REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Lisa Lane Barnes, City Clerk
PREPARED BY: Lisa Lane Barnes, City Clerk
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Petition to repeal Ordinance No. 4318 Deleting Huntington Beach Municipal Code Chapter 2.66 - Community-Parent Guardian Review Board for Procurement of Children's Library Materials, and Adding Section 2.30.090 - Selection and Use of Library Materials
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Statement of Issue:
A citizen initiative petition (Petition) with signatures was submitted to the City Clerk's Office on October 28, 2024, to repeal Ordinance No. 4318 deleting Huntington Beach Municipal Code Chapter 2.66 - Community-Parent Guardian Review Board for Procurement of Children's Library Materials, and adding Section 2.30.090 - Selection and Use of Library Materials. A prima facie review was conducted on October 28, 2024. On October 29, 2024, the City Clerk's Office delivered the Petition to the Orange County Registrar of Voters (ROV) with a request to conduct a signature verification to determine whether the number of petition signatures qualified the initiative for submission to the voters. The ROV delivered a Certificate to Verification of Signatures on Petition for the Petition on December 13, 2024, confirming qualification for submission to the voters. The City Council is asked to adopt Resolution No. 2025-04 accepting the certificate of verification of signatures from the ROV and to order a "Report of Effect of Proposed Initiative."
Financial Impact:
The cost for the Registrar of Voters to conduct a 100% signature verification exercise to determine voter registration evidence of 16,089 signatures was $54,702.60 ($3.40/signature).
Recommended Action:
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A) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-04, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Accepting the Certificate as to Verification of Signatures on Petition from the Orange County Registrar of Voters Regarding the Initiative...
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