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<br />Resolution No. 2022-XXX <br />Page 1 of 5 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2022-XXX <br /> <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA GIVING NOTICE OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL <br />ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ON <br />NOVEMBER 8, 2022 FOR THE SUBMISSION OF A BALLOT <br />MEASURE TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS FOR CHARTER <br />CLEAN-UP AMENDMENTS, ADOPTION OF A LIFETIME <br />BAN FOR THE MAYOR AFTER 4 TERMS AND A LIFETIME <br />BAN FOR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AFTER 3 TERMS, <br />REQUIRING APPROVAL OF 2/3 OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />TO ADOPT A BUDGET, EXPANDING APPLICATION OF <br />THE CODE OF ETHICS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE FILING <br />OF ARGUMENT AND REBUTTAL STATEMENTS <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. By Resolution No. 2022-044, the City Council has declared that a <br />General Municipal Election shall be held on November 8, 2022 for the election of <br />municipal officers and the City Council asked that the General Municipal Election be <br />consolidated by the County of Orange with the Statewide Election on November 8, 2022 . <br /> <br />Section 2. The California Elections Code directs that the City Council approve the <br />form of the ballot question to be submitted to the voters and the City of Santa Ana desires, <br />on its own motion, to submit to the voters a question of whether clean-up amendments to <br />modernize and streamline the City Charter, along with adoption of a lifetime ban for the <br />Mayor after 4 terms and a lifetime ban for Councilmembers after 3 terms, requiring a 2/3 <br />vote of the City Council for approval of the budget, and expanding the application of the <br />Code of Ethics shall be submitted to the voters at the General Municipal Election to be <br />held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. <br /> <br />Section 3. In 2020, the Mayor created a Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee that <br />considered numerous potential City Charter amendments. The Ad Hoc Committee <br />ultimately recommend to the full City Council that 17 amendments to the City Charter be <br />placed on the ballot for the November 2 020 General Municipal Election. After <br />consideration of the proposed Charter Amendments at a public meeting, the City Council <br />declined, at that time, to place the recommended Charter amendments on the ballot. <br /> <br />Section 4. In 2022, the Mayor created a Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee that <br />considered both the 2020 Charter amendment recommendations and some additional <br />changes to the City Charter relating to City Council term limits, the term of the Mayor, City <br />Council compensation, and adoption of the City budget. The 2022 Charter Review Ad <br />Hoc Committee ultimately recommended to the full City Council placing 16 of the 17 2020 <br />recommendations on the ballot, as well as, two new Charter amendments adopting a