Resolution 08578CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO, 8578
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA UPON
MOTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL; CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS
THEREOF PROPOSALS TO AMEND SAID CHARTER, VIZ (1) BY ADDING
SECTION 2-14 THERETO PROVIDING FOR TWO-TERM LIMIT FOR MAYOR AND
COUNCILMEN; (2) BY AMENDING SECTION 2-5 THEREOF RELATING TO
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS 4 (3) BY ADDING SECTION
2-6.1 THERETO PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OF TWO COUNCILMEN EVERY TWO
YEARS; AND (4) BY ADDING SECTION I0`1.1 THERETO AND AMENDING
SECTIONS I0-2` 10-3' 10-4 and I0-4.1 THEREOF RELATING TO COUNCIL
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS COMMISSIONS; FIXING DATE OF SAID ELECTION,
MANNER OF HOLDING SAME! AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF; AND
CONSOLIDATING SAID SPECIAL MUNICIPAL CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION WITH
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 2, 1975
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL DF THE CITY DF ALAMEDA as follows:
Section 1. The Council of the City of Alameda hereby proposes on its own motion to
amend the Charter of the City of Alameda by adding Sections 2~5^1, 2`14 and 10-1.I thereto and by
amending Sections 2-5, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4 and 10-4.1 thereof, all to read as set forth in the printed
pamphlet provided for in Section 6 hereof, and in the notice entitled, "Proposed Amendments to
the Charter of the City of Alameda" hereinafter set forth in Section 3 hereof.
Section 2. The Council of the City of Alameda hereby ses to and does hereby on
its own motion subMit to the qualified electors of the City of Alameda, at the Special Municipal
Charter Amendment Election hereinafter provided for, a proposal to amend the Charter of the City
of Alameda set forth in said notice hereinafter set forth in Section 3 of this resolution and
designates and refers to said proposal as the proposal to be set forth in the form of ballot
hereinafter prescribed for use at said Special Municipal Charter Amendment Elextion,
Section J. The City Clerk of the City of Alameda is hereby ordered and directed to
cause said proposed amendments to the Charter of the City of Alameda to be published once, not less
than forty (40) and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the Special Municipal Charter
Amendment Election hereinafter provided for, in the ALAMEDA TIM[3-STAR, the official newspaper of
said City, and in each edition thereof during the day of publication, said newspaper being a
newspaper of general circulation published at least six days a week in said City of Alameda; and
such publication may be in substantially the following form/
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
to
THE CHARTER
of the
CITY OF ALAMEDA
Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election November 2, 1978
(Consolidated with General Election of the State of California)
The Council of the City of Alameda hereby proposes on its own motion to amend the
Charter of the City of Alameda/
1. By adding Section 2-14 to read:
Sec. 2-14. No person shall be eligible for the office held by that person for two
complete consecutive terms immediately prior to the term for which the person seeks
election. This section shall not apply to the office of Auditor or Treasurer or
prevent persons in office from completing their terms.
(Effect: Would add this section to limit elected officials to two consecutive full
terms but permit them to run for other offices or after sitting out one term.
2, By amending Section 2-5 to read:
Sec. 2-5. Every elected officer of the City and every officer appointed to a
Board or Commission shall be a resident of the City during his tenure of uffim.
Employees of the City, other than such officers, shall reside within the City, or within
such distance of the City limits thereof as the Council may by ordinance prescribe.
(Effect: Would change "Every officer of the City referred to in Section 2-12 of this
Charter .,." to read "Every elected officer of the City and every officer appointed to
a Board or Commission..." Otherwise unchanged.)
3. By adding Section 2-6.1 to read:
Sec. 2`6.1, Two Councilmen, exclusive of the Mayor, shall be elected at every
general municipal election. If for any reason two vacancies do not occur prior to the
"loctinn' the term of the nerson rereivino the lowest number of votes for councilman
Council,
(Effect' Would add this section to provide for the election of two councilmen every
two years.)
4. By adding Section 10-I.1 to read:
Sec. 10-1,1, All Board and Commission members shall be appointed by the City
(Effect/ Would add this section to require, consistent with the Charter Boards and
Commissions, appointment by the Council.)
5. By amending Section 10-2 to read:
Sec. 10-2, Each of said Boards, except the Public Utilities Board, Social Service
Board and the City Planning Board, shall consist of five members. The Council shall appoint,
between May 1 and July 1 of each year, one member of each such Board for a term commencing on the
first day of July following such appointment and continuing for five yeors, and thereafter until
the successor of such member is appointed and qualified.
(Effect: Would delete "Upon nomination of the Mayor" before 'the Council shall appoint...")
Otherwise unchanged.)
6, By amending Section 10-3 to read:
Sec. 10-3, The Public Utilities Board shall consist of five members, one of whom
shall be the City Manager, who shall have full power of pnrticipting and voting. The Council shall
appoint, between May 1 and July 1 of each year, one °ember of said Board for a term commencing on the
first day of July following such appointment and continuing for four years and thereafter until the
successor of such member is appointed and qualified`
(Effect: Would delete "Upon nomination of the Mayor" before the Council shall appoint..."
Otherwise unchanged.
7, By amending Section 10-4 to read:
‘Sec. 10-4. The Social Service Board shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall
be the City Manager who shall have full power of participating and voting, The Council shall
appoint, between May 1 and July 1 of each year, two members of such Board for terms commencing
on the first day of July following such appointment and continuing for three years and thereafter
until the successor of such member is appointed and qualified.
(Effect: Would delete "Upon nomination of the Mayor" before "the Council shall appoint...
Otherwise unchanged.)
8. By amending Section 10-4.1 to read;
Sec. 10-4.1. The City Planning Board shall consist of seven members. The Council
shu7lappoint, between May 1 and July 1 of each yeor, such members as are necessary to maintain
a full8oard, for terms commencing on the first day of July following such appointment and continuing
for three years and thereafter until the successor of such member is appointed and qualified;
provided, however, that at such time as this amendment becomes fully operative seven members shall
be appointed, two of whom shall be appointed for the period of one years, two of whom shall be
appointed for a period of two years, and three of whom shall be appointed for a period of three
years, the duration of said appointments to commence on July 1 next succeeding the operative date
of this amendment: all succeeding appointments shall be for a period of three years,
(Effect: Would delete "Upon nomination of the Mayor" before the Council shall appoint...")
Otherwise unchanged.
' ^ ' The Council of the City of Alameda hereby proposes to and does hereby on its own motion
submit to qualified electors of said City at a Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election to
be held in said City on Tuesday, November 2, 1976 (which said election will be consolidated with the
General Election of the State of California to be held on November 2, 1976),the following proposals
to amend the Charter of the City of Alameda, in the manner hereinabove specifically set forth, as
AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
MEASURE 8
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to limit the number ...,..•■•••..
of consecutive terms an elected official, other than Auditor or Treasurer, .
` YES '
may serve to two terms? Said amendment will be accomplished by adding .,...........
Section 2-14 to said Charter, all as fully set forth in Resolution ' . " NO No, 8578 of the Council of the City of Alameda, ....._,...,.
MEASURE B
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to require residency
in the City of Alameda of elected officials and all officials appointed
to Boards and Commissions, but not other officers? Said amendment
will be accomplished by amending Section 2-5 of said Charter, all as
fully set forth in Resolution No. 8578 of the Council of the City of Alameda,
MEASURE C
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to provide that
two Councilmen, exclusive of the Mayor, be elected every two years?
Said amendment will be accomplished by adding Section 2-0,1 to said
Charter, all as fully set forth in Resolution No. 8578 of the
Council of the City of Alameda.
MEASURE D
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to provide that
all Board and Commission members be appointed by the City Council
without requiring nomination of the Mayor? Said amendment will be
accomplished by adding Section I0-1,1 and amending Section 10-2, 10-3,
10-4 and I0-4.1, all as fully set forth in Resolution No, 8578 of
the Council of the City of Alameda.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Charter amendment proposals were ordered submitted
to the qualified electors of the City of Alameda by the Council of the City of Alameda.
Dated/ August 17, 1976,
ETHEL M. PITT
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
Section 4, (a) A Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election is hereby called to be
held in the City of Alameda on Tuesday, November 2, 1976, for the purpose of submitting to the
qualified electors of said City said proposals set forth in Sectbn 3 of this resolution to amend
the Charter of said City as in said proposals and in this resolution provided and as hereby
submitted by the Council of the City of Alameda on its own motion.
(b) Said Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election hereby called shall be held and
cnnducted, and the votes thereat canvassed and the returns thereof made, and the results thereof
ascertained and determined as herein provided, and all in particulars not prescribed in this
resolution, said Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election shall be held as provided for in
the Charter of said City and in all particulars not providded for therein said election shall be
held as provided by law for the holding of special municipal elections in the City of Alameda,
and otherwise in accordance with the Elections Code of the State of California.
(c) All persons qualified to vote at municipal elections in said City of Alameda on
the day of the election herein provided for shall he qualified to vote upon said amendments
hereby proposed by the Council of the City of Alameda on its own motion and submitted at said
Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election,
(d) The polls at the polling places hereinafter designated for said Special Municipal
Charter Amendment Election shall be opened at 7'00 am. of said day of election, and shall be kept
open continuously thereafter until 7:00 p.m, of said day of election when the polls shall be closed
(except as provided in Section 14436 of the Elections Code), and the election officers shall
thereupon proceed to canvass the ballots cast thereat.
(e) Said Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election shall be and is hereby consolidated
with the General Election of the State of California to be held in said City of Alameda on the
date of said Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election hereby called, and the election precincts,
polling places and voting booths shall be, in every case, the same, and there shall be only one
set of election officers in each of said precints; and the precincts, polling places and officers
of election for said Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election shall be the same as those to be
selected and desi9mCed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda, State of California,
for said General Election of the State of California in said City of Alameda by resolution or
ordinance of the aforesaid Board of Supervisors relating to the holding and conducting of the General
Election of the State of California, to which resolution or ordinance reference is hereby mode
for a designation of the precincts, polling places and election officers for the Special Municiapl
Charter Amendment Election hereby called,
(f) Only one form of ballot shall be used at said General Election of the State of
California and said Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election hereby consolidated therewith,
which, in addition to all other matters required by law to be printed therenn, shall state the
measures set forth in Section 3 hereof,
(g) Each voter may vote on any one or more of the proposed Charter amendments, To vote
in favor of the proposal to amend the Charter of the City of Alameda a voter shall stamp a cross
(X) in the blank space opposite the word "YES" on the ballot to the right of the propnsal, and to
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(h) The returns of said election shall be canvassed, made out and signed by the
election officers so designated by the Board of Supervisors, County of Alameda, State of California,
and the results thereof transmitted to the City Clerk of Alameda, and City Council thereof, who shall
declare the result thereof in accordance with the Charter of the City of Alameda and the laws of
the State of California.
Section 5. Said measures and eachccf them set forth in Section 3 hereof shall be set
forth in the election proclamation and notice of Special Municipal Charter Amendment Election
consolidated with the General Election of the State of California to be held on Tuesday, November 2,
1976, to be published in the time and form required by Section 22835 of the California Elections
Code and Section 6066 of the California Government Code.
Section 6. The City Clerk of the City of Alameda is hereby authorized and directed (1)
to cause copies of the text of said proposed charter amendments to be printed in convenient pamphlet
form and in type of not less than eight - point and to cause copies thereof to be mailed to each
of the qualified electors of said City, and (2) until the day fixed for said Special Municipal
Charter Amendment Election to advertise daily in the ALAMEDA TIMES -STAR, a newspaper of general
circulation in said City, a notice that copies of said pamphlet may be had on application there-
for. Said notice shall be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF CHARTER AMENDMENTS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the qualified electors of the City of Alameda that pamphlet
copies of the amendments, proposed by the City Council on its own motion, to the Charter of the
City of Alameda adding Sections 2 -14, 2 -6.1 and 10 -1.1 thereto and amending Sections 2 -5, 10 -2,
10 -3, 10 -4.1 thereof, providing for various changes in said Charter as specifically set forth in
said pamphlet copies; which shall be mailed to each of the qualified electors of said City, are
on file in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Alameda, California. Copies of said pamphlet
are available in said office and may be had on application therefor.
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Ethel M. Pitt
City Clerk of the City of Alameda,
California
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 17th
day of August, 1976, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Beckam, Diament, Sherratt and President Corica, (4),
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilman Hurwitz, (1).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 18th day of August, 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, 8578, PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA UPON MOTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL; CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS THEREOF PROPOSALS TO AMEND 5AID CHARTER, VIZ: (1) BY ADDING SECTION 2 -14
THERETO PROVIDING FOR TWO -TERM LIMIT FOR MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN; (2) BY AMENDING SECTION 2 -5 THEREOF
RELATING TO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS; (3) BY ADDING SECTION 2.6.1 THERETO
PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OF TWO COUNCILMEN EVERY TWO YEARS; AND (4) BY ADDING SECTION 10 -1.1 THERETO
AND AMENDING SECTONS 10 -2, 10 -3, 10 -4 and 10 -4.1 THEREOF RELATING TO COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS; FIXING DATE OF SAID ELECTION, MANNER OF HOLDING SAME, AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE
THEREOF; AND CONSOLIDATING SAID SPECIAL MUNICIPAL CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION WITH THE GENERAL
ELECTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 2, 1976 ", introduced and adopted
by the Council of the City of Alameda on the 17th day of August, 1976.