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10. Majority Protest. A. A majority protest exists if written protests are timely submitted and not withdrawn by the customers of record with respect to a majority (50% plus one) of the parcels subject to the proposed charge. B. While the City may inform the public of the number of parcels served by the City when a notice of proposed rates is mailed, the number of parcels with active customer accounts served by the City on the date of the hearing shall control in determining whether a majority protest exists. 11. Tabulation of Protests. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the City shall tabulate all protests received, including those received during the public hearing, and shall report the results of the tabulation to the City Council. If the total number of protests received is insufficient to constitute a majority protest, the City may determine the absence of a majority protest without validating the protests received, but may instead deem them all valid without further examination.. Further, if the number of protests received is obviously substantially fewer than the number required to constitute a majority protest, the City may determine the absence of a majority protest without opening the envelopes in which protests are retumed. 12. Report of Tabulation. If at the conclusion of the public hearing, the City Manager determines that s /he will require additional time to tabulate the protests, s /he shall so advise the City Council, which may adjourn the meeting to allow the tabulation to be completed on another day or days. If so, the City Council shall declare the time and place of tabulation, which shall be conducted in a place where interested members of the public may observe the tabulation, and the City Council shall declare the time at which the meeting shall be resumed to receive and act on the tabulation report of the City Manager. SECTION 2. This resolution will be effective immediately upon adoption. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton at a regular meeting held on July 21, 2015. I, Karen Diaz, City Clerk of the City of Pleasanton, California, certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on July 21, 2015, by the following vote: Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Jonathan Lowell, City Attorney 4 Karen Diaz, City Clerk