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1. Placement of Measure on the Ballot. Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9222, the City Council hereby resolves that the ballot for the November 4, 2008 election shall include a measure that, if approved, would impose on real property a police services parcel tax, beginning January 1, 2009 through June 30, 2014 to pay for police services. (a) Ballot Language The ballot language for the measure shall be as follows: POLICE SERVICES PARCEL TAX MEASURE. Shall the current level of police protection services be YES maintained at a minimum of 94 sworn police officers by adoption of an ordinance imposing a parcel tax in an annual amount of $60 for single-family residences, $40 per multi-family/mobile home unit, $12 per thousand square feet for CommerciaUlndustrial, $10 per thousand square feet for Non-Profit/Places of Worship and $3 per NO thousand square feet for Unimproved Land, such parcel tax to end after four years? 2. Proposed Ordinance. The ordinance authorizing the special tax to be approved by the voters pursuant to Section 1 is as set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto. The City Council hereby approves the submission of the ordinance to the voters of the City at the November 4, 2008 election. 3. Publication of Measure. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause notice of the measure to be published once in the official newspaper of the City of San Leandro, in accordance with Section 12111 of the Elections Code and Section 6061 of the Government Code. 4. Request to Consolidate and Conduct Election and Canvass Returns. (a) Pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda is hereby requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide Election on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, for the purpose of placing the measure set forth in Section 1 on the ballot. (b) The County of Alameda Election Department is authorized to canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used. (c) The Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the County of Alameda Election Department to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the consolidated election.