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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 00-029 RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT LAFCO APPROVE AN EXTENSION OF TIME UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2000 TO COMPLETE THE HAPPY VALLEY ANNEXATION WHEREAS, on September 15, 1998, the City Council of the City of Pleasanton 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 t~e Rosepointe 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 requiring that a special election be held to confirm the annexation, and the City Council set the election for November 16, 1999; and WHEREAS, at its November 2, 1999 meeting, the Cotmcil 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 whether the City can secure the necessary permits, and the City Council has deemed it prudent to again postpone the election until greater assurance can be provided to voters regarding the status of the proposed municipal golf course; and