2020-16 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-16
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE
OF THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020, FOR THE ELECTION OF
CERTAIN OFFICERS AND REQUESTING THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO TO
CONSOLIDATE THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WITH THE
STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD PURSUANT TO
ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 10403 RELATING TO GENERAL LAW
CITIES
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the laws relating to general law cities on the State
of California, a Regular Municipal Election shall be held on November 3, 2020, for the election
of municipal officers; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with
the Statewide General election to be held on the same date and that within the city, the
precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the
county election department of the County of San Bernardino canvass the returns of the
General Municipal Election and that the election be held on all respects as if there were only
one election; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of California
relating to General Law cities, there is called and ordered to be held in the City of Grand
Terrace, California, on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, a General Municipal Election for the
purpose of electing three (3) Council Member for a full term of four years.
SECTION 2. The ballots to be used at the election shall be in the form and
content as required by the law.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to procure and
furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment and
paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the election.
SECTION 4. The polls for the election shall be open at seven o'clock a.m. the day
of the election and shall remain open continuously from that time until eight o'clock p.m. of
the same day wheh the polls shall be closed, except as provided in Section 14401 of the
elections code.
SECTION 5. In all particulars not recited in this Resolution, the election shall be held
and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections.
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SECTION 6. That pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the Elections Code,
the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Bernardino is hereby requested to consent and
agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide General election
on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, for the purpose of the election of three(3) Council Members
for a full term of four years.
SECTION 7. The County Registrar of Voters is authorized to canvass the returns of
the Regular Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all steps necessary for the holding
of the consolidated election.
SECTION 8. The Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the County
Registrar of Voters to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the consolidated
election.
SECTION 9. The City of Grand Terrace recognizes that additional costs will be
incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County
for any costs.
SECTION 10. Notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the
City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to give further or additional notice of the
election, in time, form and manner as required by law. Notwithstanding the generality of the
foregoing, the City Clerk is hereby instructed to act in conformance with California Elections
Code Section 10403 and to file this Resolution with the Board of Supervisors of San
Bernardino County and to transmit a copy of the same to the San Bernardino County elections
official.
SECTION 11. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution and enter
it into the Book of Resolutions.
SECTION 12. The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
SECTION 13. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 14. The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject
to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2)
(the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section
15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6,
Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment,
directly or indirectly.
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SECTION 15. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Grand
Terrace at a regular meeting held on the 9th day of June 2020.
Darc o , Mayor
ATTEST:
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ebra L. Thomas
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Adrian Guerra
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I Debra L. Thomas, City Clerk of the CITY OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 2020-16
was duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council, approved and signed by
the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk, at the regular meeting of said City Council
held on the 9th day of June 2020, and that the same was passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Allen, Hussey, Robles; Mayor Pro Tern Wilson;
Mayor McNaboe
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
Executed this 10th day of June 2020, at Grand Terrace, California.
Deb a L. Thomas
City Clerk = -