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Resolution No. 06-041 Page 2 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 INITIA TIYE ordinance attached to this Resolution as Exhibit I; and WHEREAS, the BERNAL PROPERTY PHASE II LAND USE PLAN INITIA TIYE ordinance is a portion of the Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan for which an Environmental Impact Report has been prepared, adopted and certified as complete by the City of Pleasanton on May 16, 2006, and therefore no additional environmental review is required to place this initiative measure on the ballot; 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 RESOL YES AS FOLLOWS: Section I: That the City Council sponsored BERNAL PROPERTY PHASE II LAND USE PLAN INITIA TIYE ordinance, attached to this Resolution as Exhibit I, 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 II Land Use Plan, comprised of the "grand park" design concept, as adopted by the City Council, be ratified? Section 3: The City Council authorizes a direct argument in favor of the initiative measure to be written by Council members Cindy McGovern and Jerry Thome, considered by the entire City Council at its regular meeting on June 20, 2006, and signed by all five members of the City Council.