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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT DATE: April 19, 2010 TO: Stephen Hollister, City Manager FROM: Marian Handa, City Clerk SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL tep en L. Hollister City Manager RECONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE 2010 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING (RCV) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION At its April 5, 2010 meeting, the City Council considered the ordinance providing for the use of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). The motion to adopt the ordinance failed by a vote of 3-3. Councilmember Gregory was absent from the meeting. Invoking San Leandro City Charter Section 305(h), Mayor Santos filed a notice with the City Clerk, suspending the Council's action and bringing the matter back for reconsideration tonight. BACKGROUND On January 19, 2010, the City Council, by a 5-2 vote (Members Starosciak and Stephens opposed), approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the County of Alameda and the Cities of Berkeley and Oakland. By approval of the MOU, the City of San Leandro agreed to reimburse the County for the costs of conducting an RCV election on the City's behalf in November 2010. City Charter Section 600 allows the Council, by ordinance, to change the City's General Municipal Election to consolidate with the statewide general election in November of even- numbered years. On February 1, 2010, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2010-002, changing the date of the City's General Municipal Election from June to November, to allow for the use of RCV. Staff has performed public notification of the election date change, as required by the ordinance. This ordinance was placed on the March 15, 2010 City Council agenda for consideration. As three members of the Council were absent from the meeting, the remaining members voted to