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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. (d) The City of San Leandro recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the County of Alameda by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for any costs. 5. Submission of Ballot Argument and Impartial Analysis. (a) The last day for submission of direct arguments for or against the measure shall be by 5:00 p.m. on August 11, 2008. (b) The last day for submission of rebuttal arguments for or against the measure shall be by 5:00 p.m. on August 21, 2008. (c) Direct arguments shall not exceed three hundred words and shall be signed by not more than five persons. (d) Rebuttal arguments shall not exceed two hundred fifty words and shall be signed by not more than five persons; those persons may be different persons than the persons who signed the direct arguments. (e) The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure by August 21, 2008. (f) Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9282, the Revenue Ad Hoc Committee of the City Council ("Ad Hoc Committee") is hereby authorized to prepare a written argument in favor of the proposed measure, not to exceed 300 words, on behalf of the City Council. At the Ad Hoc Committee's discretion, the argument may also be signed by members of the City Council or bona fide associations or by individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure. In the event that an argument is filed against the measure, the Ad Hoc Committee is also authorized to prepare a rebuttal argument on behalf of the City Council, which may also be signed by members of the City Council or bona fide associations or by individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure. RESOLUTION NO. 2008-097