HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-64 - Consolidating the General Municipal ElectionRESOLUTION NO. 2006-64
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE TO CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7,
2006, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON THE SAME DATE PURSUANT TO SECTION
10403 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California called a
General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, for the purpose of
submitting to the voters the question relating to the adoption of an ordinance requiring voter
approval for major developments over "as built condition" of the city; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated
with the Statewide General election to be held on the same date and that within the city the
precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the
county election department of the County of Orange canvass the returns of the General Municipal
Election and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH, CALIFORNIA DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That a measure is to appear on the ballot as follows:
Shall the ordinance requiring preparation of a specific plan for any YES
development project, except in portions of Newport Coast, that
individually or in combination with other projects in the
neighborhood approved during the preceding five years, adds more
than 100 dwelling units, 40,000 square feet of floor area or 100 peak
hour trips when compared to the existing condition of the NO
neighborhood; and action by the City Council; and submittal to the
voters, be adopted?
SECTION 2. That the county election department is authorized to canvass the
returns of the General Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all respects as if there
were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used.
SECTION 3. That the Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to
the county election department to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the
consolidated election.
SECTION 4. That the City of Newport Beach recognizes that additional costs
will be incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the
County for any costs.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this
resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the county election department of the County of
Orange.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 2006 -64 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the
11th day of July 2006, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Curry, Selich, Rosansky, Daigle
Noes: Nichols, Mayor Webb
Absent: Ridgeway
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affied the
official seal of said City this 12th day of July 2006.
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
(Seal)