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It was moved by Councilmember Mohr, and seconded by Councilmember Wood, that Ordinance No. 1119, to be read by title only and waiving further reading thereof, ordering a referendum election to be held on April 10, 1984, to submit resolution No. 83-501 to the voters of the City of Pleasanton; the proposed wording on the ballot should read "Shall Resolution No. 83-501 of the City Council (which provides that the Pleasanton General Plan permits Hacienda Business Park (PUD-8!-30) and the commercial/office industrial projects already approved as of May 1983) be affirmed?"; directing that arguments for and against Resolution No. 83-501 are to be submitted to the City Clerk by January 31, 1984; rebuttal arguments are to be submitted to the City Clerk by February 14, 1984; Mayor Butler and Vice Mayor ~ercer are directed to prepare ballot arguments and rebuttals for consideration of signature by each Councilmember; the City Attorney is directed to prepare a synopsis of Resolution No. 83-501 pursuant to Elections Code Section 4018; the City Attorney is directed to prepare an impartial analysis of Resolution No. 83-501 pursuant to Elections Code Section 5011, this anal- ysis shall be available to both opponents and proponents by January 24, 1984; the County Registrar of Voters is to be notified that the election is to be held on the above-specified date; the City Manager is authorized to contract with the Alameda County Registrar of Voters for performance of the necessary election activities; and the City budget is hereby amended to provide $17,000.00 for costs associated with conduct of this special election, be introduced and adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Brandes, Mercer, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Butler NOES: None ABSENT: None Councilmember Mercer requested that the general plan be amended at the next general plan hearing date, to remove the line indicating that there will be a road on West Las Positas Boulevard to Livermore. After discussion, it was moved by Councilmember Mercer, and seconded by Councilmember Brandes, that Council initiate an amendment to the Circulation Element of the Pleasanton General Plan to look at the possibility of removing West Las Positas Boulevard east of the City limits from the plan, and tentatively scheduling this matter to be heard by the Council at their meeting of March 27, 1984. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Brandes, Mercer, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Butler NOES: None ABSENT: None Councilmember Mercer requested that the Mayor write a letter to the Pleasanton Meadows Homeowners Association to inform this group that the above action has been taken by Council. Councilmember Brandes advised there is again a problem with Viacom Cablevision and leakage of the Playboy channel to non-subscribers of this X-rated channel. He stated he felt there is some technical incompetency that should be corrected. He reviewed the previous problems and actions that had been taken by Viacom in an attempt to correct the matter. After discussion, it was moved by Councilmember Brandes, and seconded by Councilmember Wood, that Resolution No. 84-16, that the City Council re- affirms its position that receipt of the Playboy channel by non-subscribing households is a violation of the City's Franchise Ordinance which requires that the system shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the "highest and best accepted stan- dards of the industry", and that if Viacom cannot correct the problem by March 1, 1984, or submit an acceptable plan for correcting the problem or demonstrate that the problem does not exist, then Viatom may be declared to be in willful violation of the Franchise Ordinance and may be subject to franchise revocation, be adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Brandes, Mercer, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Butler NOES: None ABSEHT: None 5. 1/9/84