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Resolution No. 2024-053 Page 2 SECTION 4. The City Council, pursuant to its right and authority, does order submitted to the voters at the General Municipal Election on November 5, 2024, the following question, which question shall require the approval of a majority (50%+1) of qualified electors casting votes to pass: PLEASANTON ESSENTIAL SERVICES PROTECTION MEASURE To maintain city services and minimize cuts, such as police and fire protection; 911 emergency response; disaster YES preparedness; pedestrian safety; park maintenance; pothole repair and street maintenance; recreation programs; open space preservation; and other general government uses; shall the City of Pleasanton's measure to establish a half -cent sales tax, providing approximately $10,000,000 annually for 10 NO years, keeping all funds local, with annual audits, public spending disclosure, and oversight, be adopted? SECTION 5. The ballots to be used at the election shall be in form and content as required by law. The City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to coordinate with the County of Alameda Registrar to procure and furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment and paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the election. The City of Pleasanton recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for any costs. SECTION 6. That the Alameda County Registrar of Voters is authorized to canvass the returns of the municipal election. The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election. SECTION 7. In all particulars not recited in this Resolution, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections and that the City Clerk is authorized to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. SECTION 8. The approval of this Resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000 et.seq., "CEQA," and 14 Cal. Code Reg. §§ 15000 et. seq., "CEQA Guidelines"). The transactions and use tax to be submitted to the voters is a general tax that can be used for any legitimate governmental purpose; it is not a commitment to any particular action. Accordingly, under CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), the tax is not a project within the meaning of CEQA because it creates a government funding mechanism that does not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. If revenue from the tax were used for a purpose that would have either such effect, the City would undertake the required CEQA review