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WHEREAS,based on all of the information presented at the July 7, 2014 regular meeting of the City Council,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: 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 CountyRegistrar of Voters. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 10400 et seq., the election for this measure shall be consolidated with the established election to be conducted on November 4,2014. Further,the City Council urges the Alameda County Registrar of Voters to assign the title of"Z"to the measure. 3. Ballot Language. The question to be presented to the voters shall be as follows: To protect/maintain local services, including: 911 emergency response;neighborhood police patrols/anti-gang enforcement; library programs for children, adults/families; after school programs for children/teens including, homework assistance/reading programs; school police officers/crossing guards; repairing potholes/maintaining residential streets; and other City services, shall the City of San Leandro extend Measure Z and set the sales tax at V2 cent for 30 years, with citizens oversight, annual audits, all funds for San Leandro, no funds for Sacramento? YES NO 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 approved,by a 2/3 vote of all members of the City Council,the ordinance,the form thereof, and its submission to the voters of the City at the November 4, 2014 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, shall be made available to the public upon request. The ordinance specifies that the rate of the transactions and use tax shall be one-half of one-percent (0.5%)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 half of one percent(0.5%) 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 thirty(30)years. The State Board of Equalization shall collect the tax from retailers subject to the tax and remit the funds to the City. RESOLUTION NO.2014-074 3