HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 15,031RESOLUTION NO. 15,031
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONDUCT A
SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4, 1986 AND 7U CONSOLIDATE THAT ELECTION WITH THE STATEWIDE
GENERAL ELECTION TO BE FIELD ON THE SAME DAY
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National City did determine by
Resolution No. 15,014, adopted at a regular meeting held on July 8, 1986 by a
two-thirds vote of all its members, that the public interest and necessity
demand the acquisition, construction and completion of the municipal
improvements hereafter mentioned, and that those municipal improvements are
necessary and convenient to carry out the objects, purposes and powers of the
city, and that the indebtedness will require an expenditure greater than the
amount allowed for it by the annual tax levy of the city; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said Resolution No. 15,014, the City Council of
the City of National City has this day passed an ordinance whereby it has called
an election in the City of National City for the purpose of submitting to the
electors of the city a proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness of the
city for the acquisition, construction, and completion of certain municipal
improvements; declaring the estimated cost of the municipal improvements, the
amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred, and the maximum rate
of interest to be paid on the indebtedness; fixing the date of the election, the
manner of holding the election, the procedure for voting for and against the
proposition, and ordering it consolidated with the statewide general election;
and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to consolidate said
election with the statewide general election; and
WHEREAS, Section 439.1 of the Administrative Code of the County of San
Diego authorizes the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Diego to render
specified services relating to the conduct of an election to any city or
district which has by resolution requested the Board of Supervisors to permit
the Registrar to render the services, subject to requirements set forth in that
section; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Part 2.5 (commencing with S 23300), Division 14 of
the Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors has authority to consolidate public
district, city, county, or other political subdivision elections with each other
and with a statewide election to be held on the same day.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
National City that pursuant to the above -cited provisions, the Board of
Supervisors of the County of San Diego is hereby requested to permit the
Registrar of Voters to perform and render all services and proceedings
incidental to and connected with the conduct of the subject election of the City
of National City with the cooperation and assistance of the City Clerk of the
City of National City, such services to include, but not to be limited to the
following activities as are appropriate to the subject election:
1. Furnish a tabulation of the number of registered voters in
each precinct.
2. Examine the signatures on nomination papers or petitions of
candidates for public office.
3. Establish voting precincts, secure locations for polling
places, secure the services of election officers for each precinct as
required by law, and furnish a list of precincts, polling places, and
election officers for filing in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
National City.
4. Prepare and furnish to the election officers necessary
election supplies for the conduct of the election.
5. Cause to be printed the requisite number of sample ballots,
official ballots, polling place slips, rosters, tally sheets, and other
necessary forms.
6. Furnish and address to mail sample ballots to the registered
voters of the territory located within the proposed Lincoln Acres
Reorganization.
7. Cause the sample ballots to be mailed, as required by law.
8. Assemble the election material and supplies into ballot
containers and make necessary arrangements for their delivery to the
various precincts.
9. Distribute absent voter ballots as required by law.
10. Receive the returns of the elections and supplies.
11. Sort and assemble the election material and supplies in
preparation for the canvassing of the returns of the election.
12. Canvass the returns of the election, including the absent
voters ballots.
13. Furnish a tabulation of the number of votes given in each
precinct.
14. Make all arrangements and take the necessary steps to pay the
members of the precinct boards, the polling place rentals, the persons
returning the ballot containers, and to pay all other costs of the election
incurred as the result of services performed for the City of National City
and pay for the election officials the amounts prescribed by the Board of
Supervisors of the County of San Diego.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the exact form of the question to
appear on the ballot and to be submitted to the voters is as follows:
CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
POLICE FACILITY BOND PROPOSITION: "Shall the City of
National City incur a bonded indebtedness in the
principal amount of $6,500,000, the estimated cost of
the public improvements, for the purpose of the
acquisition and construction by said city of a certain
municipal improvement, to wit, a new police facility,
including off-street parking facilities and landscaping
therefor and including the acquisition of land
necessary therefor?
YES
NO
BE IT FURAIER RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the
County of San Diego is hereby requested to consolidate this election with
the statewide general election to be held on the same day, in the same
territory, or in territory that is in part the same.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if this consolidation is ordered,
then pursuant to Section 23306 of the Elections Code, (a) the election
shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election; (b) only
one form of ballot shall be used; and (c) the Registrar of Voters of the
County of San Diego shall canvass the returns of the subject election as
part of the canvass of the returns of the election or elections
consolidated hereby.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if this consolidation is ordered,
then pursuant to Section 23305 of the Elections Code within the territories
affected by this order of consolidation, the election precincts, polling
places, voting booths and polling hours shall, in every case be the same,
and there shall be only one set of election officers in each of the
precincts.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County of San Diego shall be
reimbursed in full for the services performed by the Registrar of Voters
for the City of National City in connection with the election services
herein described and that the sum of Eight hundred Eighty-six and No/100ths
Dollars ($886.00) shall be deposited in the County Treasury on or before
July 31, 1986 in accordance with the notice of the said Registrar which
specified that amount as including the estimated costs to conduct the
election plus an amount to cover contingencies which could occur to
increase costs beyond those normally to be anticipated.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of National City agrees to
indemnify and to save free and harmless the County, its officers, agents
and employees from expense or liability, including reasonable attorneys
fees, as the result of an election contest arising after conduct of this
election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of National
City is hereby directed to file certified copies of this resolution with
the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego, and with the Registrar
of Voters of the County of San Diego.
PASSED and ADDPItu this 22nd day of July, 1986.
ATTEST:
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Ion Campbell, City C'rk
AP ROVED AS 7U FORM:
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George H. Eiser, III -City Attorney