HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2014-51 RESOLUTION NO. 2014-51
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 4, 2014, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
THE DATE PURSUANT TO § 10403 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach called a General
Municipal Election to be held on November 4, 2014, for the purpose of the election of four(4)
Members of the City Council for the full term of four(4) years, and a City Attorney for the full
term of four(4) years and to submit to the voters two (2) proposed charter amendments relating
to the sale, possession, display, use or discharge of safe and sane fireworks and providing an
exemption for regulation of real property in mobile/manufactured home parks, retroactive to July
21, 2014; and
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, and that the elections department of the
Orange County Registrar of Voters canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election and
that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements of§ 10403 of the Elections Code, 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 4, 2014, for the purpose of the election of four(4) Members of the City Council for a
full term of four (4) years, and a(1) City Attorney for a full term of four(4) years and to submit
to the voters two (2)proposed charter amendments relating to the sale, possession, display, use
or discharge of safe and sane fireworks; and exempting mobile/manufactured home owners from
the prohibition on the City mandating the price or other consideration of rent in mobile home
parks that will appear on the ballot as follows:
Shall the proposed Amendment to Article VIII of the
Charter of�the City of Huntington Beach adding
section 805 to permit the sale, possession, display, use YES
and discharge of safe and sane fireworks, subject to
regulation by City Council, as set forth in the proposed
measure be approved? No
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Shall the proposed Amendment to Article VIII section
803 of the City Charter be adopted which provides an
exemption for regulation of real property in ves
mobile/manufactured home parks, retroactive to July
21, 2014?
NO
SECTION 2. That 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 Election.
SECTION 3. That the Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the
Orange County Registrar of Voters to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the
consolidated election.
SECTION 4. That the City of Huntington 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. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this
resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the County Registrar of Voters in the County of
Orange.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
special meeting thereof held on the 28th day of Jul u , 2014.
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REVIE D APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPRO ED:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, JOAN FLYNN, 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 special meeting thereof held on July 28, 2014, by the
following vote:
AYES: Katapodis, Hardy, Shaw, Boardman
NOES: Harper, Sullivan, Carchio
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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City blerk and ex-officio Jerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California