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consolidate this municipal election with the November 7th General Election; decide if the City Council would like to author and sign an argument in favor of the initiative measure, and if so, select a two Council members to write the argument language; consider whether rebuttal arguments will be permitted; set deadlines to submit the direct and rebuttal arguments; and with regard to general election procedures, establish policies for Candidate Statements and other election materials, as well as tie vote procedures. Honorable Mayor and Members ofthe City Council: BACKGROUND Initiative Measure to Approve Bernal Property Phase II Land Use Plan The Bernal Property (Phase I) Specific Plan, adopted by the City in August 2000, included as a guideline that the Pleasanton voters approve the land uses and facilities within the Phase II area of the Bernal Property. (See Bernal (Phase I) Specific Plan Land Use Element Guideline 1.3.) This requirement for voter approval was reaffirmed and readopted in the Bernal Property Right to Vote Initiative (Measure X) in November 2004. With the City Council's approval of the Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan on May 16,2006, Measure X now requires that the City receive voter approval of the land uses and facilities within the Phase II area prior to implementation of the Phase II Specific Plan. The Phase II area generally consists of the 318-acre public land portion of the larger 516- acre Bernal Property. Under the Bernal Property (Phase I) Specific Plan, certain acreage (and Sub-areas) within the Phase II Planning Area have already been developed or the land uses are not subject to voter approval under Measure X: the two acre Fire Station site (Sub-Area 4); the 11.1 acre Hearst Elementary School site (Sub-area 8); and the 50 acre Bernal Community Park (Sub-area 2). [The City Council on May 16,2006 approved a Master Plan for this Park.] Accordingly, these Phase I community facilities, although shown within the Phase II planning area, are not subject to the voter approval requirement under Measure X. While the Bernal Community Park is not subject to Measure X's voter approval requirement, the City Council may still decide to include the Bernal Community Park Master Plan as part of the City-sponsored initiative measure. Staff, however, does not recommend the inclusion of the Park Master Plan into the City-sponsored initiative measure because: (a) there has already been extensive community participation in the development of the Master Plan involving the Bernal Community Park Task Force, Youth Master Plan Implementation Committee, Civic Arts Commission, Youth Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Planning Commission and City Council; (b) the Master Plan includes specific detail about the location of facilities in the Site Plan and, if the Master Plan is included in the initiative measure, subsequent changes to the Site Plan could also require voter approval; and (c) implementation of the Master Plan, currently including two formal play baseball fields, one informal play baseball SR 06:158 Page 2 of?