CC RES 2010-091 RESOLUTION NO. 2010-91
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL
TO CONSOLIDATE AND DIRECT THE CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES TO CONDUCT THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON MARCH 8, 2011, WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES PRIMARY
NOMINATING AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON THAT
DATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 10400, ET SEQ., OF THE CALIFORNIA
ELECTIONS CODE AND THE ELECTION CODE OF THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes called a
Special Municipal Election to be held on March 8, 2011, for the purpose of submitting to
the Rancho Palos Verdes voters a question relating to adoption of a proposed City
Charter entitled "Charter of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;" and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the Special Municipal Election be consolidated
with the City of Los Angeles Primary Nominating and Consolidated Elections to be held
on the same date, and that within the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, the ballot, voter
information pamphlet, precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections
be the same; that the City Clerk of the City of Los Angeles conduct the Special
Municipal Election in accordance with applicable law, including the Election Code of the
City of Los Angeles; and that the City of Los Angeles Election Division canvass the
returns of the Special 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 RANCHO
PALOS VERDES DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That pursuant to the requirements of Sections 10400 et seq. of the
California Elections Code, and the provisions of the Election Code of the City of Los
Angeles, the Los Angeles City Council is hereby requested to consent and agree to the
consolidation of the Rancho Palos Verdes Special Municipal Election with the City of
Los Angeles Primary Nominating and Consolidated Elections on Tuesday, March 8,
2011, for the purpose of a measure to appear on the ballot as follows:
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES
Shall the ro osed City Charter be adopted to change YES NO
p p Y
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes from a general law city
to a charter city?
Section 2. That the special election called by the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes shall be conducted by the City of Los Angeles as a consolidated election under
the election laws of the City of Los Angeles and as further provided in the resolutions
and ordinances of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and the City of Los Angeles
pertaining to this election.
Section 3. That the City of Los Angeles Election Division is authorized to mail
official sample ballots and voter information pamphlets to all registered voters in the City
of Rancho Palos Verdes and canvass the returns of said Special 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.
Section 4. That the polls for the election shall be open at seven o'clock a.m.
of the day of the election and shall remain open continuously from that time until eight
o'clock p.m. of the same day when the polls shall be closed, pursuant to Los Angeles
City Election Code Section 826, except as provided in Section 857 of the Election Code
of the City of Los Angeles.
Section 5. That the Los Angeles City Council is requested to issue
instructions to the City Clerk of the City of Los Angeles to conduct the Special Municipal
Election for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and take any and all steps necessary for
the holding of the consolidated election.
Section 6. That the City of Rancho Palos Verdes recognizes that additional
costs will be incurred by the City of Los Angeles by reason of this consolidation and
agrees to reimburse the City of Los Angeles for any such costs.
Section 7. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this
resolution with the Los Angeles City Council and the City of Los Angeles Election
Division.
Section 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
Resolution No. 2010-91
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 5, 2010.
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Attest: •
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City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
1, Carla Morreale, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 2010-91 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on October 5, 2010.
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