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3 To date, 18 of the 24 jurisdictions determined to extend their members’ terms by twelve months and consolidate their 2017 election with the 2018 statewide election and their 2019 election with the 2020 statewide election. Two jurisdictions, the Portola Valley School District and the San Mateo-Foster City School District, have opted to hold elections in 2017 and 2019 with elected members serving a reduced term of three years. The City of Burlingame and the San Carlos School District opted to hold elections in 2017 and 2019 with elected members serving an increased term of 5 years (placing their next elections in November 2022 and November 2024). The City of Brisbane chose to extend all Council members’ terms by seven months, moving their November 2017 Council election to the June 2018 Primary election, and moving the November 2019 Council election to the June 2020 Primary election. Additionally, the City of San Mateo will hold an election in 2017, which will include a Charter amendment to move to even year elections beginning in 2020. The City of San Carlos is expected to discuss SB 415 compliance on January 23, 2017 and the City of San Bruno is expected to discuss SB 415 compliance on January 24, 2017. Action by overlapping jurisdictions The City of Redwood City has 12 overlapping jurisdictions who either share all City election precincts, or a portion of City precincts. The actions of these jurisdictions to comply with SB 415 will directly affect the City of Redwood City’s election costs, as is described further below. At the October 17, 2016 Council meeting, the Council requested additional information regarding election plans for the overlapping jurisdictions that had not yet determined how to move to even year elections. At the time, those jurisdictions were the Belmont- Redwood Shores School District, Sequoia Union High School District and the West Bay Sanitary District. The City of Redwood City has 35 election precincts. The Sequoia Union High School District has the same election precincts as the City of Redwood City. The Belmont- Redwood Shores School District shares eight of 35 election precincts with the City, and the West Bay Sanitary District shares one of 35 election precincts with the City. Since the October 17, 2016 meeting, the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District Board and Sequoia Union High School District Board voted to extend their current Board Members’ terms by twelve months and move their elections to 2018 and 2020. The West Bay Sanitary District has yet to take action on SB 415. 8.B. - Page 3