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ATTACHMENT 2 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 96-89 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT ON THE NOVEMBER 5,1996 REGULAR ELECTION OF CITY COUNOL SPONSORED INITIATIVES PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE PLEASANTON GENERAL PLAN CONCERNING THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND THE CITY'S OVERALL HOUSING UNIT CAP, DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF THE INITIATIVES, AUTHORIZING ARGUMENTS CONCERNING THE INITIATIVE MEASURES, ALLOWING REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS REGARDING THE IMITATIVE MEASURES, AND REQUESTING ALAMEDA COUNTY TO CONDUCT THIS ELECTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NOVEMBER 5, 1996 REGULAR ELECTION WHEREAS, on August 6, 1996, the City Council adopted a General Plan Update, revising and amending the City's General Plan in numerous respects; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted as part of the Land Use Element certain policies and programs u to the creation and maintenance of an Urban Growth Boundary beyond which urban development shall not occur, and WHEREAS, the City Council also adopted as part of the Land Use Element policies and programs as to the maximum housing units at b lidout of the General Plan; and WHEREAS, these policies and programs are fundamental to the City's preservation of open space and managing growth in Pleasanton, and the citizens of Pleasanton have expressed a strong interest that changes to these areas of the General Plan should not occur without the citizens' being consulted; and WHEREAS, it is the Council's intent that these policies and programs be rearmed and readopted by the voters of Pleasanton and that these programs and policies be changed only by the voters of Pleasanton; and WHEREAS, Section 9222 of the Elections Code permits the City Council to submit to the voters, without a petition therefor, a proposition for the repeal, amendment or enactment of an ordinance; and