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DRAFT MINUTES <br /> Page 10 <br />December 7, 2009 <br />City of San Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />City Clerk Marian Handa gave a PowerPoint presentation, providing an update on the <br />information that formed the basis for the staff recommendation not to pursue RCV for <br />2010. Since the publication of the staff report and recommendation, the Secretary of <br />State (SOS) issued approval of the use of RCV for Alameda County on December 4, <br />2009, and the City of Oakland has scheduled approval in January 2010 of the <br />Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the County for the use of RCV. <br /> <br />The presentation included a demonstration of how RCV works, and how the results of <br />an RCV election are tabulated. Ms. Handa called attention to the majority failure issue: <br />ballots, rather than the original ballots cast. Ms. Handa reported that the cost of using <br />RCV for 2010 would be about $45,000 higher than the current two-election process, but <br />the City would begin to realize savings of approximately $33,000 per election cycle <br />thereafter. <br /> <br />Dave Macdonald, Alameda County Registrar of Voters (ROV), reported on the status of <br />the cost-sharing MOU, noting that it is close to being finalized, and that the City of <br />Oakland has scheduled adoption of the MOU on January 5. In response to a question <br />from Councilmember Reed, Mr. Macdonald indicated that while Oakland would need to <br />cancel its June 2010 nominating election in order to use RCV, the City of Berkeley does <br />not have a June 2010 election, and so does not have the same urgency. <br /> <br />Mr. Macdonald and Ms. Handa responded to questions from the Council. <br /> <br />Councilmember Souza expressed concerns that, due to the accumulation of exhausted <br />ballots, the candidate with the most votes may still not have a majority of the votes cast <br /> <br /> <br />Councilmember Stephens agreed with Councilmember Souza, noting that in a race with <br />many candidates, it would be possible for him to cast a ballot on which none of the <br />candidates he chose made it to the top two. In a separate runoff election, he would have <br />the opportunity to vote for one of the top two candidates. <br /> <br />Mayor Santos commented that in 2000, he was a homeowners association representative <br />and a co-sponsor of Measure F. He recalled that the intent was to implement RCV <br />when it became available. Mayor Santos added that there have been discussions <br />regarding deferring a portion of the 2010 RCV implementation costs. <br /> <br />Mr. Macdonald pointed out that the City would not realize any savings from RCV if it <br />chose to hold a June election for a ballot measure. He addressed the issues of deferring <br />RCV costs and the proposed education and outreach to voters. <br /> <br />Councilmember Prola pointed out that majority failure can also happen in non-RCV <br />elections. Mr. Macdonald agreed, giving an example of a close two-candidate race with <br />many write-in votes. <br /> <br /> <br />
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