Resolution 0850390
CITY PF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 8503
STATING AND REQUESTING CONSOLIDATION OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1976, WITH THE PRIMARY
ELECTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
JUNE 8, 1976
BE IT RESOLVED SY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that pursuant to the provisions or
Chapter 4, Part 2, Division 12, of the Elections Code of the State of California, and of Section
23302 thereof, and pursuant to Article XIX of the Charter of the City of Alameda, a Special
Municipal Election for the purpose of submitting to the electorate certain Charter amendments as
set forth in the statements of the questions hereinbelow, be consolidated with the Primary Election
of the State of California to be held Tuesday, June 8, 1976.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the election precincts, polling places, voting booths,
and election officers who shall conduct said Special Municipal Election are hereby designated
to be the same as the election precincts, polling places, voting booths, and election officers as
shall be designated, established and appointed by resolution cr ordinance of the Board of Super-
visors of the County of Alameda for the purpose of holding and conducting said Primary Election
within the territory affected by this order of consolidation, and that said election shall be
held in all respects as if there were only one election,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of said County of Alameda is hereby
authorized and empowered to canvass the returns of said Special Municipal Election and certify the
results thereof.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda, be, and it
is hereby requested to make its order and to take such other and further proceedings as may be
necessary to effect the consolidation of said Special Municipal Election with said Primary Election
of the State of California, all in accordance with the laws of the State of California regulating
and providing for the consolidation of elections,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the exact form of the questions or propositions, which are
eight (8) in number, to be voted on at such Primary Election, and as the same are to appear on the
ballot, are as follows:
MEASURE A
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended and clarified to rake its various
provisions consistent with a previously approved Charter amendment which
created a directly elected Mayor, to make 'Vice Presidert" read "Vice Mayor," YES
and to make the provisions calling for special City Council meetings
consistent with state law? Said amendments will be accomplished by NO
amending Sections 2-1, 3-7 (A) and (B) and 6-2 of said Charter, all as
fully set forth in Resolution No, 8502 of the Council of the City of
Alameda.
MEASURE B
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda he amended and clarified
to make its various provisions consistent with a previously approved
Charter amendment which created a directly elected Mayor and to
change the City Auditor and City Treasurer from elected positions
to positions appointed by the Council? Said amendments will be
accomplished by amending Sections 2-1 and 2-2 of said Charter, all
as fully set forth in Resolution No. 3502 of the Council of the
City of Alameda.
MEASURE C
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to permit the Council
to adopt e budget and fix the tax rate prior to the third Tuesday in
September, to use an appropriate percentage rather than three percent
for delinquencies on the assessment roll and to repeal the provision
requiring payment for copying public records? Said amendments will be
accomplished by amending Section 17-4 and repealing Section 22-6 of
said Charter, all as fully set forth in Resolution No. 8502 of the
Council of the City of Alameda.
MEASURE D
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to provide for
the use of state general law procedures for City elections? Said
amendment will be accomplished by amending Sections 2-6, 2-8 and 19-2
and repealing Sections 19-4, 19-5, 19-6, 19-7, 19-8, 19-9, 19-10,
19-11, 19-14, 19-15 and 19-16 of said Charter, all as fully set
forth in Resolution No. 8502 cf the Council of the City of Alameda.
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YES
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NO
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: NO :
: YES :
: NO :
MEASURE E
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to provide for the
use of state general law procedures for recall elections? Said amend-
ment will be accomplished by amending Section 20-2 and repealing
Sections 20-3, 20-4, 20-5, 20-6, 20-7, 20-8, 20-9, 20-10, 20-11, 20-12,
20-13, 20-14, 20-15, 20-16, 20-17, 20-18, 20-19, 20-20, 20-21, 20-22,
20-23, 20-24, 20-25, 20-26, and 20-27 of said Charter, all as fully
set forth in Resolution No. 8502 of the Council of the City of Alameda.
MEASURE F
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to permit police
and fire department personnel the right to appeal after dismissal
once they have attained permanent civil service status? Said amend-
ment will be accomplished by amending Section 13-3 of said Charter,
all as fully set forth in Resolution No. 8502 of the Council of the
City of Alameda.
MEASURE G
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended by repealing
Article XXIV, the narking district law, so that state parking and
assessment district acts could apply? Said amendment will he accom-
plished by repealing Article XXIV of said Charter, all as fully
set forth in Resolution No. 8502 of the Council of the City of
Alameda.
MEASURE 8
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to require the
publication of a digest (summary) of proposed ordinances before they
are adopted and repeal the provision requiring publication of
ordinances in full after they are adopted? Said amendment will be
accomplished by amending Section 3-14 of said Charter, all as fully
set forth in Resolution. No. 8502 of the Council of the City of
Alameda.
°YES
NO
YES
NO
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NO .
YES
NO
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the above measures hereinabove referred to shall be designated
on the ballot as "Proposed Amendments to the Charter of the City of Alameda, California.'
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in the event the said Board of Supervisors deems it not
possible to place all of said propositions on the consolidated ballot herein requested, that the
Measures as hereinabove set forth shall be considered in the priority listed for selection thereon.
1E IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Alameda is hereby directed to
immediately file with the Board of Supervisors, Alameda County, State of California, this Resolution,
duly certified by said Clerk, and a file copy of said certified Resolution with the County Clerk
of the County of Alameda, California.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the
16th day of March, 1976, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Beckam, Diament, Hurwitz, Sherratt and President Corica, (5).
10ES: None,
ABSENT: None,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 17th day of March, 1976.
(SEAL) ' ETHEL M. PITT
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of "City of Alameda
Resolution No. 8503, STATING AND REQUESTING CONSOLIDATION OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1976, WITH THE PRIMARY ELECTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
JUNE 8, 1976", introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda on the 16th day of
March, 1976.
City Clerkof the OitYWAlameda