HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-66 - Special Municipal Election 2-5-08RESOLUTION NO. 2007-66
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 SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,
2008 WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY 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
Special Municipal Election to be held on February 5, 2008, for the purpose of submitting to the
voters an amendment to the Charter which would require City Hall, and the administrative
offices of the City of Newport Beach, and related parking to be located on City property bounded
by Avocado Avenue on the west, San Miguel Drive on the north, and MacArthur Boulevard on
the east, and Newport Beach Central Library on the south; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the Special Municipal Election be consolidated
with the Presidential Primary 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 Special 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:
MEASURE
YES
Shall the City of Newport Beach Charter be amended to require City
Hall, city administrative offices and related parking to be located on
City property which is bounded by Avocado Avenue on the west, - - -- - -�
San Miguel Drive on the north, and MacArthur Boulevard on the
east, and Newport Beach Central Library on the south? NO
SECTION 2. That the county election department is authorized to canvass the
returns of the Special 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
Iresolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of October, 2007.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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. 2007 -66 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 9th
day of October 2007, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Curry, Selich, Webb, Daigle, Gardner, Mayor Rosansky
Noes: None
Absent: Henn
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 10th day of October 2007.
0& & City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
(Seal)