Resolution 12717CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12717
CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CITY CHARTER RELATING TO THE NEWSPAPERS QUALIFIED TO
PUBLISH THE LEGAL ADVERTISING FOR THE CITY; FIXING THE
DATE OF SAID ELECTION, THE MANNER OF HOLDING SAME, AND
PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF; CONSOLIDATING SAID SPECIAL
ELECTION WITH THE PRIMARY ELECTION OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1996; AND
PROPOSING SAID CHARTER AMENDMENT
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Alameda hereby proposes to
submit to the voters of said City an amendment to the City of
Alameda Charter concerning the newspapers that are qualified to
publish the legal advertising for the City by to be voted upon at
the Primary Election of the State of California to be held on March
26, 1996;
• NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ALAMEDA THAT:
Section 1. The Council of the City of Alameda hereby
proposes on its own motion that an amendment to the City Charter be °'
submitted to the voters of said City at said election, to read as
follows:
CITY OF ALAMEDA CITY CHARTER
AMENDMENT
Sec. 3 -18. The Council shall annually, after
advertising in the manner provided for the purchase of
supplies, award a contract to the responsible bidder who
submits the lowest and best bid for publication of all
legal advertising of the City in a newspaper adjudicated
to be a newspaper of general circulation within the City
of Alameda. The newspaper published by the successful
bidder shall be the Official Newspaper of the City. The
Council may reject all bids. In lieu of newspaper
advertising the Council may issue and publish a bulletin
containing such matter as it is required by law to
publish, sending the same by mail to the registered
voters of the City, to their addresses as the same shall
appear on the registration records of Alameda County, and
shall also post printed copies of such advertisement in
three public places in the City of Alameda.
Section 2. This amendment shall be in full force and'effect
when accepted and filed by the Secretary of State pursuant to
section 34460 of the Government Code.
Section 2. The City Council hereby proposes to and does
hereby on its own motion, pursuant to the authorization provided by
section 34458 of the Government Code, submit the proposal to the
qualified electors of the City of Alameda in a special municipal
election to be consolidated with and voted upon *at the March 26,
1996, statewide primary election to be held on that date.
Section 3. The proposal shall be designated on the ballot as
"Proposed Charter Amendment of the City of Alameda" and shall be
set forth, as follows:
MEASURE: Proposed Charter Amendment of the
City of Alameda
Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda
be amended to require newspapers to be
adjudicated as a newspaper of general YES :
circulation within the City of Alameda
to qualify to publish the City's NO .
legal advertisements in lieu of the
current Charter requirements that a
newspaper have been published for at
least one year in the City and that it
have a bona fide paid circulation of at
least one thousand copies?
Section 4. The City Council hereby requests the Alameda
County Board of Supervisors (the "Board ") to consolidate the
election on the Measure with the statewide primary election to be
held on March 26, 1996.
Section 5. The Board 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 election with the statewide
primary election all in accordance with the laws of the State of
California regulating and providing for the consolidation of
elections.
Section 6. The Board is hereby authorized and empowered to
canvass the returns of the election on the Measure and to certify
the results thereof, that only one form of ballot shall be used,
and that said consolidated elections shall be held in all respects
as if there were only one election.
Section 7. The consolidation election shall be held and
conducted, election officers appointed, voting precincts
designated, candidates nominated, ballots printed, polls opened and
closed, ballots counted and returned, returns canvassed, results
declared, certificates of election issued and all other proceedings
incidental to and connected with the election shall be regulated
and done, all in accordance with the provisions of law regulating
the statewide election.
Section 8. The City Clerk is hereby authorized, instructed
and directed to provide the Alameda County Registrar of Voters with
all pertinent information and material as required.
Section 9. The City Clerk shall publish, or shall provide for
the publication of, any notices as required by Division 14 of the
Elections Code and in particular section 22835, all as provided by
Government Code section 34450.
Section 10. Upon completion of the election and canvassing of
the ballots and the results declared, the City Clerk shall certify
the results of the election in the records of proceedings of the
City Council at the next regular meeting.
Section 11. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file
immediately a certified copy of this resolution with the Alameda
County Board of Supervisors and with the Alameda County Clerk.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 5th day of
December , 1995, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
Councilmembers Arnerich, DeWitt, Lucas,
Mannix and President Appezzato - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 6th day of December 1995.
/LI.
Dia B. Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda
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