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Yes To maintain effective 9-1-1 response; retaining firefighters and police officers; addressing homelessness; fixing streets; maintaining parks, youth and senior services, and unrestricted general revenue purposes; shall the sales tax be increased one and one half (1.5) No cents until 2029 providing approximately $60 million dollars annually, then reduced to one (1) cent providing approximately $40 million dollars annually, until 2039, requiring annual audits, citizens oversight and for Santa Ana use only? Section 3. Should said measure be approved by the requisite vote, the ordinance attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by this reference shall be enacted. Section 4. That the text of the Ordinance to be submitted to the voters is attached to this Resolution as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference ("Ordinance"). Section 5. That pursuant to Elections Code Section 9280, the City Council hereby directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the Ordinance to the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis of the Ordinance which shall not exceed 500 words in length. Section 6. That pursuant to Elections Code Section 9282, the City Council may file a written argument in favor of the Ordinance in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the Elections Code and may.change the argument as allowed by law. Section 7. That pursuant to Elections Code Section 9287, if more than one argument for or more than one argument against the Ordinance is submitted to the City Clerk within the time prescribed by law, he or she shall select one of the arguments in favor and one of the arguments against the Ordinance for printing and distribution to the voters, giving preference in such selection in the following order: 1, The City Council, or a member or members of the City Council authorized by the City Council. 2. Bona fide associations of citizens. 3. Individual voters who are eligible to vote on the Ordinance. Section 8. That pursuant to Elections Code Sections 9220 and 9285, when the City Clerk has selected the arguments for and against the Ordinance which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the City Clerk shall send copies of the argument in favor of the Ordinance to the author or authors of the argument against; and copies of the argument against the Ordinance to the author or authors of the argument in favor, The author or Resolution No. 2018-058 Page 2 of 14 55A-32