MAYOR
Ignacio Velazquez
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Rick Perez, District 1
Rolan Resendiz, District 2
Dolores Morales, District 3
Tim Burns, District 4
CITY MANAGER
Brett Miller
CITY ATTORNEY
Mary F. Lerner
CITY CLERK
Jennifer Woodworth
POLICE CHIEF
Carlos Reynoso
CITY TREASURER
Anietra Gomez
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Special Meeting
December 12, 2022
6:00 PM
CITY OF HOLLISTER
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
375 FIFTH STREET
HOLLISTER, CA 95023
(831) 636-4300
www.hollister.ca.gov/
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
VERIFICATION OF AGENDA POSTING
A. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOLLISTER
1.Presentation of plaque to outgoing City Treasurer - Anietra Gomez (City Clerk)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: City Treasurer Anietra Gomez will receive a plaque honoring her years of service as City Treasurer for the City of Hollister.
2.Presentation of plaque to outgoing Mayor Ignacio Velazquez (City Clerk) BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Mayor Ignacio Velazquez will receive a plaque honoring his 10 years of service as Mayor for the City of Hollister.
3.California State Legislative Resolution Honoring Mayor Velazquez (City Clerk)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
RECOMMENDATION:
4.Resolution No. 2022-207 a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Hollister California reciting the fact of the Consolidated General Municipal Election held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, and declaring the results and such other matters as provided by law (City Clerk) BRIEF DESCRIPTION: This resolution will declare the results of the November 8, 2022, Consolidated General Municipal Election, for Mayor and City Council Districts 2 and 3, and City Treasurer and Ballot Measure S (Council term limits), Measure T (Independence Day Motorcycle Rally), and Measure U (July Bike Week).
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a Resolution Reciting the Facts of the Consolidated General Municipal Election held on November 8, 2022, and Declaring the Results and Such Other Matters as Provided by Law.
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5. Oath of Office to Mayor Mia Casey, Council Member District 2 Rolan Resendiz, Council Member District 3 Dolores Morales, and City Treasurer Gordon Machado (City Clerk)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: City Clerk Woodworth will administer the Oath of Office to elected Mayor Mia Casey, Council Member District 2 Rolan Resendiz, Council Member District 3 Dolores Morales, and City Treasurer Gordon Machado.
Following the Oaths of Office, Mayor Mia Casey, Council Member District 2 Rolan Resendiz, and Council Member District 3 Dolores Morales will be seated.
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The next City Council Meetings are scheduled as follows:
Regular City Council Meeting -- Monday, December 19, 2022, at 6:30PM Regular City Council Meeting – Tuesday*, January 17, 2023, at 6:30PM Regular City Council Meeting -- Monday, February 6, 2023, at 6:30 PM Regular City Council Meeting – Tuesday**, February 21, 2023 at 6:30 PM
(*Due to Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday)
(**Due to Presidents’ Day Holiday)
STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 12, 2022
SUBMITTED: December 6, 2022 AGENDA ITEM: A. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HOLLISTER
DEPARTMENT:
DEPARTMENT HEAD:
City Clerk
Jennifer Woodworth, City Clerk
CONTACT: Jennifer Woodworth, City Clerk
831-636-4330 x1017
TITLE OF ITEM: RESOLUTION NO. 2022-207, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOLLISTER CALIFORNIA RECITING THE FACT OF
THE CONSOLIDATED GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022, AND DECLARING THE RESULTS AND SUCH OTHER
MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: This resolution will declare the results of the November 8, 2022, Consolidated General Municipal Election, for Mayor and City Council Districts 2 and 3, and City Treasurer and Ballot Measure S (Council term limits), Measure T (Independence Day Motorcycle Rally), and Measure U (July Bike Week).
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a Resolution Reciting the Facts of the Consolidated General Municipal Election held on November 8, 2022, and Declaring the Results and Such Other Matters as Provided by Law.
DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: The City of Hollister held a Consolidated General Municipal Election on November 8, 2022, to elect a city wide Mayor, Council Members representing District 2, District 3, and a city wide directly elected City Treasurer. Additionally, three ballot measures were placed on the ballot: Measure S (Council term limits), Advisory Measure T (Independence Day Motorcycle Rally), and Advisory Measure U (July Bike Week). The attached Statement of Election Results from the County of San Benito Elections Department certifies the complete results of the election:
- Mayor Mia Casey was elected for a two (2) year term ending December 2024; - District 2 Council Member Rolan Resendiz was elected for a four (4) year term ending December 2026;
- District 3 City Council Member Dolores Morales was elected for a four (4) year term ending December 2026;
- City Treasurer Gordon A. Machado was elected to a four (4) year term ending December 2026
- Ballot Measure S (Council term limits) was adopted;
- Advisory Ballot Measure T (Independence Day Motorcycle Rally) was approved; and
- Advisory Ballot Measure U (July Bike Week) was not approved.
Per California Elections Code 10263, the City Council must adopt a Resolution reciting the facts of the election and other matters that are enumerated in Elections Code 10264.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost of the election is unknown at this time.
CEQA: N/A
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ATTACHMENTS:
1. Official Results - City of Hollister
THIS REPORT WAS REVIEWED BY THE CITY MANAGER WHO CONCURS WITH
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Brett Miller, City Manager
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-207
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOLLISTER
CALIFORNIA RECITING THE FACT OF THE CONSOLIDATED GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022, AND
DECLARING THE RESULTS AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW
WHEREAS, a Consolidated General Municipal Election was held and conducted in the City of Hollister, California, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, as required by law; and
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Municipal Election was conducted to elect a Mayor, a member of the City Council from District 2, a member of City Council from District 3, and a City Treasurer; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Hollister submitted to Hollister voters a ballot measure, proposing an amendment to Hollister Municipal Code Section adding Section
2.04.300 to Chapter 2.04 to establish an eight consecutive year term limit on Mayoral service followed by a four-year “cooling off” period during which a person may not serve as Mayor, and a two consecutive four-year term limit on Councilmember service followed by a four-year “cooling off” period during which a person may not serve as a Councilmember (Measure S); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Hollister submitted to Hollister voters an advisory ballot measure T to ask the voters whether the City of Hollister should re- establish the Hollister Motorcycle Rally to be conducted annually over the 4th of July weekend (Measure T); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Hollister submitted to Hollister voters an advisory ballot measure to ask the voters whether the City of Hollister should re- establish the Hollister Motorcycle Rally to be conducted annually over a week prior to/following the 4th of July weekend (Measure U); and
WHEREAS, notice of the election was given in time, form and manner as provided by law; that voting precincts were properly established; that election officers were appointed and that in all respects the election was held and conducted and the votes were cast, received and canvassed and the returns made and declared in time, form and manner as required by the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California for the holding of elections in general law cities; and
WHEREAS, the County of San Benito Elections Department conducted the election, counted the votes, and canvassed the returns of the election and has certified the results to this City Council, the results are received, attached and made a part hereof as “Exhibit A”.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Hollister, California, does resolve, declare, determine and order as follows:
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SECTION 1. That the whole number of ballots cast in the City of Hollister was 19,845.
SECTION 2. That the names of persons voted for at the election for Mayor of the City of Hollister (full 2-year term) were as follows:
Mia Casey
Ignacio Velazquez
That the names of persons voted for at the election for Member of the City Council, representing City Council District 2 (full 4-year term) were as follows:
Hani Mayzouni
Sergio Montanez
Rolan Resendiz
Celeste Toledo-Bocanegra
That the names of the persons voted for at the election for Member of the City Council, representing City Council District 3 (full 4-year term) were as follows:
Dolores Morales
Rosalinda Sanchez
That the names of the person voted for at the election for City Treasurer of the City of Hollister, representing the city (full 4-year term) was as follows:
Gordon A. Machado
SECTION 3. That the number of votes given at each precinct and the number of votes given in the City to each of the persons named above for the respective offices for which the persons were candidates are as listed in “Exhibit A” attached.
SECTION 4. The City Council does declare and determine that:
Mia Casey was elected as Mayor of the City of Hollister for a full term of two (2) years; Rolan Resendiz was elected as a Member of the City Council representing District 2 for a full term of four (4) years; Delores Morales was elected as a Member of the City Council representing District 3 for a full term of four (4) years; Gordon A Machado was elected as City Treasurer for the City of Hollister for a full term of four (4) years.
SECTION 5. Measure S was passed and approved by a majority of those voting on the measure. Hollister electors approved Measure S by the following vote count:
YES NO
Shall an ordinance be adopted adding Section
2.04.300 to Chapter 2.04 of the Hollister
Municipal Code to establish an eight
consecutive year term limit on Mayoral service
7,431 2,025
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followed by a four-year “cooling off” period
during which a person may not serve as
Mayor, and a two consecutive four-year term
limit on Councilmember service followed by a
four-year “cooling off” period during which a
person may not serve as a Councilmember?
SECTION 6. Advisory Measure T was approved by a majority of those voting on the measure. Hollister electors approved Measure T by the following vote count:
YES NO
Should the City of Hollister re-establish the
Hollister Motorcycle Rally to be conducted
annually over the 4th of July weekend?
6,672 3,914
SECTION 7. Measure U did not garner the required majority vote and was not approved. The vote for Measure U is as follows:
YES NO
Should the City of Hollister re-establish the
Hollister Motorcycle Rally to be conducted
annually over a week prior to/following the
4th of July weekend?
4,480 6,056
SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall enter on the records of the City Council of the City Hollister, a statement of the results of the election, showing: (1) The whole number of ballots cast in the City; (2) The names of the persons voted for; (3) For what office each person was voted for; (4) The number of votes given at each precinct to each person; (5) The total number of votes given to each person; (6) and the total number of votes given for each measure.
SECTION 9. That the City Clerk shall immediately make and deliver to each of the persons so elected a Certificate of Election signed by the City Clerk and authenticated; that the City Clerk shall also administer to each person elected the Oath of Office prescribed in the Constitution of the State of California and shall have them subscribe to it and file it in the Office of the City Clerk. Each and all of the persons so elected shall then be inducted into the respective office to which they have been elected.
SECTION 10. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Hollister at a Special Meeting held this 12th day of December, 2022, by the following vote:
Ignacio Velazquez, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Jennifer Woodworth, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lozano Smith Attorneys at Law
Mary F. Lerner, City Attorney
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I, JENNIFER WOODWORTH, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Hollister, do hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 2022-207, is an original Resolution, or true and correct copy of a City Resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Hollister at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 12th day of December, 2022, at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of the City of Hollister this City Council day of December, 2022.
Jennifer Woodworth, MMC
City Clerk of the City of Hollister
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Candidate Party Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
MIA CASEY 496 5,571 6,067 58.33%
IGNACIO VELAZQUEZ 308 4,027 4,335 41.67%
Total Votes 804 9,598 10,402
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Unresolved Write-In 0 0 0
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Times Cast 850 10,077 10,927 / 22,874 47.77%
Undervotes 45 473 518
Overvotes 1 6 7
Precincts Reported: 25 of 25 (100.00%)
Mayor (Vote for 1)
Candidate Party Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
ROLAN RESENDIZ 72 911 983 48.23%
CELESTE TOLEDO-
BOCANEGRA 78 479 557 27.33%
HANI MAYZOUNI 16 304 320 15.70%
SERGIO MONTANEZ 17 161 178 8.73%
Total Votes 183 1,855 2,038
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Unresolved Write-In 0 0 0
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Times Cast 197 1,995 2,192 / 5,245 41.79%
Undervotes 11 130 141
Overvotes 3 10 13
Precincts Reported: 6 of 6 (100.00%)
Member City Council District 2 (Vote for 1)
Precincts Reported: 44 of 44 (100.00%)
Voters Cast: 19,845 of 37,735 (52.59%)
Election Summary Report
San Benito
Official Results - City of Hollister
November 08, 2022
General Election
Elector Group Counting Group Voters Cast Registered Voters Turnout Total Vote Centers 1,626 4.31%
Vote by Mail 18,219 48.28%
Total 19,845 37,735 52.59%
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Candidate Party Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
DOLORES MORALES 81 1,386 1,467 56.47%
ROSALINDA SANCHEZ 106 1,025 1,131 43.53%
Total Votes 187 2,411 2,598
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Unresolved Write-In 0 0 0
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Times Cast 213 2,693 2,906 / 5,644 51.49%
Undervotes 25 281 306
Overvotes 1 1 2
Precincts Reported: 5 of 5 (100.00%)
Member City Council District 3 (Vote for 1)
Candidate Party Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
GORDON A. MACHADO 651 7,784 8,435 100.00%
Total Votes 651 7,784 8,435
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Unresolved Write-In 0 0 0
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Times Cast 850 10,077 10,927 / 22,874 47.77%
Undervotes 199 2,293 2,492
Overvotes 0 0 0
Precincts Reported: 25 of 25 (100.00%)
City Treasurer (Vote for 1)
Candidate Party Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
YES 571 6,860 7,431 71.07%
NO 251 2,774 3,025 28.93%
Total Votes 822 9,634 10,456
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Unresolved Write-In 0 0 0
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Times Cast 850 10,077 10,927 / 22,874 47.77%
Undervotes 28 434 462
Overvotes 0 9 9
Precincts Reported: 25 of 25 (100.00%)
Measure S (Vote for 1)
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Candidate Party Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
YES 578 6,094 6,672 63.03%
NO 253 3,661 3,914 36.97%
Total Votes 831 9,755 10,586
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Unresolved Write-In 0 0 0
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Times Cast 850 10,077 10,927 / 22,874 47.77%
Undervotes 19 316 335
Overvotes 0 6 6
Precincts Reported: 25 of 25 (100.00%)
Measure T (Vote for 1)
Candidate Party Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
NO 388 5,668 6,056 57.48%
YES 439 4,041 4,480 42.52%
Total Votes 827 9,709 10,536
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Unresolved Write-In 0 0 0
Vote Centers Vote by Mail Total
Times Cast 850 10,077 10,927 / 22,874 47.77%
Undervotes 23 364 387
Overvotes 0 4 4
Precincts Reported: 25 of 25 (100.00%)
Measure U (Vote for 1)
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STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 12, 2022
SUBMITTED: December 8, 2022 AGENDA ITEM: CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOLLISTER:
DEPARTMENT:
DEPARTMENT HEAD:
City Clerk
Jennifer Woodworth, City Clerk
CONTACT: Jennifer Woodworth, City Clerk
831-636-4330 x1017
TITLE OF ITEM: OATH OF OFFICE TO MAYOR MIA CASEY, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 2 ROLAN RESENDIZ, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 3 DOLORES
MORALES, AND CITY TREASURER GORDON MACHADO
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: City Clerk Woodworth will administer the Oath of Office to elected Mayor Mia Casey, Council Member District 2 Rolan Resendiz, Council Member District 3 Dolores Morales, and City Treasurer Gordon Machado.
Following the Oaths of Office, Mayor Mia Casey, Council Member District 2 Rolan Resendiz, and Council Member District 3 Dolores Morales will be seated.
THIS REPORT WAS REVIEWED BY THE CITY MANAGER WHO CONCURS WITH
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Brett Miller, City Manager
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