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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-87 Election (5399)INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM Date: March 12, 1987 TO: City Attorney Copies to: City Council City Manager SUBJECT: Limitation Of Terms Of City Council Members FROM: City Clerk At the Regular City Council Meeting of June 12, 1985, City Attorney Robert K. Rogers, Jr. recommended to the City Council that Sections 2.16.020 and 2.16.030 of the Municipal Code, which limit Council Members to two (2) successive elec- tive terms, be repealed, and in the interim, that no action be take~ to enforce those Sections. The recommendation was discussed at the June 12th meeting but no action was taken. Later in the meeting Vice Mayor Teglia requested that the matter of the two term limitation be placed back on the next agenda so she could express a vote at that time. City Attorney Rogers' staff report was again discussed at the regular City Council meeting of June 26, 1985. A Motion and Second by Teglia an~ Addiego that the City Attorney be directed to prepare an ordinance repealing the sec- tions pertaining to two term limits failed by a majority vote as follows: Yes - Teglia, No - Addiego, Damonte, Nicolopulos, Absent - Haffey. On June 28, 1985, the City Clerk received a memo from the City Attorney dated June 18th which advised the City Clerk to take no action to enforce those Sections of the existing Ordinance. The memo further advised that if a Council Member who has served two (2) successive elective terms wishes to t~ke out and file nomination papers, the City Clerk should issue and accept those papers. This item received wide press coverage at the time due to the possibility that Councilman Damonte might seek a third successive term and that VicelMayor Teglia stated that two years hence she would walk into the Clerk's Office ~nd take out papers. Vice Mayor Teglia continued, that the Clerk will either accept her papers or she won't accept them and her next stop would be an Attorney's Office and a challenge. In that Mr. Rogers is no longer City Attorney, I am requesting the Current City Attorney, Ms. Armento, to review what has transpired and to provide a written opinion to the City Clerk advising her on proper procedure to follow should Councilwoman Teglia seek a third term. Time is of the essence in that the nomi- nation period is approaching. I am attaching copies of Mr. Rogers' staff report dated June 12, 1985, his memo to the City Clerk dated June 18, 1985 and copies of the minutes of the June 12th and June 26th meetings that pertain to the subject. Barbara A. Battaya ~/ Attachments: February 25, 1987 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT: DISTRICT ELECTIONS ACTION: DISCUSS In response to a citizen inquiry.at the February 11, 1987 City Counc!il meeting, Council requested a report on the subject of district elections. When discussing district eqections, two similar phrases need to be diistinguished. "By district" means election of members of the legislative 6ody by v~ters of the district alone. "From districts" means election of members of the l~gislative body who are residents of the district from which they are elected b~ the voters of the entire City. The issue of whether there shou-ld be district elections may be placed on the ballot at a regular or special municipal election. The proposal musit state the number of legislative districts, describe the boundaries of eachi district, number the districts, and state whether the members of the legislatSve body shall be elected by districts or'from districts. The code provides that the number of districts may be five, seven or nine. If the city has a directly elected mayor, the number of districts may be four, six, or eight. If a majority of the registered voters of the city who vote, vote in favor, at either the expiration of the terms of office or as otherwise provided in the proposal, district elections would commence. To be eligible to hold office, a person would have to reside in theidistrict as well as be a registered voter. Registered voters signing nomination peti- tions or voting would have to be residents of the geographical areaimaking up the district from which the member is to be elected. (In the case Of elections by district, the geographical area is the district; in the case of elections from districts, the geographical area is the city). VALERIE J. ARMENTO City Attorney VJA/mm INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM Date: February 24, 1987 TO: Honorable Mayor Addiego and City Council SUBJECT: Request for Consolidation of the School Districts with the November General Election (Even Numbered Years) FROM: City Clerk Please be advised that in opposition to the above mentioned request I addressed the Board of Supervisors at their meeting of today's date. I presented the attached letter which cited the increased voter turnout and lower costs for the South San Francisco Unified SchoOl District as a result of the 1981 City consolidation with the District. The Board of Supervisors approved the consolidation request for the fifteen districts who had petitioned the board for approval - which included the South San Francisco Unified School District. I then questioned if Government Code 36503.5 allowed cities to again request a different consolidation after one election had been held, and was told by Supervisor Schumacher that the law was open and without restriction for a city to again apply for consolidation. I spoke to County Clerk Slocum later in the day, by telephone, amd he verified that the next School District election for those Districts that had petitioned the consolidation would be in November, 1988, For Council information, I submit the following schedule for City elections in San Mateo County: November, 1987 Belmont, Burlingame, Half Moon Bay, Portola Valley, San Carlos, Brisbane, Foster City, Millbrae, San Bruno, San Mateo, South San Francisco and Woodside. April, 1988 Colma, Hillsborough, Redwood City and East Palo Alto. November, 1988 Atherton, Daly City, Menlo Park and Pacifica. Perhaps the Council would consider requesting consolidation with the General Election in even numbered years to effect cost savings in the future. Barbara A. Battaya Attachments OFFICE OF THE C~T¥ CLERK (415) 877-8518 February 23, 1987 Honorable President Tom Nolan Board of Supervisors San Mateo County Hall of Justice & Records Redwood City, CA 94063 Re: School District's Request for Consolidation With the General Election In reference to the above mentioned request I respectfully submit the following statistics before and after the consolidation of South San Francisco Municipal Elections with the School District Elections: So. San Francisco Municipal Elections Year % of Reg. Voters Casting Votes 1980 (Regular) 34.8% 1981 (Special) 34.6 1983 (Cons. with UDAL) 32.5 1985 (Cons. with UDAL) 35.1 City Cost $17,436.7! 24,163.09 8,471.64 8,369.01 So. San Francisco Unified School District Year % of Reg. Voters Casting Votes 1981 (Regular) 17.1% 1983 (Cons. with SSF) 29.6 1985 (Cons. with SSF) 33.0 Sch. Cost $10,382.00 7,265.00 8,346.00 I believe it is apparent from the above figures that both the SchOol District and the City benefited in election costs from the prior consolidation, as well as the School District having a greater percentage of voters voting. Very truly yours, Barbara A. Battaya City Clerk 400 GRAND AVENUE - P.O. BOX 711 - 94083 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Anna G. Eshoo Tom Huening Tom Nolan William J. Schumacher Clerk Of The Board EUNICE M. BRECHT Board of Supervisors San Mateo County PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON MARCH 10, 1987 DUE TO LACK OF A QUORUM Tuesday, February 24, 1987 9:30 A.M. MATTERS SET FOR SPECIFIED TIME (SEE PAGE 5) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL 1. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 2. CONSENT AGENDA (SEE PAGE 3) Ail items on the consent agenda are approved by one roll call motion unless a request is made at the beginning of the meeting that an item be withdrawn or transferred to the regular agenda. Any item on the regular agenda :may be transferred to the consent agenda. REGULAR AGENDA HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR Resolution authorizing agreement with S. Sierra ER Medical Group for provision of emergency medical services at Chope Community Hospital from October 1, 1986 through September 30, 1989 in an amount not to exceed $2,030,000 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR Request approval of submission of an agreement with the State Secretary of Environmental Affairs for an Offshore Energy Assistance Program grant in the amount of $596,354 Resolution opposing Department of Interior's five-year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program ..... _ Hall of Justice & Records, 401 Marshall, Redwood City, California 94063 · (415) 363-4566 February 24, 1987 MATTERS SET FOR SPECIFIED TIME 22. 23. 24. 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 10:00 ~m. 1:30 p.m. Closed Session - Litigation Hearing to consider claim by Sharen L. Ferency for refund of real property taxes (Continued from February 17, 1987) Request from the following to consolidate School District Elections with the November General Election (Continued from February 17, 1987): Bayshore School District Brisbane School District Cabrillo Unified School District Jefferson Union High School District La Ronda-Pescadero Unified School District Laguna Salada Union School District Las Lomitas School District Menlo Park City School District Millbrae School District Ravenswood City School District Redwood City School District San Carlos School District San Mateo County Board of Education Sequoia Union High School District South San Francisco School District Presentation of Service Awards (Room 101, County Office Building, Redwood City) -5- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS YEAR 1980 Re§. Muni. Elec. 1981 Spec. South Slope 1983 Cons. with Sch. Dist. 1985 Cons. with Sch. Dist. 1986 Spec. Muni. Elec. VOTING COST TO C~TY 34.8% $17,436.71 34.6 24,163.09 32.5 8,471.64 35.1 8,369.01 17.6 19,797.78 It is estimated that election costs escalate nearly 30% each election based on increased ballot, supplies and service costs. School elections changed By STEVEN SHELBY i.The consolidation of school dis- trict board elections with general i~lctions in November, approved '~ij~ week by the Board of Supervi- II~IrS~ should lead. to a whole n.ew II~ system for the county, tl~e ~iSb~s.said." ' .... . ~-'~1' .wel~e o~f the 25 school districts ~"~' ~San Mateo County were ~e~ted their requests to hold E~Oard elections in November of rl/l~-numbered years, starting in ,~-Given the opportunity' to make I~e change by state legislation, dL~K)kesmen for the districts said ~ .~ viewed the general election, · Ghen state and national issues and ~[~es are contested, as a way to ~n~rease voter turnout for school t~tard contests. - Even if an individual voter loses interest in dealing with a long bal- l~t and' doesn't complete the school elections part of it, there Will be greater voter participation because the turnout will be dou- ble or triple the usual, Jefferson ~§h School District Superinten- ~nt Floyd Gonella said. . "County Clerk-Recorder Warren ~locum recommended the board deny the requests, arguing there ~ay be instances in individual vot- i~ precincts where the voting i~.~chines simply could not handle ~11 the items proposed for the bal- lot. Enabling-voters to exercise t~eir franchise in those cases IN)4 arid additional staffinil to i~. inister and co4mt it, heesald. ~:That extra ballot, in turn, could alike th~ e~ction so confusing comPlicaled that many vo~er~ · A, buld i~e sca.red away, Slocum said, addinK that an extra ballot V~uld also mean extra election co,ts. If the supervisors were deter- · mined to approve the school dis- tricts' requests, Slocum said, he recommended they also instruct tl'~b elections staff to come up with anew voti.ng system. ,'The board approved the r~quests 4 to 0, with the stipula- tiDn that each district will be responsible for the election' costs. T~hat requirement could very well be a source of litigation, but the district attorney's office believes, based on prior experience, the courts will take the position that the county has the right to charge the districts' for those costs, Dan ~ Daly, assistant district attorney for the civil division, said. The consolidating districts i'nclude Bayshore Elementary, B~risbane Elementary, Cabrillo Uni- fi'ed, Jefferson Union High School, ~aguna Salada, La Honda Pesca- ~ero Unified, Los Lomitas Elemen- tary, Menlo Park Elementary, Red- wood City Elementary. San Mateo ~lL~ion High School and South San Ea'anc~sco Unified. The County O~fice of Education is also included. Millbrae Elementary, S~equoia Union High School and ,~an Carlos Elementary districts withc~rew earlier request lo consolidate. CITY OF S()UTH SAN FRANCIS~ ~ INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: SI.! B.I ECT: FROM: December 19, 1986 Honorable City Council STATE LAW PROVISIONS CONCERNING COUNCIL VACANCY City Attorney Since two members of Council are running for County Suoervisor, the question has arisen as to what would happen if one of the South San Francisco~Council- members is ~lected and a vacancy occurs. There are no Municipal Code provisons addressing this issue; therefore, state law governs. Government Code Section 36512 provides that within 30 days of the commencement of the vacancy, the Council must either fill the vacancy by appointment or call a special election to fill the vacancy. The special election must be held on the next regularly es%ablished election da~e not less ~han 90 days from the call of ~he special elec%ion. A person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy holds office for the unexpired term of %he former incumbent. VALERIE J. ARMENTO City Attorney VJA/mm cc: Ci%y Manager _~:~cc: City Clerk SS/205/6/86 TO: SUBIECT: FROM: ~.,d'Y OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISC~ INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM Date JiJn~ 6, 1986 co~s xo: iCi ty Manager 'Honorable City Council Election Results June 3, 1986 City C1 erk 19th Assembly Race: (SSF vote Speier 3,322 (Daly City vote Speier 3,599 * Supervisor, 2nd District: * Supervisor, 3rd District: * Assessor: Giannini 77,647 * Clerk-Recorder: Slocum 66,910 * Controller: Trias 59,065 * Coroner: 'Jensen 85,450- * District Attorney: 86,867 Speier 19,763 Nevin 19,316 Nevin 2,835) Nevin 4,060) Huening 62,570 Levin 31,533 Eshoo 67,655 Warren 28,276 Holsinger 23,965 Houghton 15,338 Zabala * Sheriff: Results withheld due to Court Order * Tax Collector-Treas. Buffington 65,046 Flanagan * Municipal Court Judge Office 2: Galligan 22,176 Forcum 18,428 Browning 36,578 Shannon 6,256 10,888 * Supt. of Schools: 19,758 Conser 8,658 Jennings 61,984 * Figures taken from S.F. Chr6nicle Thursday, 6/5/86 and does not include absentees counted later. Barbara A. Battaya AS/SS 205 CENTRAL RECORDS WiLE NOJ