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City Counc1l Meeting 2-28-84
Santa Monica, Ca11fornia
RESOLUTION NUMBER 6831(CCS)
(C1ty Counc11 Ser~es)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA CALLING
AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1984
WHEREAS, the C~ty Counc11 desires to submit, pursuant to
Government Code Section 34459, a proposed amendment to the City
Charter; and
WHEREAS, Elect10ns Code Section 17050 authorizes the City
Counc1l to provide that all ballots cast at the Spec1a1 Municipal
Elect10n be counted at a central countlng place; and
WHEREAS, Elect~ons Code Section 5011 authorizes the Clty
Councll to dlrect the Clty clerk to transm1t a measure appearing
on the ballot to the C1ty attorney to prepare an ~mpartial
analYS1S,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A speclal munlcipal electlon shall be held 1n
the C1ty of Santa Monica on June 5, 1984, which lS the elect10n
required to place a measure before the voters submitted by the
City Council.
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SECTION 2. The ballots to be used at the Speclal Munlcipal
Elect~on shall be both as to form and matter conta1ned there~n
such as may be required by law.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is author1zed, ~nstructed, and
d~rected to procure and furnish any and all off1cial ballots,
not1ces, printed matter and all suppl~es, equ1pment, and
paraphernal~a that may be necessary in order to properly and
lawfully conduct the Speclal Municlpal Electlon.
SECTION 4. The polls for the Spec1al Munlclpal Election
shall open at 7:00 a.m. of the day of the election and shall
remaln open cont1nuously until 8:00 p.m. of the same day when the
polls shall be closed except as provlded 1n Elections Code
Sectlon 14301.
SECTION 5. The notice of the time and place of holding of
the Special Mun1cipal Elect~on is hereby given and the City Clerk
is author~zed, 1nstructed and directed to g~ve such further or
add1tlonal not1ce of the electlon in the t~me, form, and manner
requlred by law.
SECTION 6. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 17050,
ballots cast by voters at the Special Municlpal Election shall be
counted at a central place. Santa Monica Clty Hall ~s des~gnated
as the central place to count ballots. Not1ce of the central
countlng place lS hereby glven, and the City Clerk is authorized,
lnstructed and directed to give such further or add~tional not~ce
of the central counting place in the tlme, form, and manner
required by law.
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SECTION 7. A proposed charter amendment that will change
the date of the election for members of the Santa Mon~ca-Malibu
Un1f~ed School D1strict must be placed before all voters of the
distr1ct in accordance with Art~cle 9, Section 16 of the
Ca11forn1a Const1tut1on. Separate ballots shall be prov1ded for
those voters who reslde outside the Clty of Santa Monlca pursuant
to Elect10ns Code Sect10n 23304.
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SECTION
8.
At the Spec~al Munic~pal Election, the
following
propos~t~on shall be subm1tted to the qual~f~ed
electors of the Santa Mon1ca-Mal~bu Un1fied School D~str~ct:
PROPOSITION "" Shall Sect~on
905 be added to the C~ty Charter
to provide tnat the date of the
election for members of the Board YES
of Education of the Santa
Monica-Mal1bu Un1fied School
Distr~ct be changed from the
second Tuesday in April of odd
numbered years to the first
Tuesday following the first Monday
~n November of even numbered years
beg~nning in November 1984 and to NO
make correspond~ng changes in the
terms of elected off~cers only ~f
the date of the General Mun~cipal
Elect~on of the C~ty of Santa
Monica is so changed?
The City Clerk shall cause the text of the propos~t~on, which is
conta~ned ~n Exh~b~t I attached hereto and ~ncorporated by
reference, to be mailed to all qualified voters with the sample
ballot. In add~tion to other not~ces and publ~cations required
by law, the City Clerk, not less than 40 days and not more than
60 days before the Spec~al Mun~cipal Election, shall cause the
text of the propos~t10n to be published once ~n the offic~al
newspaper
and ~n each edition thereof dur~ng the day of
publ~cat~on.
SECTION 9.
Pursuant to Elections Code Section 5011, the
C~ty Clerk ~s directed to transm1t a copy of the each measure to
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be submitted to the voters to the City Attorney and the C~ty
Attorney is directed to prepare an impartial analysis of each
measure in accordance w1th the prov1sions of Elections Code
Section SOH.
SECTION 10.
In all particulars not recited in this
Resolution, the Special Mun1c1pal Elect10n shall be held and
conducted as prov1ded by law for holding municipal elections 1n
the C1ty of Santa Mon1ca.
SECTION 11. The City Clerk is d~rected to send a copy of
th~s Resolut10n to the Board of Superv~sors of the County of Los
Angeles and to the Registrar of Voters.
SECTION 12.
In the event the Special Municipal Election
is consol~dated with the Statewide General Election on the same
date, the prov1s1ons of th1s Resolution applicable only ~n the
event the elect10n 1S conducted by the C1ty shall be of no force
or effect.
SECTION 13. The City Clerk shall cert1fy to the adoption
of this Resolut1on, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall
be ~n full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Robert M. Myers \J
C1ty Attorney
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PROPOSAL BY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
TO BE SUBMITTED TO VOTERS
OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
Section 905 shall be added to the City Charter of the City
of Santa ~onica to read as follows:
Section 905. G~neral Municipal
Election Date for Board of Education. If
Section 1400 of the '.Ci ty Charter is amended
to change the date of the General Municipal
Election from the second Tuesday in April of
odd numbered years to the first Tuesday
following the first Monday in November of
even nuMbered years, such change shall be
applicable to the election of members of the
Board of Education under this Charter.
In the event such change becomes
effective, for those elected members of the
Board of Education whose terms are scheduled
to expire in Aoril 1985, those terms shall
expire in November 1984. For those elected
officers whose terms are scheduled to expire
in April 1987, those terms shall expire in
November 1986. The terms of the officers
elected in November of even numbered years
shall begin on the first Tuesday fOllowing
their election.
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
28th
DAY
OF February
, 1 984 .
MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
NO. 6831(CCS)_WAS DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AT A MEETING THEREOF HELD ON
February 28
. 1984 BY THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Conn, Press, Zane and Mayor Edwards
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Epste1n and Reed
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Jennings
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK