the placing before the voters of qualified initiatives
and referendum.
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 maybe necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the General
Municipal Election.
SECTION 4. The polls for the General Municipal Election shall be open at 7:00 a.m.
on the day of the a-ection and shall remain open continuously unti18:00 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-Malibu Unified Schodl
District Board of Education and the Santa Monica College District Board of Trustees shall
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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.
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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Adopted and approved this 8th day of June, 2010.
I, Maria Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 10482 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 8th day of June, 2010, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Bloom, O'Day, Holbrook, Davis, McKeown
Mayor Pro Tem O'Connor, Mayor Shrives
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
Maria Stewart, City Clerk