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2019 Special Municipal Election —Ward 4 July 2, 2019 Page 2 DISCUSSION On March 1, 2019, Councilmember representing Ward 4 submitted his resignation from City Council Office. In the case of a Council vacancy, the City Charter Section 403, provides direction to fill vacancy within thirty (30) days after office is vacant - "If the City Council shall fail to fill a vacancy by appointment within thirty (30) days after such an office shall have become vacant, it shall forthwith cause an election to be held to fill such vacancy". On March 22, 2019, the City Council deliberated and motioned to proceed with an election to fill vacant ward 4. In order to conduct an election, State law and the City Charter require the City Council to adopt a resolution calling for a special municipal election. The subject resolution establishes November 5, 2019 as the date for the special election for the vacancy for the office of Council Member of Ward 4 of the City Council for the remainder of the term expiring December 2022. The Santa Ana Unified School District called for a special vacancy election to fill a vacant school board seat. The school district's special vacancy election was called for Tuesday November 5, 2019. The City of Santa Ana and The Santa Ana Unified School District could share precincts and polling places and that would reduce the costs associated with conducting the election. Pursuant to Section 10403 of the California Elections Code, the City Council is required to formally request consolidation of the City's special municipal election with the Santa Ana Unified School District's special vacancy election. The subject resolution fulfills this requirement by requesting that the Board of Supervisors of Orange County consolidate the special municipal election on November 5, 2019 for the purpose of electing a Councilmember for Ward 4 for the remainder of the term expiring December 2022 with the Santa Ana Unified School District's special vacancy election and authorizes the Board of Supervisors to canvass the election returns (Exhibit 1). Also, candidates for City Council Member - Ward 4 office may choose to have a candidate's statement mailed to each voter as part of the Voter Information Pamphlet. As an added option, the County of Orange Registrar of Voters Office offers a 200 and 400-word option and further have the option to print or simply post an electronic copy of the statement on their website. Candidate statements are produced at the candidates' option, not mandated, and the election code allows the Council to establish a charge to be levied against candidates in order to recover the cost of printing, handling and mailing these statements. The Orange County Registrar of Voters estimated cost for the Candidate Statement as follow (Exhibit 2). Print in voter's pamphlet and electronic copy of Candidate Statement in Registrar of Voter's Office website in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese: • 200 Words $ 1,440.00 • 400 Words $ 2,686.22 55D-2