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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Pleasanton has determined that the City will experience a severe fiscal hardship if the recommendation of the State Department of Finance to "borrow" $2 billion of local property taxes is supported by the Governor and the Legislature; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council strongly and unconditionally opposes the May 5 proposal of the State Department of Finance and any other state government proposals to borrow or seize any additional local funds, including the property tax and the city's share of the Prop. 42 transportation sales tax; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council strongly urges the State Legislature and Governor to suspend the enactment of any new mandates on local governments until such time as the economy has recovered and urges the state to provide complete funding for all existing and any new mandates. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk shall send copies of this resolution to the Governor, our state senator(s), our state assembly member(s) and the League of California Cities. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton at a regular meeting held on June 2, 2009. I, Karen Diaz, City Clerk of the City of Pleasanton, California, certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 2 day of June, 2009, by the following vote: Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain: Karen Diaz, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Michael H. Roush, City Attorney