REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Robin Estanislau, CMC, City Clerk
PREPARED BY: Robin Estanislau, CMC, City Clerk
Subject:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2024-12 Reciting the Facts of the Special Municipal Election of March 5, 2024, and Declaring Results
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Statement of Issue:
Resolution No. 2024-12 will recite the facts of the Special Municipal Election held in Huntington Beach on the 5th day of March 2024, declaring the results thereof and such other matters as provided by provisions of the City Charter and the Elections Code of the State of California.
Financial Impact:
None. City Council previously approved a budget appropriation of $459,628 from the FY 2023/24 General Fund to the Elections Account, Business Unit 100100201.69505 - Contract Services on October 17, 2023 to cover the estimated election costs. The City is awaiting receipt of the County’s invoice with final election costs.
Recommended Action:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2024-12, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, Reciting the Facts of the Special Municipal Election held on March 5, 2024, Declaring the Results and Such Other Matters as Provided by Law.”
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Alternative Action(s):
None.
Analysis:
The official ballot from the City’s Special Municipal Election consolidated with the Presidential Primary Election held in the City of Huntington Beach on March 5, 2024, presented to the voters the opportunity to cast votes for three Huntington Beach Charter Amendment Measures, and when qualified, were given the following letters:
Measure A: “Shall proposed Charter Amendment No. 1, which provides that commencing in 2026, for all municipal elections, the City: may require Voter Identification for elections; provide more in-person voting locations; and monitor ballot drop-boxes, be approved?”
Measure B: “Shall proposed Charter Amendment No. 2, which provides that the only flags to be displayed by the City on City property are the United States Flag, The State of California Flag, the County of Orange Flag, the City of Huntington Beach Flag, the POW-MIA Flag, the six Armed Forces Flags, the Olympic Flag during the Summer Olympic Games, and any other flag if authorized by a unanimous vote of the City Council, be approved?”
Measure C: “Shall proposed Charter Amendment No. 3 to: commencing in 2026, require the City to adopt a two-year budget; update the procedures to cancel a regular City Council meeting; update the process to fill a City Council vacancy; and amend outdated phrases, syntax, dates, pronouns, and titles be approved?”
Following is the election outcome for each Charter Amendment Measure:
Measure A - PASSED Yes 32,892
No 28,701
Measure B - PASSED Yes 35,231
No 26,358
Measure C - FAILED No 32,157
Yes 28,314
Additional voting statistics are included within Exhibit “A” - Certificate of Registrar of Voters to Result of the Canvass of the Presidential Primary Election Returns to Resolution No. 2024-12, and Abstract of Votes Cast - Huntington Beach (Attachment #2).
Environmental Status:
Not applicable.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Non-Applicable - Administrative Item
Attachments:
1. Resolution No. 2024-12, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, Reciting the Facts of the Special Municipal Election held on March 5, 2024, Declaring the Results and Such Other Matters as Provided by Law,” including Exhibit “A” - Certificate of Registrar of Voters to Result of the Canvass of the Presidential Primary Municipal Election
2. Abstract of Votes Cast - Huntington Beach
3. PowerPoint