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City Council Meeting 6-27-00
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9534 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
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, NOVEMBER 7,2000, WITH THE
SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
CONSOLIDATED WITH THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
ALSO TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7,2000
WHEREAS, City 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, on May 23, 2000, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica passed
resolutions calling for a General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 7,
2000 and requested the County of Los Angeles to consolidate the General Municipal
Election with the statewide General Election and requested the County of Los Angeles to
render election related services; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Elections Code and Education Code and
resolutions adopted by the Board of Education of the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School
District, the Board of Education has requested that the City Council consolidate the
election of the Board of Education members with the General Municipal Election; and
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WHEREAS, three members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Board of Education shall be elected on November 7, 2000; 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 eiection of members of the Santa Monica-Maiibu Unified School District with the
General Municipal Election,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOllOWS:
SECTION 1. A Special Municipal Election shall be held in the City of Santa Monica
on November 7, 2000, which is the election required for the purposes of electing three
members of the Board of Education of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
SECTION 2. The ballots to be used at the Special 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
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SECTION 4. The polls for the Special Municipal Election shall be open at 7:00 a.m.
on the day of the election and shall remain open continuously until 8:00 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 Special 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 ofthe Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District Board of Education shall be consolidated with the General Municipal Election to be
held on November 7,2000. 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
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SECTION 9. In the event the Special 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 27th of June, 2000.
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Ken Genser, ayor
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I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution 9534 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting
of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 27th of June, 2000, by the
foiiowing vote:
Ayes: Council members:
Noes: Council members:
Abstain: Council members:
Absent: Council members:
Holbrook, Rosenstein, McKeown,
Feinstein, Bioom, Mayor Genser
None
None
Mayor Pro Tem O'Connor
ATTEST:
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