AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 07/15/2020
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Management Services
Legal & Risk Management
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of Resolutions Placing a Ballot Measure on the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election Ballot to Establish Term Limits for City Council Members.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the:
a. City Council, consistent with its direction at the June 17, 2020 City Council meeting, review and consider adoption of Resolution No. 2020-090 calling for the placement of a measure on the November 3, 2020 general municipal election ballot to establish a lifetime limit of three terms for City Council Members;
b. City Council, consistent with its direction at the June 17, 2020 City Council meeting, review and consider adoption of Resolution No. 2020-091 setting deadlines and rules for the submission of primary and rebuttal arguments for and against the proposed term limits measure; and
c. City Council, consistent with its direction at the June 17, 2020 City Council meeting, review and consider adoption of Resolution No. 2020-092 requesting the County of Riverside to consolidate this election with the Statewide General Election also to be held on November 3, 2020.
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ANALYSIS:
Government Code Section 36502(b) provides that the City may prospectively establish by ordinance term limits for City Council Members, only if such ordinance is submitted to the electors of the City at a regularly scheduled election and a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the ordinance. The possibility of establishing a term limits ordinance for Corona elected officials was raised by some members of the public, and Vice Mayor Casillas requested the creation of an Ad Hoc Committee to discuss whether and to what extent such an ordinance should be drafted and placed on the November 2020 ballot.
The Ad Hoc Committee, made up of Vice Mayor Casillas and Coun...
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