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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6435 - Special Municipal Election 11-8-66THS :mec 8/18/66 RESOLUTION NO.6435 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 19669 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO ADD SECTION 1402(e) TO THE CITY CHARTER, AND REQUEST- ING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ORANGE COUNTY TO CONSOLIDATE SAID SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SAID DATE AND TO CANVASS THE RETURNS THEREON WHEREAS, a statewide general election is to be held on November 8, 1966; and WHEREAS, it appears to be in the best interests of the City for the City Council to call a special municipal election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors a proposed charter amendment which would authorize the City Council to sell and convey a certain parcel of City -owned waterfront property as hereinafter described, free of the restriction on the sale of such property as set forth in Section 1402 of the City Charter which prohibits the City Council from selling or conveying any waterfront or beach property, excepting to the State or to the County for use as a public beach or park, and to request that said special municipal election be consolidated with said general election; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby resolve, order and request as. follows: SECTION 1. A special municipal election is hereby called and shall be held on Tuesday, November 8, 1966, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors a proposed charter amendment to add Section 1402(e) to the City Charter. Pursuant to the terms of Section 23302 of the Elections Code of the State of California, the Supervisors of the municipal election day, November 8, 1 qualified electors City Council hereby requests the Board of County of Orange to consolidate said special with the general election to be held on Tues- )66, for the purpose of submitting to the of the City of Newport Beach a proposition to Y ti 0 db appear on the ballot as follows: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT: Shall the Charter be amended to add Section 1402(e) to permit the City Council to sell and convey that YES parcel of City property fronting on Newport Bay lying easterly of Newport Boulevard and southerly of 26th Street, being a portion of Lot 2 in Section 33, Township 6 South, Range 10 West, of the San Bernardino meridian, lying northeasterly of the northeasterly line of Blocks 222 and 223 in Section NO A, Newport Beach, as per map recorded in Book 4, page 21, of Miscellaneous Maps, Records of Orange County, California? A cross ( +) placed in the voting square after the word "YES" as set out above shall be counted in favor of the adoption of the proposed charter amendment. A cross ( +) placed in the voting square after the word "NO" as set out above shall be counted against the adoption of the proposed charter amendment. Should the proposed charter amendment receive a favor- able vote and be approved, Section 1402(e) shall be added to the Charter to read as follows: "Section 1402(e). Exception to Section 1402. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1402, the City Council may sell and convey that parcel of City - owned property fronting on Newport Bay described as follows: That portion of Lot 2 in Section 33, Township 6 South, Range 10 West, of the San Bernardino meridian, in the City of Newport Beach, County of Orange, State of California, according to the official plat of said land filed in the District Land Office, August 4, 1890, lying northeasterly of the northeasterly line of Blocks 222 and 223 in Section A, Newport Beach, as per map recorded in Book 4, page 21, of Miscellaneous Maps, in the office of the County 2. Recorder of said County and between the northeasterly prolongations of the northwesterly line of Lot 1 in Block 223 of said Tract and of the northwesterly line of Lot 1 of Tract No. 814, as per map recorded in Book 24, pages 35 and 36, of said Miscellaneous Maps.n ` SECTION 2. The Board of Supervisors is hereby requested to canvass the returns of said special municipal election, and said 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. The precincts, polling places, election officers and hours for the polls to be open shall be the same as those established and announced by the Board of Supervisors for the general election to be held on the same date. SECTION 4. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Board of Supervisors and with the County Clerk, to publish notice of said election, to publish a synopsis of the measure to be voted on at least twice before the date of said election, to publish the entire text of the proposed charter amendment not less than 40 nor more than 60 days before the date of said election, to fix a date after which no arguments for or against the measure to be voted on may be submitted, to receive and prepare for distribution an argument for and an argument against such measure, to assist and cooperate with the County Clerk with respect to the special municipal election, and to perform such other acts as are necessary to present the measure to the quali- fied electors, ADOPTED this 22nd day of August, 1966, ATTEST: 611 Mayor Acting ty er 3. C E STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH) I, LAURA LAGIOS, Acting City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that according to the records of the City of Newport Beach filed and maintained in my office, the foregoing Resolution No. 6435 was duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at the regular meeting place thereof, on the 22nd day of August 1966, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Rogers, Parsons, Marshall, Gruber, Forgit, Shelton NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Cook Dated this 23rd day of August , 19 66 M City Council, City of Newport Beach, State of California. A 9