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Home My WebLink About6698 - General Municipal Election - 4-9-68THS :aem 2/15/68 RESOLUTION NOo 6698 ,r A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACHVORDERING.THE SUBMISSION.OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH TO.THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF -SAID CITY AT THE REGULAR GENERAL - MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 91 1968 •� WHEREAS, the City Council by Resolution No. 6690 called a regular general municipal election to be held on April 9, 1968, as provided in the Charter of the City of Newport Beach; and WHEREAS, the City Council of said City desires to sub- mit to the qualified electors of said City certain proposed amendments to the Charter of the City of Newport Beach as here- inafter set forth; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby resolve, declare, determine and order as follows: SECTION le The City Council, pursuant to its right and authority so to do, does hereby determine that there shall be and there are hereby ordered submitted to the qualified electors of said City at said regular general municipal election the follow- ing proposed Charter Amendments: CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE The exact form of the ballot proposition to submit pro- posed Charter Amendment Number One to the qualified electors of the City of Newport Beach, with the language enclosed by the lines appearing on the ballot, is as follows: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE: Shall Section 401 of the Charter, requiring that YES to be eligible to hold office as a member of the City Council a person shall have been a qualified elector of the district from which he is nominated or appointed for at least one year immediately pre® NO ceding his nomination or appointment, be amended to change the one-year requirement to ninety days? 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, It Should proposed Charter Amendment Number One receive a favorable vote and be approved, Section 401 of the Charter shall be amended to read as follows, "Section 401. Eligibility. No person shall be eligible to hold office as a member of the City Council unless he is, and shall have been for at least one -year ninety days immediately preceding his nomination or ap- pointment, a qualified elector of the district from which he is nominated or appointed, and for at least three years immediately preceding his election or appointment, a registered qualified elector of the City." (Strike-out type indicates words being taken out by the amendment; underlined words are those being added by the amendment ) CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO The exact form of the ballot proposition to submit pro- posed Charter amendment Number Two to the qualified electors of the City of Newport Beach, with the language enclosed by the lines appearing on the ballot, is as follows- PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO- YES Shall Section 705 of the Charter be amended to au- thorize the City Council to provide by ordinance for payment of an allowance of not to exceed Fifty Dol- lars in any month to members of City boards or com- NO missions established by the Charter to defray out-of-pocket costs? 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, 2e A cross (t) 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 proposed Charter Amendment Number Two receive a . favorable vote and be approved, Section 705 of the Charter shall be amended to read as follows. "Section 705. Com ensation> Vacancies. The members of boar s an commissions shal serve wit compensation for their services as such, but may receive reimbursement for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred on official duty when such expenditures have received authori- zation by the City Council. In addition, the City Council Any vacancies in any board or commission, from what- ever cause arising, shall be filled by appointment by the City Council. Upon a vacancy occurring leaving an unexpired portion of a term, any appointment to fill such vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of such term, If a mem- ber of a board or commission absents himself from three con- secutive regular meetings of such board or commission, unless by permission of such board or commission expressed in its official minutes, or is convicted of a crime involv- ing moral turpitude, or ceases to be a qualified elector of the City, his office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the City Council." (Underlined words are those being added by the amendment,) CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE The exact form of the ballot proposition to submit pro- posed Charter Amendment Number Three to the qualified electors of the City of Newport Beach, with the language enclosed by the lines appearing on the ballot, is as follows. PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. YES Shall Section 1004 of the Charter be amended to pro- vide that to be eligible to sign a petition nomina- ting a person to the office of Councilman the signer must be a registered voter instead of merely an NO elector of the district from which such person is to be nominated? J. 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 proposed Charter Amendment Number Three receive a favorable vote and be approved, Section 1004 of the Charter shall be amended to read as follows: "Section 1004. E -l®eters Voters Signing Nomination Petitions. The eeleeters voters s ning any petition For t e1e omi ation of any person to the office of Councilman shall be residents and registered voters of the district from which such person is to be nominated. ®nly- the- masses of- eleeters -sake- are -residents- a €- seseh- distriet- skaii -be eeesnted - in- determining- the- stiffieteney -e €- any - seek -peti- tien." (Strike -out type indicates words being taken out by the amendment; underlined words are those being added by the amendment.) CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR The exact form of the ballot proposition to submit pro- posed Charter Amendment Number Four to the qualified electors of the City of Newport Beach, with the language enclosed by the lines appearing on the ballot, is as follows: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. YES Shall Section 1005 of the Charter be amended to pro- hibit the adoption of any ordinance changing. -and re- defining the boundaries of any Councilmanic district within six months prior to any regular Councilmanic NO election? 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. 4. 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 proposed Charter Amendment Number Four receive a 0 favorable vote and be approved, Section 1005 of the Charter shall be amended to read as follows: "Section 1005. Districts, The City is hereby divided into seven d'istr cts, E7e names and respective boundaries of which shall be as established by ordinance. No ordi- nance changing and redefining the boundaries of any i tric shall be enacted within six months prior to any regular In 1959 and each fourth year thereafter the City Coun- cil shall appoint a committee to study and report to the City Council on the advisability of redistricting the City. Upon receipt of any such committee report, and at any other time deemed necessary or desirable in order that the dis- trict boundaries be fair and logical, the City Council may by ordinance change and redefine the boundaries of any or all of the seven districts herein established. The boun- daries so defined shall be established in such manner that the district shall, as nearly as practicable, constitute natural areas of contiguous and compact territory and pro- vide fair representation on the City Council. Notwith- standing the provisions of Section 401, no redistricting shall disqualify any Councilman from serving as Council- man from the district from which he was nominated or ap- pointed for the remainder of his term, if elected, or until the next general municipal election, if appointed. Any territory hereafter annexed to or consolidated with the City shall, at the time of such annexation or consolida- tion, be added by ordinance of the City Council to an . adjacent district or districts," (Underlined words are those being added by the amendment.) ADOPTED this 13th day of February, 1968. ATTEST: vCit C lerk t 5. �� it ! L► 01711 #.1 ikllk1t_IN STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ) I, LAURA LAGIOS, 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. 66C)A 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 13ehday of Fpbr,lmry 1968, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Parsons. Marshall, Rogers, Shelton ABSTAIN, COUNCILMEN: NOES, COUNCILMEN: ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Gruber Dated this 14th day of February , 1969. c 444 a .sr�.lrc:J City Cle And Ex- Officio Cl k of the City Council, City of Newport Beach, State of California