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~,~~ CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 98-02 RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CERTIFYING THAT CITY ASSESSMENTS COMPLY WITH PROPOSITION 218 WHEREAS, every year cities (and some special districts) throughout Alameda County request the County to place on upcoming property tax bills taxes and assessments that the cities and the special districts have levied; and WHEREAS, this year, because of Proposition 218 concerns, the County Auditor requested the requesting agencies (1) to certify that the taxes and assessments that were to be placed on the 1997/98 tax bill meet the requirements of Proposition 218, and (2) to indemnify the County should there be a challenge to the tax or assessment on grounds that it doesn't comply with the requirements of Proposition 218; and WHEREAS, because City staff had discussed these various assessments at length with the City Council in context of Proposition 218 and because the Council had taken action to continue to levy these various assessments, the City Attorney felt he had the authority to sign a Certification and Mutual Indemnification Agreement with the County in July 1997; and WHEREAS, the County Auditor has requested the City Council to adopt a resolution expressly authorizing the Agreement to be signed and binding the City to the Agreement; and WHEREAS, the City is satisfied that the assessments that it has requested the County to place on the 1997/98 tax rolls meet the requirements of Proposition 218. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The City Council ratifies the City Attomey's action that certified to the County of Alameda that the assessments that the City requested the County to place on the 1997/98 tax roll meet the requirements of Proposition 218.