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1. Council may resolve the tie by lot; or II. Council may order a special run-off election. If procedure II is selected, the Special Election must be held on a Tuesday between 40 and 125 days after the certification of the November election results. If a regular election is scheduled to be held throughout the City during that time period, the special run-off election must be consolidated with the regular election. In the past, the Council has selected the special run-off election procedure and staff recommends that this procedure II be adopted for the upcoming November election. FISCAL IMPACT The annual operating budget has already allocated $30,000 for election costs in FY 2005-2006, which includes the November 2006 election. With the addition of the City- sponsored initiative measure to the November 2006 ballot, there may be additional costs. While the allocated amount is expected to be sufficient, the Alameda County Registrar's Office has not been able to advise the City with regard to projected costs for the November 2006 election, as the Registrar's Office is focused on the June Primary Election and has had significant staff changes. In the event of a tie vote in November and the need for a special run- off election, there will be additional costs estimated as at least $75,000. RECOMMENDATIONS I. Adopt the attached resolution, Exhibit A, placing the Bernal Property Phase II Land Use Plan Initiative on the November 7, 2006 ballot, select ballot question Option I, set June 23, 2006 as the deadline for direct arguments, set July 3, 2006 as the deadline for rebuttal arguments, direct the City Attorney to prepare an Impartial Analysis by June 23rd, and request that the County Registrar's Office consolidate the initiative measure election with the general election. 2. Select a sub-committee of two Council members to draft a direct argument in favor of the initiative measure, which argument will be considered for signature by the entire City Council on the June 20th consent calendar. 3. Adopt the attached resolution, Exhibit C, directing the City Clerk to consolidate the municipal election with the Statewide general election, charge candidates $240 for printing statements, make payment due at the time of filing nomination papers, limit statements to 200 words, send only the sample ballot and voter pamphlet to voters, and hold a special election in the event of a tie vote. SR 06:158 Page 6 of7