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. . IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS BY CITY ATTORNEY City of Riverside Measure L (Regular municipal elections - date change - Charter sections 400 & 500) This Measure contains two proposed amendments to the Riverside City Charter. The Riverside City Charter currently provides that regular municipal elections for Mayor and Members of the City Council be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of odd numbered years and that run-off elections, if required, be held on the tenth Tuesday following the general municipal election. The first proposed amendment, if approved by a majority of the voters, would provide that regular municipal elections for members of the City Council be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in June of odd numbered years and that run-off elections, if required, be held and consolidated with the statewide elections held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of odd numbered years. Consequently, if approved by a majority of the voters, an election would be held on June 5, 2007 for the purpose of electing members ofthe City Council from Wards 1,3,5, and 7 for terms expiring in June 2011, or until their successors are elected and seated. Further, an election would be held on June 2, 2009 for the purpose of electing members ofthe City Council from Wards 2, 4, and 6 for terms expiring June 2013, or until their successors are elected and seated. The second proposed amendment, if approved by a majority of the voters, would provide that the election for Mayor be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June of United States Presidential election years and that run-off elections, if required, be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of United States Presidential election years. Consequently, if approved by a majority ofthe voters, beginning in June 2012, general municipal elections for the election of Mayor would be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in June of United States Presidential election years. If Measure L is approved, it is anticipated that the City would incur a one-time expense of approximately $55,000 in connection with a notice to voters advising them of the changes to the Charter. This would not be a recurring cost. Further, these proposed amendments are not anticipated to have an adverse fiscal impact upon the City's normal and customary costs for calling the elections. This impartial analysis is hereby submitted to the elections official in conformance with section 9280 of the Elections Code of the State of California. . /' DATED: August It", 2006 ~,