HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2025-22 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH SETTING PRIORITIES FOR
FILING A WRITTEN ARGUMENT(S) REGARDING A CITY MEASURE
AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS
WHEREAS, a Special Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Huntington Beach,
California, on June 10, 2025, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following
measure:
Shall the Ordinance to Amend the Huntington Beach
Municipal Code by Deleting Chapter 2.66 Thereof YES
Entitled `Community Parent Guardian Review Board
for Procurement of Children's Library Materials' and
Adding Section 2.30.090 Thereto Entitled `Selection NO
and Use of Library Materials' be adopted?
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 authorizes the following member(s) of its body
(Council Member In Favor) or Pat Burns (Council Member Against)
(Council Member In Favor) or Casey McKeon. (Council Member Against)
(Council Member In Favor) or Gracey Van Der Mark (Council Member Against)
(Council Member In Favor) or (Council Member Against)
(Council Member In Favor) or (Council Member Against)
(Council Member In Favor) or (Council Member Against)
(Council Member In Favor) or (Council Member Against)
to file (a) written argument(s) not exceeding 300 words regarding the City measure as specified
above, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, in
accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the Elections Code of the State of California.
The arguments may be changed or withdrawn until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk
after which no arguments for or against the City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
The arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed name(s) and
signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization,the name
of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers
who is the author of the argument. The arguments shall be accompanied by the Form of
Statement To Be Filed By Author(s) of Argument.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-22
SECTION 2. 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.
a. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure not
exceeding 500 words 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.
b. The analysis shall include a statement indicating whether the measure was placed
on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the governing body of
the city.
c. In the event the entire text of the measure is not printed on the ballot, nor in the
voter information portion of the voter information guide,there shall be printed immediately
below the impartial analysis, in no less than 10-point type,the following: "The above statement
is an impartial analysis of Ordinance or Measure_. If you desire a copy of the ordinance or
measure, please call the elections official's office at(insert phone number) and a copy will be
mailed at no cost to you."
d. The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk for the filing
of primary arguments.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on March 4th , 2025.
Mayor
TI'EST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Res. No. 2025-22
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, LISA LANE BARNES, 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 March 4, 2025 by the following vote:
AYES: Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Strickland,
Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California