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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 00-127 WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, RESOLUTION POSTPONING UNTIL APRIL 26, 2001 THE PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED SPECIAL ELECTION REGARDING THE HAPPY VALLEY ANNEXATION on September 15, 1998, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 98-128 initiating an annexation application to the Local Agency Formation Cormnission (LAFCo) for an 811+ acre area of unincorporated territory located south of Sycamore Road, east of Rosepoint and Carriage Gardens neighborhoods, west of Foley Ranch, and north of Koopman Ranch; and on March 11, 1999, LAFCo adopted its Resolutions Nos. 99-01 and 99-02, approving the proposed annexation of territory known as "Happy Valley"; and 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 This required that a special election be held to confirm the annexation, and the City Cotuxcil set the election for November 1999; and at its November 2, 1999 meeting, the Council adopted Resolution No. 99-132, delaying the special election until March 2000 because of uncertainty regarding the federal and state environmental permits for the proposed municipal golf course in the Happy Valley area; and the special election was then continued two additional times due to continued uncertainty about the permit process; and notwithstanding the on-going effort to obtain Federal ancl State environmental permits for the project, doubt still remains whether the City will receive the required approvals; 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.