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R-10482F:\20101102.election\Resos & Staff Reports\ResoCallingElectionA.doc Exhibit A 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 2 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 3 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: J~ p MA S A J ES MO RIE Ci ttorn 4 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