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2010 General Municipal Election Page 2 Apri15, 2010 <br />Current City Council Policy <br />Not Applicable. <br />Previous City Council Action(s) <br />On January 19, 2010, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2010-006, approving the <br />Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Alameda and the Cities of Oakland, <br />Berkeley and San Leandro, to reimburse the County for costs it will incur in the conduct of the <br />RCV election. <br />On February 1, 2010, the City Council passed to print and adopted Ordinance No. 2010-002, <br />amending Article 1, Chapter 1-11 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to change the date of the <br />City's General Municipal Election from June to November ofeven-numbered years. This change <br />allows the City to conduct the RCV election in November 2010, along with the Cities of <br />Berkeley and Oakland. <br />City Council Committee Review and Action <br />At its meeting on October 27, 2009, the City Council Rules and Communications Committee <br />discussed the use of RCV, and recommended that the matter be brought to the full City Council <br />for further discussion and action. <br />Summary of Public Outreach Efforts <br />Notification of the election date change has been published in both the Daily Review and San <br />Leandro Times. The City's election webpage has been updated, and contains information on the <br />election date change. A notice will run on the City's Government Access Channel 15 through <br />mid-April. A large-scale public outreach effort is being coordinated with Berkeley, Oakland, San <br />Leandro and Alameda County to educate voters on RCV, and will get underway soon. <br />Fiscal Impact <br />None. <br />Attachments <br />None. <br />CONCLUSION <br />Adoption of the ordinance will allow for the use of RCV to conduct the General Municipal <br />Election on November 2, 2010. <br />