HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-34 - Requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange Consolidate a General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with the Statewide General Election to be Held on the Same Date Pursuant to California Elections Code SRESOLUTION NO. 2024-34
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5,
2024, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL 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 called a
General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the purpose of
the election of members of the City Council to represent the Second, Fifth and Seventh
Districts for a term of four years;
WHEREAS, California Elections Code Section 10400 et seq. authorizes 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, vote center locations, ballot drop box locations, 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 5, 2024, for the purpose of the election of members of
the City Council to represent the Second, Fifth and Seventh Districts for a term of four
years.
Section 2: The County Election Department of the County of Orange 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 General Election.
Resolution No. 2024-34
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Section 3: The Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange 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 of Orange by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse
the County of Orange 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.
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, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
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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 11th day of June, 2024.
ATTEST:
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Will O'Neill
Mayor
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Leilani I. Brown
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Aaron Harp
City A o ley
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. 2024-34 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 11th day of June, 2024; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Brad Avery,
Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember
Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 12th day of June, 2024.
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Leirani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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