HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2002-79 RESOLUTION NO. 2002-79
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS CONCERNING A CITY MEASURE SET FOR
A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MARCH 2, 2004
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2002-78, adopted on August 5, 2002, by the City
Council, a Special Municipal Election has been called for March 2, 2004, at which there will be
submitted to the voters of the City of Huntington Beach, California, the following measure:
Shall the Huntington Beach City Charter be amended, effective
with the November 2004 General Municipal Election, to YES
provide for: (1) electing five councilmembers instead of the
current seven members; (2) dividing the city into five separately
elected council districts, instead of the current citywide vote;
and (3) imposing an eight-year(two four-year terms) lifetime NO
limit on a councilmember's term of office, instead of the
current limit of two consecutive four-year terms?
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the
Measure to the City Attorney, unless the organization or salaries of the Office of the City
Attorney are affected. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure
showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the operation of the measure. If the
measure affects the organization or salaries of the Office of the City Attorney, the City Clerk
shall prepare the impartial analysis. The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the
City Clerk for the filing of primary arguments.
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the Sth day of August 2002.
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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
Inter-Department Communication
TO: CONNIE BROCKWAY, CITY CLERK
FROM: JENNIFER McGRATH, CITY ATTORNEY
SUBJECT: CORRECTIONS TO ELECTION RESOLUTIONS;RLS 2003-0523
DATE: November 7,2003
Transmitted with this memo are corrected pages to Resolution 2002-78 and 2002-79.
For Resolution 2002-78, standard language relating to city payment of the additional cost
of consolidating the election with the statewide primary was inadvertently.omitted.
For Resolution 2002-79, a portion of the ballot question.was inadvertently omitted.
We consider these inadvertent omissions to be typographical in nature and have provided
these replacement pages.to correct the omissions.
Please contact me if you have any further questions regarding this matter.
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JENNIFER McGRATH
City Attorney
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RESOLUTION NO. 2002-79
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF H TINGTON
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY T REPARE AN
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS CONCERNING A CITY MEASU SET FOR
A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON ARCH 2, 2004
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2002-78, ado ed on August 5, 2002, by the City
Council, a Special Municipal Election has been called for ch 2, 2004, at which there will be
submitted to the voters of the City of Huntington Beach, ifornia, the following measure:
Shall the Huntington Beach City Ch er be amended,
effective with the November 2004 eneral Municipal YES
Election, to provide for: (1) elec ' g five
councilmembers instead/(tfour-year
ent citywide vote; and
(3) imposing an eight-ye terms) lifetime
limit on a councilmembe of office, instead of the NO
current limit of two consfour-year terms?
NOW, THEREFO , THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, OES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the
Measure to the Cit Attorney, unless the organization or salaries of the Office of the City
Attorney are affe ed. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure
showing the of ct of the measure on the existing law and the operation of the measure. If the
measure affe s the organization or salaries of the Office of the City Attorney, the City Clerk
shall prepar the impartial analysis. The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the
City Cler or the filing of primary arguments.
ECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resol tion and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
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Res. No. 2002-79
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE . ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk
of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of
said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the
members of said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the
5th day of August, 2002 by the following vote:
AYES: Green, Dettloff, Boardman, Cook, Houchen, Winchell, Bauer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California