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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH SUBMITTING AN ALTERNATIVE PRO-
POSITION PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNCIL-
MEN BY DISTRICTS.
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do
resolve as follows#
SECTION I. That at the special election heretofore
called to be held in the City of Huntington Beach, on the 29th
of April, 1937, there shall be submitted to the electors the
proposition of the adoption of a proposed alternative to
Section I of Article IV of the Proposed Charter for the City
of Huntington Beach, California consisting of Section I,
Section I a, Section I b, Article IV, providing for the
election of councilmen by districts.
Said proposed alternative is hereto attached and f
made a part hereof and _designated as Exhibit "A".
SECTION II. That the foregoing'proposed alternative
shall be submitted to the electors at said election for
adoption under the following prop4ition#
PROPOSITION NO. II.
SHALL THE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE YES
PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OF FIVE
COUNCILIAEN BY DISTRICTS BE LNO
ADOPTED?
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular, adjourned meeting thereof held
on the 16th day of March, 1937•
WILLIS H. WARNER
MAYOR
ATTEST:
C. R. Furr
Eity Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Orange, SS:
City of Huntington Beach. )
I, C. R. FURR, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was read to the City
Council of said City at a regular, adjourned meeting of said
City Council held on the 16th day of March, 1937, and was by
said City Council passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Morehouse , Talbert: Varner
NOES: Councilmen: Chamness Henrickson
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
City Clerk and Ex-officio
Clerk of the City Council-
of the City of Huntington
Beach.
(EXHIBIT A)
PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE TO PROPOSED CHARTER.
ARTICLE IV.
ELECTIONS
SECTION I; Districts established. For the purpose of electing
members of the City Council, the City shall be divided into Five (5)
districts as nearly equal in registered voter population as practicable.
The members of the City Council shall be elected by districts,
one from each of said five districts as follows;
District 1. One councilman from District No. 1, which is in the
first instance hereby established as all that portion of the City of
Huntington Beach,. California, lying and being within the following
described boundary lines:
Beginning at a point, being the intersection of the center line
of Palm Avenue with the center line of the Pacific Electric right-of-way
(which right-of-way lies parallel to and between Lake Avenue and Alabama
Avenue) ; thence Southerly along the center line of said right-of-way to
the intersection with the center line of Atlanta Street; thence Easterly
along the center line of Atlanta Street to a point, being the intersection
with the Easterly city boundary; thence Southerly and Southwesterly and
Northwesterly along the Easterly, Southerly and Westerly boundary of
said city to a point, being the intersection of the center line of Sixth
Street as produced Southwesterly; thence Northeasterly along the center
line of said Sixth Street as produced and the center line of Sixth
Street to the intersection of Walnut Avenue• thence Southeasterly along the
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center line of Walnut Avenue to the intersection of the center line of
Fifth Street; thence Northeasterly along the center line of said Fifth
Street, to the intersection with the center line of Main Street; thence
Northerly along the center line of Fain. Street to the intersection of the
center line of Palm Avenue; thence Easterly along the center line of Palm
Avenue to the point of beginning.
DISTRICT 2. One Councilman from District No. 2, which in the
first instance is hereby established as all that portion of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, lying and being within the following
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described boundary lines:
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Palm Avenue
with the center line of Main Street, and running thence Southerly along
said center line of Main Street to the intersection of the center line of
Fifth Street; thence Southwesterly along the center line of Fifth Street
to the intersection of the center line of Walnut Avenue; thence North-
easterly along the center line of Walnut Avenue to the center line of
Sixth Street; thence southwesterly along the center line of Sixth Street
and the prolongation thereof to the Southwesterly boundary line of the
City of Huntington Beach; thence Northwesterly along said boundary line
to the intersection of the prolongation Southwesterly of the center line of
Ninth Street; thence Northeasterly along said prolongation and the center
line of Ninth street to the intersection of the center line of Palm
Avenue; thence Southeasterly along the center line of Palm Avenue to the
point of beginning.
District 3. One councilman from District No. 3, which is in the
first instance hereby established as all that portion of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, lying and being within the following
described boundary lines;
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Palm Avenue
and the center line of Ninth Street thence Southwesterly along the center
line of said Ninth Street and the center line of the prolongation of said
Ninth Street to the intersection with the Southwesterly city boundary
line ; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly city boundary to the
intersection of said boundary with the center line of the prolongation of
Sixteenth Street; thence Northeasterly along the center line of said
prolongation of Sixteenth Street and the center line of Sixteenth Street
to the intersection of the center line of Palm Avenge; thence South-
easterly along the center line of Palm Aver** to the point of beginning.
DISTRICT 4. One councilman from District No. 4, which in the
instance is hereby established as all that portion of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, lying and being within the following
described boundary lines:
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Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Palm Avenue
with the center line of the Pacific Electric right-of-way; thence Westerly
and Northwesterly along the center line of Palm Avenue to the inter-
section of the center line of Sixteenth Street; thence Southwesterly
along the center line of Sixteenth Street and the center line of the
prolongation thereof to the intersection of the Southwesterly boundary
of said City of Huntington Beach; thence Northwesterly along South-
westerly boundary, and Northeasterly along the Northwesterly boundary,
and Easterl along the Northerly boundary, and Southerly, Easterly and
Southerly Yong said boundary as it meanders in a Southerly direction to
the intersection of said Easterly boundary with the center. line of the
prolongationEasterly of Memphis Street; thence Westerly along the center
line of said prolongation of Memphis Street, and the center line of
Memphis Street to the intersection with the center line of the Pacific
Electric Right-of-way; thence Southerly along the center line of said
Right-of-way to the point of beginning.
DISTRICT One Councilman from District No. 5, which for the
first instance is hereby established as all that portion of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, lying and being within the following
described boundary line:
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of the Pacific
Electric right-of-way with the center line of Memphis Street; Thence
Southerly along the center line of said right-of-way to the intersection
of the center line of Atlanta Avenue; thence Easterly along the center
line of Atlanta Avenue to the intersection of the Easterly boundary line
of the City of Huntington Beach; thence Northerly along the Easterly
boundary, as said boundary meanders Northerly, Northeasterly and North-
westerly to the intersection of the center line of the prolongation of
Memphis Street; thence Westerly along the center line of the prolongation
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of Memphis Street and the center line of Memphis Street to the point of
beginning.
Provided, however, that that portion of District No. 41 as
herein described, bounded as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Indianapolis
Street and the center line of the Pacific Electric right-of-way; thence
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Westerly along the center line 6f Indianapolis Street to the intersection
with the center line of Crest Avenue; thence Northwesterly along the
center line of Crest Avenue to the intersection with the center line of
Vain Street; thence Northerly along the center line of Main Street to the
intersection with the center line of Tenth Street; thence Easterly along
the center line of Tenth Street and the prolongation thereof to the
center line of the Pacific Electric right-of-way; Thence Southerly along
the center line of the Pacific Electric right-of-way to the point of
beginning--shall be considered to ve a portion of District No. 5 and
shall be added thereto for the purpose of a special or general election
held prior ta -the' second Tuesday in April 1940, affecting any councilman
within said District No. 5 as enlarged as herein provided and said
portion shall be excluded from District No. 4 until the election to be
held on the second Tuesday in April, 1940.
SECTION I a; REDISTRICTING. The City shall be redistricted by
ordinance for the purpose of .maintaining approximate equality of regist-
ered voting population, at least once in every Ten (10) years, but shall
not be redistricted with Your (4) years after any such redistricting.
Any territory hereafter annexed to or consolidated with the City
of Huntington Beach, shall at the time of such annexation or consolidation
be added to an adjacent district or districts by an ordinance of the
Council, provided that if any territory annexed or consolidated at any one
time shall contain qualified voters sufficient to upset the approximate
equality of the established districts the Council shall at least Sixty
(60) days before an election after such annexation or consolidation,
redistrict the City regardless of the time limitation. of Four (4) years
heretofore mentioned. In any redistricting, the districts shall be
comprised of continuous territory and made as equal in registered voters,
as shown b the registration records and s Y S , geographically compact as
possible, and the district so formed shall., as far as possible, be
bounded by natural boundaries, by street lines and/or by City boundary
lines.
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SECTION I bt Every councilman must have been, at the time of
his election or appointment In the event of a vacancy, an actual
resident in the district from which he was nominated for One (1) year
immediately preceding his election or appointm%at4 Any councilman
who moves from the district of which he was a resident at the time
of his election or appointment, forfeits his office, but no council-
man shall forfeit his office as a result of redistricting.
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