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1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated by reference. 2. Call Election; Placement of Measure on the Ballot. Pursuant to California Constitution Article XIIIC, Section 2; Government Code Section 53724; and Elections Code Section 9222, the City Council of the City of San Leandro hereby calls an election at which it shall submit to the qualified voters of the City, a measure that, if approved, would adopt a temporary general transactions and use tax, as authorized by Revenue and Taxation Code section 7285.9. This measure shall be designated by letter by the Alameda County Elections Department. Pursuant to Election Code Section 10400 et seg., the election for this measure shall be consolidated with the established election to be conducted on November 2, 2010. 3. Ballot Language. The question to be presented to the voters shall be as follows: San Leandro Temporary Emergency Funding. To protect and maintain local services, such as fire and 9-1-1 emergency YES response times, neighborhood police patrols, investigation and gang suppression officers, library hours/programs, street and pothole repairs, youth after-school and senior programs, and other general City services, shall the City of San Leandro enact aquarter-cent sales tax, for seven years, reviewed by a NO citizens' oversight committee, annual independent audits, and all funds for San Leandro and no funds for Sacramento? 4. Proposed Ordinance. The ordinance authorizing the general tax to be approved by the voters pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Resolution is as set forth in Attachment 1 hereto. The City Council hereby approves the ordinance, the form thereof, and its submission to the voters of the City at the November 2, 2010 election, as required by Revenue and Taxation Code section 7285.9, subject to the approval of a majority of the voters voting on the measure at the election called by the adoption of this resolution. The entire text of the ordinance, attached hereto as Attachment 1, shall be made available to the public upon request. The ordinance specifies that the rate of the transactions tax shall be one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the gross receipts of any retailer from the sale of all tangible personal property sold at retail in the City; it specifies that the rate of the use tax shall be one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the sales price of tangible personal property stored, used or otherwise consumed in the City, and that the tax shall be in effect for seven years. The State Board of Equalization shall collect the tax from retailers subject to the tax and remit the funds to the City. 5. 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. 3