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8.A. - Page 4 <br /> candidates in terms of filing fees and candidate statements. According to the San Mateo <br /> County Elections Office, candidate filling fees and candidate statement costs will not be <br /> impacted by the change in election years. <br /> SB 415 and Potential Implications to the City's Boards, Commissions, and Committees <br /> (BCC) <br /> By design, the majority of BCC appointments are made on off-election years. As the <br /> Council changes the timing of Council elections due to SB 415, the City Clerk's Office <br /> recommends that the BCC terms be reviewed and adjusted to retain consistency, so <br /> that the majority of expired BCC terms run opposite to Council elections. In order to <br /> adjust the terms of the City's non-charter-created BCCs the Council can take no action <br /> in reappointing the BCCs (26 members) in 2018 and begin reappointing BCCs in 2019 <br /> and 2021. In order to comply with the City's Charter, the Board of Port Commissioners <br /> (2 out of 5 members) would still need to be appointed in 2018. <br /> Ad Hoc Committee Recommendation <br /> Currently, there are three Council members with terms that expire in November 2017 <br /> (Gee, Howard, Seybert), and four Council members with terms that expire in November <br /> 2019 (Aguirre, Bain, Borgens, Masur). The City must adopt a plan for compliance with <br /> SB 415 before January 1 , 2018. <br /> The Committee reviewed and discussed multiple options on how to comply with SB 415. <br /> The factors considered by the Committee during their deliberations and making their <br /> recommendation were: <br /> • When to implement and change election cycles <br /> • Whether to hold an election in June or November of even years <br /> • Council members' lengths of service: whether to increase or decrease by twelve <br /> months <br /> • City election costs associated with the year in which the City switches to <br /> statewide elections <br /> • Charter restrictions (Mayor and Vice Mayor terms in light of changing election <br /> cycles) <br /> • How other jurisdictions in San Mateo County that currently hold their elections on <br /> non-statewide election dates plan to modify their election cycle <br /> The Committee recommends changing election cycles starting in November 2018, as <br /> several other local agencies impacted by SB 415 are doing. This would ensure the <br /> City's election costs are not significantly increased by having to bear a greater <br /> proportion of election costs. The November statewide election was preferred, because <br /> the June primary election would not have as many local agencies participating, which <br /> 4 <br />