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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 21, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />GIVING NOTICE OF A GENERAL <br />MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON <br />NOVEMBER 8, 2016 AND REQUESTING <br />BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE TO CONSOLIDATE <br />A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WITH <br />THE PRESIDENTIAL AND STATEWIDE <br />GENERAL ELECTION <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 1 <br />2 <br />CITY MANA9f R <br />I 1i • c <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />G"C• e <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt a resolution ordering, calling, and giving notice of a General Municipal Election to be <br />held in City of Santa Ana on November 8, 2016 and requesting the Board of Supervisors of <br />the County of Orange to consolidate with the General Election. <br />2. Adopt a resolution establishing a charge for candidates' statements to be submitted to the <br />electorate in the November 2016 General Municipal Election. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In order to conduct an election, State law and the City Charter require the City Council to adopt a <br />resolution calling for a general municipal election. The subject resolution establishes November <br />8, 2016 as the date for the election of the Mayor and Members of Wards 1, 3, and 5 of the City <br />Council. <br />Additionally, pursuant to Section 10403 of the California Elections Code, the City Council is <br />required to formally request consolidation of the City's General Municipal Election with the <br />Presidential, Statewide and County Election. The subject resolution fulfills this requirement by <br />requesting that the Board of Supervisors of Orange County consolidate the general elections of <br />November 8, 2016 and authorizes the Board of Supervisors to canvass the election returns. <br />Finally, candidates for Mayor and the City Council may choose to have a candidate's statement <br />sent to each voter as part of the Voter Information Pamphlet. Candidate statements are <br />55A -1 <br />