CC RES 2003-051RESOLUTION NO. 2003-51
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION OF SAID CITY TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 4, 2003, WITH THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SAID DATE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 10403 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes called a
General Municipal Election in said City to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2003, for
the purpose of electing three members of the City Council of said City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council also desires to submit to the voters at the election a
question relating to the establishment of a limit on the number of consecutive terms that
a person can serve as a City Council Member; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that said General Municipal election be consolidated
with the School District election to be held on the same date and that within said City
the precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same, and
that the Registrar of the County of Los Angeles canvass the returns of the General
Municipal election and that said School District Election and General Municipal 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 HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the Elections
Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby requested to
consent and agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the School
District election on Tuesday, November 4, 2003, for the purpose of electing three
members of the City Council of said City and for the purpose of submitting the following
proposition to the voters:
Shall an ordinance be adopted to
YES
NO
establish a two -term limit on the
number of consecutive terms (no
lifetime ban) that a person may
serve as a Member of the City
Council?
Section 2. Said Registrar is hereby authorized to canvass the returns of said
General Municipal Election which it is hereby requested to consolidate with said School
District election and said election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one
election, and only one form of ballot shall be used.
Section 3. Said Board of Supervisors is hereby requested to issue instructions to
the Registrar to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of said consolidated
election.
Section 4. The City of Rancho Palos Verdes recognizes that additional costs will
be incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the
County for any such costs.
Section 5. That the City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes is hereby
directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the
Registrar of the County of Los Angeles, not later than July 15, 2003.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and shall enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED
Attest:
City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) SS
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Jo Purcell, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 2003 -51 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a Regular Meeting thereof held on June 17, 2003.
Resolution No. 2003 -51
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