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COUNCILMEN
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
SDJOURNED REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
Place: Council Chambers
Time: ' 5:30 P.M.
Date: March 16, 1971
Roll Call:
CURRENT BUSINESS:
MINUTES
1. City Clerk Laura Lagios presented her Certificate of
Canvass dated March 11, 1971 as to the results of
votes cast on March 9, 1971, in the Special Municipal
Election, setting out the number.of votes given at
each precinct, the number of votes for and against
each measure, declaring that the total number of votes
cast in the City was 13, 349 and further declaring that
the Initiative Measure to rescind a portion of the
Route 1 freeway agreement and the Charter Amend -
ment to provide for vote of electors on any proposed
freeway within the City each received a majority of
votes in favor thereof and were adopted.
Resolution No. 7386, a resolution of the City of New-
port Beach reciting the fact of the Special Municipal
Election held in said City on the 9th day of March,
1971, declaring the result thereof and such other
matters as are provided by law, with City Clerk's
Certificate of Canvass attached thereto as Exhibit A,
was adopted after the reading of the resolution was
waived by unanimous consent of the Council.
Councilman McInnis made a motion to request the
City Attorney to draw a resolution for Council consid-
eration on March 22 covering Item 1 on the ballot,
which would cover the mandate of the people and cover
the Council's intention to appoint a committee to
renegotiate the 1968 Freeway agreement and also pro-
vide for a rescission action with a time certain, the
time certain to be left blank until the whole Council is
present to discuss it.
Paul Gruber, former member of the City Council,
spoke from the audience, objected to the word "rene-
gotiate" and suggested the resolution state that the
City wished to rescind the freeway agreement in
accordance with the mandate of the electorate.
Roy B. Woolsey spoke from the audience and stated
that the vote was to rescind a portion of the freeway
agreement.
A vote was taken on Councilman McInnis' motion,
which motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:43 P.M.
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CITY"CLERK'S ",CERTIFT'CATE O'F- CANVASS' ' '
I, LAURA LAGIOS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, County of Orange. State of Cali-
forma, duly authorized by Resolution No. 7356 adopted by the City Council(bf .sai,dc,City •on the
11th day of January, 1971., do hereby certify that I have canvassed the returns \\of the
City ., e ftd t er'of votes
cial municipal election held on the 9th day of March, and find that th
ven at each precinct , the . number of votes for and agauust each measu� 'and the\nu7r{iber of
otes cast in the were as follows:
Dated: March 11, 1971
Lauriaydagios
City Clerk
MEASURES SUBMITTED TO VOTERS
RE-
INCT
INITIATIVE':MEASURE (Shall an, ordinance be
adopted rescinding that portion of City
Council Resolution No. 6890 (Adopted Octo-
ber 28, 1968) and that portion of the
Freeway Agreement made and entered into on
October 30, 1968, by and between the
State of California and the City of New-
port Beach pertaining to Route 1 (Pacific:
Coast) Freeway between Newport Beach City
Limit near Buck Gu4y and Ba side Drive ?)
'CHARTER AMENDMENT (Shall the Charter, be
amended to add Section 422 to require
that the City Council shall not enter into
any contract with the State of Californiay,
or any of its agencies, for the oonstruc-
tion of a freeway or the closure of any
City street to accomrmdate a freeway with -
ut first obtaining the approval of a
Imajority of the voters of the City at a
Igeneral or special election ?)
YES
NO
YES
NO
518
72
499
86
2
450
62
437
72
3
410
76
406
83
4
343
45
325
55
5
553
37
550
38
6
416
57
405
67
7
259
29
253
33
8
542
101
530
115
9
367
121
368
122
10
410
184
403
188
11
525
123
499
147
12
1 542
114
1 518
136
13
349
121
315
146
4
311
83
297
96
447
1 125
435
1 137
EXHIBIT "A"
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RE-
CINCr
YES
NO
YES
NO
16
369
26
363
32
17
526
45
514
48 .
259
21
247
29
19
476
101
456
115
20
429
62
430
61
21
510
95
498
100
'22
1 485
38
475
46
23
540
115
511
140
24
740
62
715
83
25
308
135
302
143
UB
TALI
11,084
2,060
10,751
2,318
SIN
ME
VOTE
167
12
163
15
TAL
11,251
2,062
r 10,914
2,333
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EXHIBIT "A'
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PRECINCT
TOTAL VOTES CAST.
AT PRECINCT
1
591
2
512
3
491
4
391
5
591
6
474
7
288
8
649
9
491
10
595
11
655
12
657
13
472
14
396
15
572
16
407
17
572
18
281
19
578
20
491
21
600
22
523
23
656
24
802
25
445
TOTAL
13,170
ABSENTEE VOTE
179
TOTAL
VOTES CAST
139349
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EXHIBIT "N'