HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-68 - 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. 2016-68
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 ELECTING MEMBERS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, ("City")
called a General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 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; 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:
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 the
election of members of the City Council to represent the Second, Fifth and Seventh
Districts for a term of four years.
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Section 2: 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 General election.
Section 3: 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 4: 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 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 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.
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Section 8: 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 14th day of June, 2016.
ATTEST:
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Diane B. Dixon
Mayor
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
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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. 2016-68 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 14'h day of June, 2016, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Peotter, Council Member Duffield, Mayor Pro Tem Muldoon,
Mayor Dixon
NAYS: Council Member Selich, Council Member Curry, Council Member Petros
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 15th day of June, 2016.
Leilani I. Brown, MMC
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
(Seal)