HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-33 - Requesting The Board of Supervisors of The County of Orange to Consolidate a General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the Statewide Primary Election to be Held on the Same Date Pursuant to California Elections CodRESOLUTION NO. 2018-33
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 6,
2018, WITH THE STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
THE SAME DATE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE
SECTION 10403 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING MEMBERS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, ("City")
called a General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, for the
purpose of the election of members of the City Council to represent the First, Third, Fourth
and Sixth Districts for a term of four years; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with
the Statewide 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; the
County Election Department of the County of Orange canvass the returns of the General
Municipal Election; and 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: Pursuant to the requirements of California Elections Code Section
10403, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange is hereby requested to consent
and agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide General
election on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, for the purpose of the election of members of
the City Council to represent the First, Third, Fourth and Sixth Districts for a term of four
years.
Resolution No. 2018-33
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Section 2: 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. The election will
be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of law regulating the Statewide
election.
Section 3: 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: 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: 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: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
Section 7: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 8: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution
is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Resolution No. 2018-33
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Section 9: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it
has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Section 10: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 12th day of June, 2018.
Marshall "Duffy" Duffield
Mayor
ATTEST:
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2018-33 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 121h day of June, 2018; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Herdman, Council Member Kevin Muldoon, Council Member Diane
Dixon, Council Member Scott Peotter, Council Member Brad Avery, Mayor Pro Tem
Will O'Neill, Mayor Duffy Duffield
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 13th day of June, 2018.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California