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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 00-028 RESOLUTION POSTPONING UNTIL JULY 22, 2000 THE PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED MARCH 24, 2000 SPECIAL ELECTION REGARDING THE HAPPY VALLEY ANNEXATION WHEREAS, on September 15, 1998, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 98-128 initiating an annexation application to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) for an 811+ acre area of unincorporated territory located south of Sycamore Road, east of the Rosepoint and Carriage Gardens neighborhoods, west of Foley Ranch, and north of Koopman Ranch; and WHEREAS, on March 11, 1999, LAFCo adopted its Resolutions Nos. 99-01 and 99-02, approving the proposed annexation of territory known as "Happy Valley" as shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, and LAFCo affirmed its decision at its meeting of May 13, 1999; and WHEREAS, on July 20, 1999, and July 29, 1999, the City Council held public hearings on the annexation and written protests were filed by at least 25% (but less than 50%) of the registered voters residing in the affected territory, thereby requiting that a special election be held to confirm the annexation, and the City Council then set the election for November 16, 1999; and WHEREAS, at its November 2, 1999 meeting, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 99-132, delaying the special election until March 24, 2000 because of uncertainty regarding the federal and state environmental permits for the proposed municipal golf course in the Happy Valley area; and WHEREAS, notwithstanding the continued effort to obtain state and federal environmental permits for the project, uncertainty still remains and the City Council deems it prudent to again postpone the election until greater assurance can be provided to voters regarding the status of the proposed municipal golf course. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: