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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-06-08; City Council; 20255; General Municipal Election November 2, 2010CITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL 8 AB# 20.255 MTG. 6/s/io DEPT. Clerk GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 2, 2010 DEPT. HEAqT^fTT7 CITY ATTY. ^ £^- CITYMGR. (ZA-" RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2010-137 , calling and giving notice of a General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Carlsbad on November 2, 2010; and Adopt Resolution No..2010-138 _, requesting the Board of Supervisors to consolidate the election with the statewide election being held that day; and Adopt Resolution No. 2010-139 , adopting regulations for candidates at the election. ITEM EXPLANATION: In preparation for the General Municipal Election, it is necessary for Council to take certain actions. This agenda bill presents the first three actions required. Resolution No. 2010-137 calls and gives notice of the General Election to be held in the City on November 2nd, 2010, for the purpose of electing a Mayor, two members of the City Council, the City Treasurer, and City Clerk. The nomination period for the candidates is July 12, 2010, to August 6, 2010. If an incumbent does not file, the deadline will extend to August 11, 2010. Resolution No.2010-138 requests the Board of Supervisors to consolidate our General Municipal Election with the statewide election being held the same day. Resolution No.2Q1Q-139 , adopts regulations for candidates at the General Municipal Election. These regulations are in accordance with previous elections, as follows: a. There is a 200-word limitation for Candidate Statements. b. Candidates who wish to have a Candidate Statement published in the sample ballot will pay the costs, including printing, handling and mailing. In June 2004, the County of San Diego agreed to a memorandum of agreement pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal Voting Rights Act that provides for the translation of election language in Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese. The estimated cost per candidate (including translation) for this election is $ 572. DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Lorraine Wood 760-434-2808 clerk@carlsbadca.gov FOR CITY CLERKS USE ONLY. COUNCIL ACTION:APPROVED DENIED CONTINUED WITHDRAWN AMENDED *annn CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN RETURNED TO STAFF OTHER -SEE MINUTES D D D D Page 2 FISCAL IMPACT: The cost of the election is estimated at $115,000, however, variables which could change the cost are number of candidates and the number of registered voters. The recommended budget for FY 2010- 11 includes $115,000 to cover the costs related to electing candidates in the November 2010 Election. EXHIBITS: 1. Resolution No. 2010-137 calling and giving notice of a General Municipal Election to be held on November 2, 2010. 2. Resolution No. 2010-138 , requesting the Board of Supervisors to consolidate the election with the statewide election being held that same day. 3. Resolution No. 2010-139 adopting regulations for candidates. 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2010-137 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, CALLING AND GIVING 3 NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF THE GENERAL 4 MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010, FOR THE PURPOSE OF 5 ELECTING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AS REQUIRED BY PROVISIONS OF THE LAWS OF THE 6 STATE OF CALIFORNIA RELATING TO CHARTER LAW CITIES 7 WHEREAS, under the provisions of the laws relating to charter cities in 9 the State of California, a General Municipal Election shall be held on November !0 2, 2010, for the purpose of electing certain Municipal Officers; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 12 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 2. That pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of California 14 relating to charter law cities, there is called and ordered to be held in the City of 15 Carlsbad, California, on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, a General Municipal ., Election for the purpose of electing a Mayor, two Council Members, a City Treasurer and City Clerk for full terms of four years. 3. That the ballots to be used at the election shall be in the form and 1 8 content as required by law. 19 4. That the City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to procure 20 and furnish any and all official ballots, notices printed matter, and all supplies and equipment that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the election. 22 5. That the polls for the election shall be open at seven o'clock a.m. of the 9^day of the election and shall remain open continuously from that time until eight 24 o'clock p.m. of the same day when the polls shall be closed, except as provided 25 in Section 14401 of the Elections Code of the State of California. „, 6. That in all particulars not recited in this resolution, the election shall be26 held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections. 27 28 1 7. That notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and 2 the City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to give further or additional notice of this election, in the time, form and manner as required by law. 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this 4 Resolution; and shall enter the same in the file of Original Resolutions. 5 /// 6 /// 7 /// 8 9 10 11 '" 12 13 /// 14 /// 15 /// 16 /// 17 /// 18 19 20 21 22 '" 23 '// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 8th day of June, 2010, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard, Blackburn NOES: None ABSENT: None JDE A LEWIS, Mayor ATTEST: E M. WOOJD, City Clerk (SEAL) STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss. I, Sherry Freisinger, Deputy Clerk of the City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of California, hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy with the original RESOLUTION NO. 2010-137. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. CALIFORNIA.CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY ON TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 2010. FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AS REQUIRED BY PROVISIONS OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RELATING TO CHARTER LAW CITIES, with the original now on file in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad; that the same contains a full, true and correct transcript therefrom and of the whole thereof. Witness my hand and the seal of said City of Carlsbad, this 9th day of June, 2010. J t JL SHERRYfREISINGER \ DEPUTYUZLERK ( J (SEAL) ^^^ 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2010-138 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF 3 SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TO 4 CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ON TUESDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2, 2010, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THAT DATE PURSUANT TO 6 SECTION 10400 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE 7 WHEREAS, under the provisions of the laws relating to charter law cities in the 8 State of California, a General Municipal Election shall be held on November 2, 2010, 9 for the purpose of electing Municipal Officers; and 10 WHEREAS, Section 439.1 of the Administrative Code of the County of San 11 Diego authorizes the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Diego to render specified 12 services relating to the conduct of an election to any city which has by resolution requested the Board of Supervisors to permit the Registrar to render services, subject 15 to requirements set forth in that section; and 16 WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has called an election to be held on the same 17 day in the same territory or in territory that is in part the same; and 18 WHEREAS, pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400), Division 10 of 19 the Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors has authority to consolidate public 20 district, city, county or other political subdivision elections with each other and with a 21 statewide election to be held on the same day; 22 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the above-recited 23 provisions, the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego is hereby requested to 25 permit the Registrar of Voters to perform and render all services and proceedings 26 incidental to, and connected with, the conduct of the subject election of the City of 27 Carlsbad, with cooperation and assistance of the City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad, 28 1 such services to include, but not be limited to the following activities as are appropriate 2 to the subject election: 1. Furnish a tabulation of the number of registered voters in each precinct. 4 2. Establish voting precincts, secure locations for polling places, secure the 5 services of election officers for each precinct as required by law, and furnish a list of 6 precincts, polling places and election officers for filing in the Office of the City Clerk of 7 the City of Carlsbad.8 y 9 3. Prepare and furnish to the election officers, necessary election supplies for 10 the conduct of the election. 11 4. Cause to be printed the requisite number of sample ballots, official ballots, 12 polling place slips, rosters, tally sheets and other necessary forms. 13 5. Furnish and address the envelopes necessary to mail sample ballots to the 14 registered voters of the City of Carlsbad. 6. Insert the sample ballots and other printed matter into envelopes for mailing 16 and cause the same to be mailed, as required by law. 17 7. Assemble the election material and supplies into ballot bags and make18 necessary arrangements for their delivery to the various precincts. 2Q 8. Distribute absent voter ballots as required by law. 21 9. Receive the returns of the elections and supplies. 22 10. Sort and assemble the election material and supplies in preparation for 23 canvassing of the returns of the election. 24 11. Canvass the returns of the elections, including the absent voters ballots. 25 12. Furnish a tabulation of the number of votes given in each precinct. 26 27 28 1 13. Make all arrangements and take the necessary steps to pay the members of 2 the precinct boards, the polling place rentals, the persons returning the ballot bags, •3 and to pay all other costs of the election incurred as the result of services performed 4 for the City of Carlsbad for the election officials the amounts prescribed by the Board 5 of Supervisors of the County of San Diego. 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to the requirements of the laws of 7 the State of California relating to Charter Law Cities within the State, the election of the8 9 qualified electors of the City of Carlsbad was called for the purpose of the election of a 10 Mayor, two Council Members, a City Treasurer and City Clerk. 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of San 12 Diego is hereby requested to consolidate this election with the other elections to be 13 held on the same day, in the same territory, or in territory that is in part the same. 14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if this consolidation is ordered, then pursuant 15 to Section 10411 of the Elections Code (a), the election shall be held in all respects as 16 if they were only one election; (b) only one form of ballot shall be used; and (c) the 17 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 20 hereby. 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if this consolidation is ordered, then pursuant 22 to Section 10410 of the Elections Code, within the territories affected by this order of 23 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 25 each of the precincts. 26 27 28 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County of San Diego shall be reimbursed 2 in full for the services performed by the Registrar of Voters for the City of Carlsbad upon presentation of a bill for them. 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the City Clerk of the City of 5 Carlsbad is hereby directed to deliver this Resolution to the Clerk of the Board of 6 Supervisors of the County of San Diego and to the Registrar of Voters of the County of 7 San Diego.8 9 10 /// 11 /// 12 /// 13 /// 14 /// 15 /// 16 17 18 19 '" 20 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 8th day of June, 2010, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard, Blackburn NOES: None ABSENT: None >, Mayor ATTEST: (SEAL) D- City CleJ , ^ X7 * V''/I (ll<*v STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss. I, Sherry Freisinger, Deputy Clerk of the City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of California, hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy with the original RESOLUTION NO. 2010-138. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. CALIFORNIA. REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TO CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ON TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 2010. WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE DATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 10400 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE., with the original now on file in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad; that the same contains a full, true and correct transcript therefrom and of the whole thereof. Witness my hand and the seal of said City of Carlsbad, this 9th day of June, 2010. FREISI DEPUTY CLERK (SEAL) 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2010-139 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS 3 FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING 4 TO CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE 5 HELD IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 2010. 6 7 WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California 8 provides that the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to 9 materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the 10 candidate's statements; 11 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of 12 Carlsbad, California, as follows: 14 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 15 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307 of the 16 Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted 17 for at an election to be held in the City of Carlsbad on November 2, 2010, may prepare 1 8 a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The 19 statement may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief 20 description of no more than two hundred (200) words of the candidate's education and 21 qualifications expressed by the candidate herself or himself. The statement shall not 22 include any party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan £J 24 political organizations. The statement shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk at 25 the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. The statement may be 26 withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 27 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period. 28 1 3. LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS. Pursuant to a memorandum of agreement 2 between the County of San Diego and the United States in June 2004 relating to Section 203 of the Federal Voting Rights Act, each candidate's statement will be 4 translated into Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese languages. 5 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include 6 additional materials in the sample ballot package. 7 5. PAYMENT. Each candidate filing a candidate's statement is required to8 o pay for the services rendered a sum not greater than her or his actual prorata share of !0 costs for printing, handling, mailing the candidate's statements, and for the cost of the 11 Spanish, Vietnamese and Tagalog translation. 12 6. Each candidate shall pay a $25.00 fee at the time the nomination papers 13 are filed with the City Clerk. In lieu of the $25.00 filing fee, candidates may process a 14 petition-in-lieu by acquiring four signatures for each $1.00 of the filing fee. A total of 100 signatures of registered voters in the City shall replace the $25.00 filing fee. 16 Petitions-in-lieu must be submitted to the City Clerk's Office no later than 5:00 p.m., on 17 July 23, 2010. 18 7. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate, or the candidate's 2Q representative, a copy of this resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued. 21 8. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on 22 November 2, 2010, and shall then be repealed. 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 8th day of June, 2010, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard, Blackburn NOES: None ABSENT: None LEWIS", Mayor ATTEST: \jLJ~^y ~y t iS/<jLfl^~^; LORRA^E M. WCvOrA CityClertt(3 (SEAL) City of Carlsbad Office of the City Clerk Records Management Department June 11, 2010 Clerk of the Board of Supervisors County of San Diego 1600 Pacific Highway San Diego, CA 92101 RE: GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 2, 2010 At its meeting on June 8, 2010, the Carlsbad City Council directed that the offices of the Mayor, two Members of the City Council, the City Treasurer and City Clerk be placed on the ballot for the November 2, 2010 General Municipal Election. The City Council adopted the following Resolutions: 1. Resolution No. 2010-137 calling, ordering, providing for and giving notice of the holding of a municipal election in the City of Carlsbad on November 2, 2010. 2. Resolution No. 2010-138 requesting the Board of Supervisors to consolidate the City of Carlsbad General Municipal Election on November 2, 2010 with the County of San Diego. Certified copies of the above-referenced resolutions are enclosed for your records. JHERtfrtFREISING DeputyClerk c: San Diego County Registrar of Voters Enclosures 12OO Carlsbad Village Drive • Carlsbad, CA 92OO8-1989 • (76O) 434-28O8