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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO APPROVED AND STAFF REPORT FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL DATE: December 6, 2010 Hol6 Stephen L. Hollister City Manager TO: Stephen L. Hollister, City Manager FROM: Marian Handa, City Clerk SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RESOLUTION DECLARING RESULTS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION A resolution declaring the results of the November 2, 2010, General Municipal Election for the City of San Leandro is presented to the City Council for approval. Attached to the resolution are Certificates of Election prepared by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters (ROV). These Certificates are statements of the results of all the votes cast in the City of San Leandro in the November 2 " election for each local candidate and ballot measure, as determined by the Official Canvass performed by the ROV. The City Council is requested to adopt the attached resolution declaring the results of the election. By the Council's declaration of the election results, the ordinance establishing the One - Quarter of One Percent (.25 %) Transactions and Use (Sales) Tax, approved by the voters on November 2, 2010, will be adopted. BACKGROUND On April 19, 2010, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2010 -005, providing for the conduct of the November 2, 2010 General Municipal Election using Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). On June 21, 2010, the Council adopted Resolution No. 2010 -073, which provided for the holding of the November 2, 2010 election. On July 19, 2010, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2010 -104, added Measure Z, the San Leandro Temporary Emergency Funding measure, to the November 2 " ballot. The election resolutions also included a request that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors permit the consolidation of the City's General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election, and that the ROV provide necessary services related to the conduct of the election. RCV was used in San Leandro for the first time. The District 1, 3 and 5 Council races were decided without the need to use the RCV algorithm to count the second and third choice votes; however, the six - candidate Mayor's race was decided after eliminating all but the final two candidates.