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2010 General Municipal Election Page 2 June 21, 2010 Alameda County Registrar of Voters to provide election services to the City; and bill the City for the cost of conducting the election. RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES This resolution sets the following regulations for candidate statements: ^ establishes a maximum of 200 words for each candidate's statement of qualifications; ^ disallows any additional candidate materials to be mailed with .the Sample Ballot and Voter Pamphlet; ^ sets a deposit amount of ~ l ,2Ot).{:fit:), to be paid by candidates at the time of filing nominating papers and candidate statements, for their pro-rata share of the costs of printing, handling, translating and mailing the candidate statements. Following the election, candidates will be refunded any overage or billed for any additional costs. ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ELECTION AND NOMINATION PROCEDURES Article VI, Section 610 of the Charter of the City of San Leandro provides that the Council, by ordinance, may provide for the method of conducting municipal elections. This ordinance provides .for the publication of the Notice of Election by the City Clerk, the method of nomination of candidates, filing dates for nomination papers and time extension if an incumbent fails to file. It also sets provisions for the procedure to be used if no one or only one candidate files or if no one or only one person is nominated. As this ordinance relates to an election, it is effective immediately upon adoption, pursuant to Government Code Section 36937(a). Current City Council Policy Not Applicable. Previous City Council Action(s) On January 19, 2010, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2010-006, approving the Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Alameda and the Cities of Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro for reimbursement of the costs associated with RCV. On February 1, 2010, the City Council passed to print and adopted Ordinance No. 2010-002, amending Article 1, Chapter 1-11 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to change the date of the City's General Municipal Election from June to November of even-numbered years. This change allows the City to use RCV along with the Cities of Berkeley and Oakland. On April 19, 2010, the City Council passed to print and adopted Ordinance No. 2010-005, providing for the conduct of the General Municipal Election using RCV. Summary of Public Outreach Efforts Notification of the election date change was published in both the Daily Review and San Leandro Times, on the City's election webpage, and on the City's Government Access Channel 15. A large-scale public outreach effort is being coordinated with Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda County to educate voters on RCV, and will be underway soon.