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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CIrs ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 3900 MAINS -rim -Er RIVERSIDE. CA 92522 {(951) 926-5567 RESOLUTION NO. 23887 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD FOR PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AND HELD IN SAID CITY ON NOVEMBER 2, 2021, DECLARING THE RESULTS THEREOF AND SETTING FORTH SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS ARE PROVIDED BY LAW. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 23746, adopted August 3, 2021, an election was held on November 2, 2021, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Riverside an amendment to the Charter of the City of Riverside as was required by law; and WHEREAS, notice of said election was duly and regularly given in the time, form and manner as provided by law; election officers were appointed and in all respects said election was held and the returns made and declared in the time, form, and manner as required by the provisions of the Charter of the City of Riverside and the Elections Code of the State of California; and WHEREAS, the appropriate County official canvassed the returns of the consolidated general election and has certified the results to this City Council and said results are received, attached, and made a part hereof as Exhibit "A;" and WHEREAS, the California Elections code section 10262, "Canvassing of returns and certification of results," provides that "(b) For a consolidated election, the city elections official, upon receipt of the results of the election from the elections official conducting the election, shall certify the results to the governing body, no later than the next regularly scheduled city council meeting following presentation of the 28—day canvass of the returns, or at a special meeting called for this purpose, complying with the applicable provisions of Section 10263;" and WHEREAS, California Elections code section 10263, "Declaration of results and installation of newly elected officers," states that "[u]pon the completion of the canvass and before installing the new officers, the governing body shall adopt a resolution reciting the fact of the election and the other matters that are enumerated in Section 10264. The governing body shall declare elected the persons for whom the highest number of votes were cast for each office ... (b) For a consolidated election, the governing body shall meet at its usual place of meeting no later