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H8d_ Dill=: ~~ -:-. 00"- .~ -:l<: ~ :: .;;.? CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATE ON AN INITIATIVE PETITION CHARTER AMENDMENT State of California ) county of San Mateo ) S City of Redwood City ) I, Silvia M. Vanderlinden, City Clerk of the City of Redwood City, do hereby certify that: 1. On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 11 :20 a.m., Mr. Ralph Nobles submitted to the OffICe of the City Clerk an Initiative Petition entitled: "A CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS VOTE Of CITY VOTERS TO CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION OR ZONING ORDINANGE USES FOR CERTAIN LANDS IN THE CITY". 2. In accordance with California Elections Code sections 9255(c) and 9210(a)t the County Election officials' last relevant official report of registered voters in the City of Redwood City was 35,123. A charter initiative shall be signed by not less than 15 percent of sard registered voters. Thus, the petition was required to be signed by not less than 5,268 registered voters. 3. In accordance with California Elections Code sections 9210 and 9266, I accepted and examined the Petition that was filed with my office. 4. The Petition sections contained 8,124 unverified signatures. One Petition section with 20 signatures was withheld from the verification process because it was not securely fastened as required by law. (Elec. Code, 9 9263.) 5. In accordance with California Elections Code section 9114, I have examined, or caused to be examined. the signatures on the Petition sections and found 6,527 were valid signatures; 6. Based on this examination and in accordance with Elections Code sections 9114 and 9266, the Initiative Petition is hereby acknowledged as sufficient and certified as such this 20th day of June 2008; 7. The Petition is being certified as sufficient notwithstanding the fact that a review of the Petition sections by the San Mateo County Elections Office found that 4.174 of the 8,105 unverified signatures appear on Petition sections that were not circulated by a voter or a person qualified to register as a voter of the City of Redwood City, in violation of Elections Code sections 9261 and 9209. That requirement. however. has been found to be unconstitutional by a California Court of Appeal and therefore is not being relied upon. (See Preserve Shorecliff Homeowners v. City of San Clement (2008) 158 Cal.App.4th 1.427.) ,/ IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereb seal this 20th of June 2008. 7A Page B