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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCILOF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS AND WRITTEN
ARGUMENTS, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN
ORDINANCE VESTING THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY IN THE CITY
MANAGER, RELATING TO A MEASURE TO MAKE THE OFFICES OF
CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER APPOINTIVE
WHEREAS, the City Council has passed a Resolution entitled "Resolution
of the City Council of the City of National City Ordering the Submission of a Measure to
the Qualified Voters of the City of National City at the Special Municipal Election to be
held on March 3, 2020, to Make the Offices of City Clerk and City Treasurer Appointive,
(the "Resolution"); and
WHEREAS, Government Code Sections 36508-36509 provide that the
Offices of City Clerk and City Treasurer shall be made appointive upon approval of the
voters, and Government Code Section 34856 provides that when the Offices of City Clerk
and City Treasurer are appointive, the City Council shall make such appointments unless
the City Council vests the appointive power in the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the election called under the
Resolution be consolidated with any other election to occur on March 3, 2020 in the
territory of the City and that said measure be included on the ballot for said election; and
WHEREAS, Section 9280 of the California Elections Code authorizes the
filing of an impartial analysis and Sections 9281-9283 of said Code authorize the filing of
written arguments for or against any ballot proposition.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Request to County to Conduct Election. The Board of Supervisors of
the County of San Diego and the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, are hereby
requested and authorized to properly and lawfully hold and conduct a municipal election
in the City on March 3, 2020 pursuant to the Resolution, including but not restricted to the
providing and printing of ballots and polling place cards, election supplies, voting booths,
flags, registration lists and any other materials and services required to lawfully conduct
the election.
Section 2. Authorization to file Written Argument. The Mayor and the City Council,
or their designee, are hereby authorized to prepare and file a written argument for or
against the proposition to be submitted at said municipal election. All written arguments
for or against the proposition shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall otherwise
conform to and comply with all applicable provisions of the Ca opposition, shall be as
required by the City Clerk under Section 9286 of the California Elections Code. The
deadline date for the submittal of arguments, in favor or in opposition, shall be as required
by the City Clerk under Section 9286 of the California Election Code.
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Section 3. City Attorney's Impartial Analysis. The City Clerk is hereby directed to
submit to the City Attorney a certified copy of the Resolution. The City Attorney is
hereby authorized and directed to prepare an impartial analysis of the proposition
specified in the Resolution showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the
operation of the measure, said analysis to be submitted by the City Attorney to the
City Clerk for printing before the arguments for and against the measure. The analysis
shall not exceed 500 words in length and shall otherwise comply in all respects with the
applicable provisions of the California Elections Code. The deadline date for submittal of
the analysis shall be as required by the City Clerk.
Section 4. Appointive Power to be Vested in City Manager. In the event the
measure making the offices of City Clerk and City Treasurer appointive is approved by
the voters, the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare an ordinance, to be introduced
at the meeting of the City Council occurring between the date of the declaration of the
election results and the date of certification of the election results by the City Council,
vesting the appointive power in the City Manager.
Section 5. Consolidation; Manner of Conducting Election. The election hereby
called for March 3, 2020 is hereby ordered consolidated with any other election to be held
within the City on said date. The election shall be held and conducted, election officers
appointed, voting precincts designated, ballots printed, polls opened and closed, ballots
counted, and returned, returns canvasses, results declared, and all other proceedings
incidental to and connected with the election shall be regulated and done in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10418 of the Elections Code and as specified herein. The
Board of Supervisors of San Diego County and the San Diego County Registrar of Voters,
are hereby requested to order the consolidation of the municipal election hereby called
with any other election to be held within the City on said date and that said election be
held in all respects as if there were only one election.
Section 6. Consolidation; Cost. The City of National City recognizes that
additional costs will be incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees
to reimburse the County for any such cost.
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PASSED and ADOPTED this 19th day of November, 2019
Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, Mayor
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City Clerk
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Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
November 19, 2019 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2019-168 of the City of National City, California, passed and
adopted by the Council of said City on November 19, 2019.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy