80R-114
RESOLUTION NO. 80R-L
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING, CALLING,
PROVIDING FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON
NOVEMBER 4, 1980, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMIT-
TING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF SAID
CITY AND CONSOLIDATING SAID ELECTION WITH THE
STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SAID
DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority provided by Article XI
of the Constitution and Title 4, Division 2, Chapter 3 of the
Government Code of the State of California, the City Council of
the City of Anaheim desires to submit to the electors of said
City the hereinafter specified proposed charter amendments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim is
thereupon authorized and directed by statute to submit the pro-
posed amendments to the Charter to the qualified voters of said
City.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Anaheim,
California, does hereby resolve, declare, determine and order as
follows:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Article XI of the
Constitution and Title 4, Division 2, Chapter 3 of the Government
Code of the State of California, it is hereby ordered that said
proposed amendments to the Charter of the City of Anaheim be sub-
mitted to the electors at a special municipal election to be held
in said City on November 4, 1980.
SECTION 2. The proposed amendments to the Charter of
said City to be submitted to the voters shall be as follows (addi-
tions are underlined and deletions are indicated by cross-outs):
1.
Section 500.
CITY COUNCIL. TERMS.
The elective officers of the City
shall consist of a City Council of five members
elected from the City at large at the times and
in the manner provided in this Charter who shall
serve for a term of four years and until their
respective successors qualify.
The five members of the City Council
in office at the time this Charter provision takes
effect shall continue in office until the expira-
tion of their respective terms and until their
successors are elected and qualified. Three mem-
bers of the City Council shall be elected at the
general municipal election held in h~~~~r ~~.
June, 1982, and each fourth year thereafter. Two
members of the City Council shall be elected at the
general election held in ~~~~~, ~~, June, 1984,
and each fourth year thereafter.
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The term of each member of the City
CouncilL including the Mayor, shall commence on
the first Tuesday fOITowing his or her election.
Ties in voting among candidates for-oIfice, includ-
ing the office of Mayor, shall be settled by the
casting of lots.
Section 1300. GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
General municipal elections for the
election of officers, except members of the Board
of Education, and for such other purposes as the
City Council may prescribe shall be held in the City
on the S8S9RQ first Tuesday after the first Monday
in Ap~il June in each even-numbered year. However,
in the ev~the state legislature hereafter ~_
scribes a different day for the holding of the
statewide primary electi~ general muniCIpar-elec-
tions shall be held upon such day in each ~-
numbered year as prescribed for the statewide
primary election. The first such general municipal
election shall be held on the ~eeeftd first Tuesday
after the first Monday in lrpr:H.,I~6"6". June, 1982.
The foregoing proposal hereby submitted shall appear upon
the ballots for said special municipal election in the following
form:
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Shall Sections 500 and 1300 of the Charter
of the City of Anaheim be amended to change
the date of general municipal elections in
the City of Anaheim to the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in June of each
even-numbered year or to coincide with such
other date as may be established by the
state legislature for the holding of state-
wide primary elections?
YES
NO
2.
Section 501.
ELIGIBILITY.
No person shall be eligible to hold
office as a member of the City CouncilL including
the office of Mayor, unless fte such person is and
shall have been a resident and qualified elector
of the City ~r ~~ r~~~~ ~~~ y~~r ~~~~ p~~~~~
~l't~ d-~~~ o-f- l't~~ ~ l-~e~i-o-~ ~r ~PP'O"~~hrte-n-~. at the
time such person files nomination papers and for
~ period of at least thirty days immediately
before such date of filing or appointment.
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Section 504.
MAYOR.
The Mayor shall be a regular voting
member of the City Council. ~~~ ~~~ ~~
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~~~~ The provisions of this Charter appli-
cable to members of the City Council shall be deemed
e9ually ap~licable to the Mayor as a member of the
Clty Councll.
(a) Duties, Term and Eligibility -
The Mayor may make and second motions and shall
have a voice and vote in all proceed ings.... He The
Mayor shall be the official head of the City for-
ceremonial purposes. and ~ shall have the primary,
but not the exclusive-responsibility for communicat-
ing the policies, programs and needs of the City
government to the people, and as occasion requires,
~ may inform the people of any major change in
policy or program. ~ The Mayor shall perform such
other duties consistent-wIth &~& such office as may
be prescribed by this Charter or as-IDay be imposed
by the City Council.
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€e~fl€4}ffiefl Persons eligible pursuant to Section 501
of this Charter who desire to file for-the office-0f
Mayor shall file a ~ee~a~a~49R 9t 4R~eR~49R nomina-
tion papers for such office with the office of the
City Clerk a~he same time and in the same manner
as candidates for the office of €e~ft€i~maft. member
of the City Council. At the election for Mayor, the
candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall
be declared elected. ~fl ae~e~ffi4fl4fl~ wfl4efl €afla4aa~e
sfla}} ~e e~ee~ea Ma~e~T fle w~4~e-4R vQ~e €Ra}~ ee
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~4e~ ~e~ a4~aeB~ ve~e7 In case of a vacancy in the
office of Mayor, the Council shall select a Mayor
from the eligible Council~eR members to fill the va-
cancy. The office of Mayor shall be deemed vacant
when the person holding such office no longer holds
office as ~9~ReJJ~<<R a member of the City Council
for any reason.
(c) On the third Tuesday of June
each year, ~!he City Council shall designate one of
its members as Mayor Pro Tempore, who shall serve in
such capacity Q~ Lbe pleasULe e~ ~~e ~J~y ~9YReJJ~
for ~ term of one ill year and until a successor
qualifies. The Mayor Pro Tempore shall perform the
duties of the Mayor during a4s any absence or disa-
bility. of the Mayor.
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ffiefl~B ~e ~fle €a~~~e~, ~fie~e Sfl~~~ ~ ~~eseR~e~ ~e
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€h~~te~ ~~ ~ffleflaed, ~fla s~4d M~ye~ ~4~s~ e~ee~e~
~h~~~ q~~~i~y ~nd ~fle~e~~te~ ~~~~ffle ~fle d~~ie~ e~ fl4~
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w~th ~h~ 5~~~e~~~y o~ 5t~~e 6f ~he ~~~ev~~ e~ ~~4d
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~fl~~J fleJa e~~4ee ~n~4~ ~fie ~4~s~ ~~es~~y ~eJJew4R~
~h~ n~~t 9~ne~~~ m~nieiP8~ e~eetien, ~na ~fl~i~ hi~
~~~~~~~o~ i~ e~~~t~d and q~~~i~~~d7 ~n~~~s seone~
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iEl No person shall file for election
to the office of Mayor and to the offICe of member of
the City Council at the same election. In the event
an incumbent member of the City Council is elected to
the office of Mayor dUrIng the period of his or her--
term as Council member, ~ vacancy shall be deemed
created on the City Council at the time such person
takes office as Mayor. Said vacancy shall be filled
in the manner provided in Section 503 of this Charter.
The foregoing proposal hereby submitted shall appear
upon the ballots for said special municipal election in the follow-
ing form:
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Shall Sections 501 and 504 of the Charter
of the City of Anaheim be amended to:
(1) provide that any person is eligible
to hold the office of Mayor or City
Council member who has been a resident
and qualified elector of the City for
a period of at least thirty days immedi-
ately before the filing of nomination
papers or the date of appointment; (2)
change the term of office for the Mayor
from two years to four years; and (3)
provide that no person shall file for
both the offices of Mayor and City Council
member at the same election?
YES
NO
SECTION 3. That the polls for said election shall be
opened at seven o'clock a.m. of the day of said election and shall
remain open continuously from said time until eight o'clock p.m.
of the same day, when said polls shall be closed, except as pro-
vided in Section 14301 of the Elections Code of the State of
C al iforn ia.
SECTION 4. That the special election hereby called for
the date hereinbefore specified shall be, and is hereby, ordered
consolidated with the statewide general election to be held on
said date, and within said City the precincts, polling places and
officers of election for the special municipal election hereby
called shall be the same as those provided for said statewide gen-
eral election. The Board of Supervisors of Orange County is hereby
requested to order the consolidation of the special municipal elec-
tion hereby called with said statewide general election, and the
Registrar of Voters of the County of Orange is hereby authorized
to canvass the returns of said special municipal election, and
said elections shall be held in all respects as if there were only
one election, and only one form of ballot. Said Registrar of
Voters shall certify the results of the canvass of the returns of
said special municipal election to the City Council of said City
which shall thereafter declare the results thereof. The proposi-
tions submitted by this resolution shall be designated on the
ballot by a letter printed on the left margin of the square con-
taining the description of the measure, as provided in Section
10219 of the Elections Code.
SECTION 5. That notice of the time and place of hold-
ing said election is hereby given and the City Clerk is hereby
authorized, instructed and directed to give such further or addi-
tional notice of said election in time, form and manner as re-
quired by law.
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SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in
the book of original Resolutions of said City; and shall make a
minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the
proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of
the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
SECTION 7. That this Resolution shall take effect
immediately.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 18th day of March, 1980.
M
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF" THE ITY OF ANAHEIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SSe
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 80R-114 was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting provided by law, of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held on
the 18th day of March, 1980, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Overhol t, Kaywood, Bay, Roth and Seymour
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said
Resolution No. 80R-114 on the 18th day of March, 1980.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Anaheim this 18th day of March, 1980.
CI~~M
(SEAL)
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 80R-114 duly passed and adopted
by the Anaheim City Council on March 18, 1980.
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CI'lY CLERK
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