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WHEREAS, at its June 7, 2010 meeting, the City Council adopted a budget for FY 2010 -11 that recognized the need for additional revenue to maintain and preserve the level of services desired by residents of the City; and WHEREAS, at its July 19, 2010 meeting, the Council considered calling a special election to seek voter approval of a proposed general transactions and use tax (or "sales tax "), as authorized by Revenue and Taxation Code section 7285.9; and WHEREAS, at that meeting, the City Council concluded that all of the information presented indicated that, to obtain the revenue necessary to maintain and preserve service levels, the Council should call an election to ask the voters of the City to approve a 7 -year local transactions and use tax, the revenue from which could be used to support general municipal services; and WHEREAS, on the basis of the foregoing, the City Council determined that it was appropriate to place a measure regarding a general transactions and use (sales) tax before the voters at the November 2, 2010 general election; and WHEREAS, the tax to be submitted to the voters, if approved, would be imposed on the sale of tangible personal property and the storage, use, or other consumption of such property. The tax rate would be one - quarter of one percent (0.25 %) (a quarter cent for each dollar) of the sales price of the property. The tax revenue would be collected by the State Board of Equalization and remitted to the City. The tax would be in effect for 7 years, and would then expire automatically, unless extended by the voters. The tax shall be approved if the measure receives at least a simple majority of affirmative votes; and WHEREAS, the San Leandro City Council is authorized by California Elections Code Section 9222 to place measures before the voters; and WHEREAS, Elections Code Sections 9281 through 9287 set forth the procedures for arguments in favor of and in opposition to any City measure and for rebuttal arguments; and WHEREAS, it is desirable that the election be consolidated with the statewide election to be held on the same date and that within the City, the precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the county election department of the County of Alameda canvass the returns of the General Election and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election; and WHEREAS, based on all of the information presented at the July 19, 2010 meeting, both written and oral, including the staff reports, minutes, and other relevant materials, the City Council finds that under CEQA Guidelines 15060(c)(2) and 15378, subdivisions (2) and (4) of subdivision (b), this tax does not constitute a project under CEQA and therefore review under CEQA is not required. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows: