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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6405 RESOLUTION NO. 6405 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2004 WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California authorizes the governing body of any local agency to adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidate's statement. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CTIY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Arcadia on April 13, 2004 may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk for inclusion in the voter's pamphlet. Such statement may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no more than two hundred (200) words of the candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. Such statement shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period. SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY. (a) Pursuant to state law, the City Clerk shall have translated and printed in Spanish in the voter's pamphlet only the candidate statements of those candidates who request translation and printing. (b) Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate candidate's statements into the Spanish and Chinese languages, in addition to English. 6405 (c) The City Clerk shall: (1) have all candidate's statements translated into the languages specified in (b) above; (2) have all translations specified in (b) above made available upon request to the City Clerk; (3) print Spanish and/or Chinese translations of candidate statements in the voters pamphlet at the request of the candidate, in addition to English. SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each voter with the sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains the statement of each candidate in English, and/or Spanish or Chinese or both for those candidates who have requested such printing in the pamphlet. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot pamphlet. SECTION 4. PAYMENT. That each candidate filing a candidate's statement to be printed in the voter's pamphlet shall be required to pay the cost of: (l) printing the candidate statement in English, and; (2) printing the candidate statement in the voter's pamphlet in Spanish and/or Chinese at the request of the candidate. The candidates shall not be required to pay the cost of translating the candidate's statement into the Spanish and Chinese languages pursuant to State and Federai law per section 2(b) above. The City shall pay this cost, i.e., the translation cost for those statements which will be available upon request in the office of the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating and mailing the candidate's statements filed pursuant to this section, including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended). Said estimate of cost stated at the time the candidate files his or her candidate's statement is just an approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to another depending on the actual number of candidates filing statements. Each candidate shall be required to pay upon receipt of an invoice his or her prorated share of actual costs. Said invoice shall be due and payable immediately. SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating papers are issued. SECTION 6. That all previous resolutions establishing Council policy for payment of candidate's statements are repealed. SECTION 7. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution. 2 6405 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 2ND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2003. ATTEST: ~. APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~.(?~ City Attorney Mthe City of Arcadia STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, California, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 6405 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 2nd day of December, 2003, and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote; to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilrnember Chang, Kovacic, Marshall, Segal and Wuo None None IJ ><-~ , / City Clerk oft etity of Arcadia 3 6405 ~