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Resolution No. 06- Page 2 00 WHEREAS, California Elections Code section 9222 permits the City Council to submit to the voters a proposition for the repeal, amendment or enactment of an ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the BERNAL PROPERTY PHASE II LAND USE PLAN INITIATIVE ordinance attached to this Resolution as Exhibit I; and WHEREAS, California Elections Code section 9282 specifies that the legislative body, or any member or members of the legislative body authorized by that body, may file a written argument for any City measure; and WHEREAS, California Elections Code section 9285 sets forth the procedures for rebuttal arguments; and WHEREAS, California Elections Code section 9280 specifies that the City Council may direct the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the initiative measure to the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: That the City Council sponsored BERNAL PROPERTY PHASE II LAND USE PLAN INITIATIVE ordinance, attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 1, be placed on the November 7,2006 General Election ballot, with the initiative measure to be designated by letter by the Alameda County Registrar. Section 2: The ballot language for the initiative measure shall be as follows: Shall the Bernal Property Phase n Land Use Plan, as adopted by the City Council, be ratified? Section 3: The City Council authorizes direct arguments in favor of the initiative measure to be written by and , and signed by all five members of the City Council. Section 4: The City Council hereby adopts the procedures set forth in California Elections Code section 9285 regarding submission of rebuttal arguments. Section 5: The City Council hereby establishes Friday, June 23, 2006 and Monday, July 3, 2006, respectfully, as the deadlines for submission of direct arguments and rebuttal arguments for the initiative measure. These arguments must be submitted to the City Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on the respective deadline dates.