HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-70 - Requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange to Consolidate a General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the Statewide General Election to be Held on the Same Date Pursuant to California Elections CodRESOLUTION NO. 2016-70
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 8,
2016, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
THE SAME DATE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE
SECTION 10403 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING A PROPOSED
CHARTER AMENDMENT
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority provided by Article XI of the California
Constitution, Title 4, Division 2, Chapter 2 of the California Government Code and Division
9, Chapter 3, Article 3 (commencing at Section 9255) of the California Elections Code, the
City Council of the City of Newport Beach is authorized to submit a proposed Charter
Amendment to the voters;
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, called a
General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, for the purpose of
submitting a proposed Charter Amendment to the voters;
WHEREAS, California Elections Code Sections 10400 et seq. authorize a
municipality to consolidate its election with a statewide election to be held on the same
day; 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; 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:
Resolution No. 2016-70
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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 8, 2016, for the purpose of submitting a Charter
amendment.
Section 2: That a measure is to appear on the ballot as follows:
MEASURE
Yes
Require 5 of 7 Votes of the City Council to Propose Taxes
Shall Section 1115 be added to the Newport Beach City Charter to
require at least five votes of the total City Council membership in No
order to place City Council sponsored general or special tax
proposals on a ballot for voter consideration?
Section 3: 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 4: 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 5: 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 6: 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.
Resolution No. 2016-70
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Section 7: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
Section 8: 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 9: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the City
Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of August, 2016.
ATTEST:
Diane B. Dixon
Mayor
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk��
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; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2016-70 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 gith day of August, 2016, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Peotter, Council Member Duffield, Council Member Selich,
Council Member Petros, Mayor Pro Tem Muldoon, Mayor Dixon
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: Council Member Curry
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 101h day of August, 2016.
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Leilani 1. Brown, MMC
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
(Seal)