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6.G. - Page 2 of 13 BACKGROUND City law requires that the General Municipal Election be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of even years for the election to office Member of the City Council. The election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 will be the first district -based election following City Council's transition to district elections. During this election City Councilmembers will be elected from four council districts (1, 3, 4, and 7) and from the remaining three council districts (2, 5, and 6) in the next election. The terms of the remaining three at -large Councilmembers (Hale, Howard, and Reddy) will remain at -large until their terms expire in 2022, at which time a district -based election will be held for the three available seats. The California Elections Code provides for the consolidation of local elections, ordered by one of the jurisdictions calling an election on the same day in the same or overlapping territory. The City of Redwood City has consolidated previous elections with accurate, efficient, and cost-effective results and it is recommended that the City Council order consolidation for the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election. ANALYSIS The San Mateo County Elections Office provides election services for the City of Redwood City and other agencies and districts by the execution of a binding contract for services (Attachment D). Therefore, the City Council is being requested to call the General Municipal Election and to consolidate it with the November 3, 2020 Presidential General Election to be held on the same day for the purposes of electing four City Councilmembers to represent four City Council districts (1, 3, 4, and 7) for the full term of four years each. The calling of an election must occur priorto the nomination period and the City Council must act in regard to other matters in advance of the filing period. In addition, the City Clerk will be publishing a Notice of Election between the dates of June 28, 2020 and July 13, 2020. For those interested in running for Office of City Council, the candidate filing period will be between July 13, 2020 and August 7, 2020. Nomination papers will be made available to candidates in a manner prescribed by the City Clerk. The candidate statement is optional, and if a candidate opts to have a candidate statement it will be published in three languages since Redwood City is in a tri -lingual county. It is recommended to the City Council that candidates choosing to have a candidate statement will pay the estimated cost of filing and translating their candidate statements at the time of filing their nomination papers. FISCAL IMPACT The cost associated with facilitating the election depends on several factors, including the number of jurisdictions participating in the election. Accordingly, the county elections office provides a low estimate and a high estimate that can be used to establish a range of cost for consideration. The estimated cost of Page 2 of 4 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 298