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1971 Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 90Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 90 Adopted in Assembly April 27 , 1971 ----_.&:._ !2/f k!i!!L_---- AC-T//VtY Chief Clerk of the Assembly Adopted in Senate June 3 , 1971 VI1R/!'IL 1.(.C/If I Tc -------------------------------------- Secreta1'Y of the Senate This resolution was received by the Secretary of State this _-- day OL__ _--- , 1971 , aL__.i__o 'clocLL_ --------~~~------- Assistant Secretci1'yof State OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE , EDMUND G. BROWN JR.Secretary of State of the State of California , herebycertify: That the annexed transcript has been compared with the RECORD on fie in thisoffce, of which it purports to be a copy, and that same is full , true and correct. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I execute this certificate and affx the Great Seal of the State of California this JUN 8 - 1971 : " f1 A. Secretary of State Assistat Secretary of Sta SEe/STATE FORM CE.7 (REV, 1.71) RESOLUTION CHAPTER--_-__-- Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 90-Approving an amendment to the Charter of the City of Alameda, County of Alameda , State of California , ratified by the qualified electors of the city at a special municipal election held therein on the ninth day of March , 1971. WHEREAS , Proceedings have been taken and had for the proposal , adoption , and ratification of an amendment to the Charter of the City of Alameda , a municipal corporation in the County of Alameda , State of California , as hereinafter set forth in the certificate of the mayor and city clerk of the city, as follows: CERTIFICATE OF RATIFICATION BY ELECTORS OF THE Crl'Y OF ALAMEDA OF A CERTAIN CHARTER Al\fENDl\fENT State of California County of Alameda ss. City of Alameda , the undersigned , Terry LaCroix , , Jr., Mayor of the City of Alameda , and Irma L. Nelson , City Clerk of the City of Alameda , do hereby certify and declare as follows: That the City of Alameda , a municipal corporation in the County of Alameda , State of California , now .is and at all times herein mentioned was a city containing a population of more than three thousand five hundred (3 500), and ever since the 5th day of May, 1937 has been and is now organized existing and acting under a freeholders ' charter adopted under and by virtue of applicable sections of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California , which charter was duly ratified by the qualified electors of said City at an elec- tion held for that purpose on the 29th day of April , 1937 , and approved by the Legislature of the State or California by concurrent resolution filed with the Secretary of State on the 5th day of May, 1937 (Statutes of 1937 , page 2880). That in accordance with the provisions of said Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California , the Council of the City of Alameda , being the legislative body thereof , on its own motion by Resolution No. 7721 , adopted on January 19 1971 , duly and regularly submitted to the qualified electors of said City one proposal to amend the Charter of the City of Alameda and to be voted on by said qualified electors at a special municipal charter amendment election by said Resolu- tion called for said purpose in said City on the 9th day of March , 1971 , and consolidated with the General Municipal Election of the City of Alameda held on said date. The said proposal was published and advertised , in accord- ance with the provisions of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California and in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Alameda , on the 22nd day of January, 1971 , in the Alameda Times-Star , a newspaper of general circulation published daily except Sunday in the said City of Alameda and the offcial newspaper of said City, and in each edition thereof during said day of publication. The said Council caused a copy of said proposal to be printed in convenient pamphlet form and in type of not less than ten-point , and caused copies thereof to be mailed to each of the qualified electors of said City, and , beginning on Feb- ruary 24 , 1971 , advertised in said Alameda Times-Star daily, except Sunday, until the day fixed for said election , a notice that cop if's of said proposal could be had on applic:ation there- for at the offce of the City Clerk of said City and that printed copies of said proposal were on hand and could be had on application ther.efor at said offce of said City Clerk from February 24 , 1971 , up to and including the day fixed for said election. The said special municipal charter amendment election of the City of Alameda , consolidated as aforesaid , was duly called , held and conducted in the time , form and manner re- quired by the Charter of the said City and by law on said 9th day of March , 1971 , which day was not less than forty (40) and not more than sixty (60) days after the completion of said publication and advertisement of said proposal in said Alameda Times-Star. That the Council of said City of Alameda did , in the manner provided by law , duly and regularly canvass all ballots cast at said special municipal charter amendment election of the City of Alameda , consolidated as aforesaid , and did , by Resolution No. 7748 duly adopted on March 16 , 1971 , duly find and de- clare that a majority of the qualified voters voting on said proposal voted in favor thereof and that said proposal to amend the Charter of said City was ratified , said vote being 661 "Yes , and 3 502 " That a majority of the qualified voters voting on said pro- posal voted in favor of the ratification of and did ratify said proposal to amend said Charter of said City. That said Charter amendment so ratified by the majority of the qualified voters of said City voting at said specialmunici- pal charter amendment election is in the words and figures following, to-wit: CHARTER MEASURE By amending Section 2.5 of Article II of said Charter which reads as follows: Sec. 2.5. No person shall be qualified to be elected or appointed to any of the elective offces hereinabove set forth unless he shall have been an elector of the City of Alameda for a period of three years continuously next preceding his election. Every offcer of the City referred to in Section 2- of this Charter shall be a resident of the City during his tenure of offce. Employees of the City, other than such offcers shall reside within the City, or within such distance of the City limits thereof as the Council may by ordinance pre- scribe. " And we , and each of us , further certify that we have com- pared the foregoing proposed and ratified amendment to the, Charter of the City of Alameda with the original proposal sub- mitting the same to the electors of said City and find that the foregoing is a full , true and correct copy of said amendment. The foregoing proposed and ratified amendment to the Charter of the City of Alameda is hereby submitted to the Legislature of the State of California for approval without change in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of Arti- cle XI of the Constitution of the State of California. As to said amendment , this certificate shall be taken as a full and complete certification of the regularity of all proceedings had and done in connection therewith. And we , and each of us , submit as attachments hereto pursuant to Section 62 of the Elections Code of California true, correct and certified copies of the following: (a) All publications and notices required by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 34450), Part 1 , Division 2 , Title 4 of the Government Code of California , or by Sections 2(a), 3 (a) and 13 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California , or by other laws of the State of California in connection with an election to amend a city charter , all as referred to hereinabove in this certification. (b) Any arguments for or against (there bcing one argu- ment for and none against) the proposed amendment to a chartcr which was mailed , as aforesaid , to voters pursuant to Section 5012 of said Elections Code. (c) An abstract of the vote , being a certified copy of Reso- lution No. 7748 adopted by the City Council of the City of Alameda OIl March 16 , 1971 , at the election at whieh the - 6- proposed amendment to said Charter was approved by thevoters. In \vitness whereof , we have hereunto set our hands and caused the seal of the City of Alameda to be affxed hereto this 31st day of March , 1971. ( SEAL) TERRY LACROIX , JR. Mayor of the City of Alameda IRlIA L. NELSON City Clerk of the City of Alameda and WHEREAS , The proposed amendment to the charter , as adopted and ratified as hereinabove set forth , has been and now is duly submitted to the Legislature of the State of Cali- fornia for approval or rejection , as a whole without power of alteration or amendment , in accordance with Section 3 of Articlc XI of the Constitution of the State of California; now therefore , be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California , the Senate thereof concuh-ing, a majority of all the members elected to each house voting therefor and conm r1"ng therein That the amendment to the Charter of the City of Alameda as proposed to , and adopted and ratified by, the electors of the city, as hcreinabove fulJy set forth , is hereby approved as a whole , without alteration or amendment , for and as an amend- ment to , and as part of , the Charter of the City of Alameda. /Ztos flEE /;;;"i E---Sp;k;;:tl:e-;;1;a)ly-- i!ol3/3IC"JTEI/EN5 -------------------------------------- Ae: TI/(/G' President of the Senate Attest : ____ Eo I? --_ !:v.f!t!_-_ Secretary of State if' fle offce ot the Secretary o f State of the State of California /I /' Jv t-.t /1/ /! A?'!/771/v7 J.GCKETI9,eo/t? JT17Tt; EDMUND G. BROWN Jr., Secret ry of Ste By: H. P. SULLIV AI' tant "ry of S""