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After addressing the requirements of the Elections Code, Council may also request that staff provide an informational report regarding the Zone with club retail, as well as without club retail, as was discussed at the Council's joint workshop in April. Such an informational report would not be subject to the Elections Code deadlines described in this report. Report on Effects of Initiative. The threshold question for the Council is whether to request an Elections Code report on the effects of the initiative. Per Elections Code § 9212, such an Elections Code report can encompass the following topics: a. Fiscal impact; b. Effect on internal consistency with the General Plan, including the Housing Element; c. Effect on use of land, including availability and location of housing; d. Impact on the funding of infrastructure, both construction and maintenance, for transportation, schools, and parks; e. Impact on city's ability to attract and retain business and employment; f. Impact on uses of vacant parcels of land; g. Impact on agricultural lands, open space, traffic congestion, existing business districts and developed areas designated for revitalization; and h. Any other matters requested by the Council. If such an Elections Code report is requested, it must be presented to the Council at a date set by Council, but no later than thirty (30) days after the request. If the Council decides to request such an Elections Code report, it can be presented at a special meeting on August 9th or at Council's scheduled regular meeting on Tuesday August 16th. Note: To prepare such an Elections Code report, have it available for public review by Friday August 5th, and considered at a special meeting on Tuesday August 9th, only 12 business days would be available for preparation. For the August 16th regular meeting, if such an Elections Code report is available to the public by Friday August 12th, that would provide 18 business days for preparation (and depending on the complexity of the topics requested to be analyzed, this schedule may present challenges for the preparation of such a detailed Elections Code report). It should be noted that after the City Council and Planning Commission's joint workshop on the Zone in April, staff and consultants already started working on a supplemental informational report for consideration based on questions raised at the workshop, including analyzing some of the implications of the initiative's limit on retail uses to less than 50,000 s.f. After the Elections Code report is received, within 10 days the Council must either: (1) adopt the initiative; or (2) order an election. (See Elections Code §9215(c).) Note: Friday, August 12th is the last day to place the initiative on the November 8th ballot. So, if the Council requests an Elections Code report to be presented at a special meeting on August 9th, the Council could also take action at that same meeting to place the initiative on the November 8th ballot, or adopt the initiative that evening. If placed on the November 8th ballot, estimated costs to translate and print are $25,000. This is in addition to the $22,000 estimated cost for signature verification. 3