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88 Page 5 California, on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, a Special Municipal Election for the purpose of submitting the following proposed charter amendments: "Shall a Charter Amendment requiring two-thirds voter approval of future land uses other than agriculture, public parks, certain extractions from San Francisco Bay, or restored wetlands in areas of the City designated as "Park", "Unimproved Areas (Land or Water)", "Future Development Expanding Limits of Urbanization': "Controlled Waterways (Redwood Shores Area)", or "San Francisco Bay Water" in the General Plan or designated as 'Tidal Plain" or "Redwood Shores Bay Front" in the Zoning Code, be adopted?" And, "Shall a Charter Amendment requiring majority voter approval for future land uses other than agriculture, public parks, certain extractions from San Francisco Bay, or restored wetlands on Cargill Lands, approximately 1,450 acres east of Highway 101 and south of Seaport Boulevard, be adopted?" SECTION 2. The fuli text of the proposed charter amendments to be submitted to the voters are attached hereto as Exhibit "An. SECTION 3. The City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the proposed Charter amendments to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the proposed Charter amendments, showing the effect of the proposed Charter amendments on the existing law and the operation of the proposed Charter amendments. The impartial analyses shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk. SECTION 4. Pursuant to Elections Code section 9285(b), the City of Redwood City hereby adopts the provisions of Elections Code section 9285 (a) authorizing and governing rebuttal arguments. All previous resolutions providing for the filing of rebuttal arguments for City measures are repealed. The text of section 9285(a) as hereby adopted is set forth in Exhibit B. Written arguments for and against the proposed Charter amendments shall be filed in accordance with the schedule adopted by the San Mateo County Chief Election Officer. That schedule provides that the last day for primary arguments (300 words) to be submitted is August 8, 2008, and that the last day for rebuttal arguments (250 words) to be submitted is August 15, 2008. Ballot arguments shall be governed by the relevant Elections Code provisions. SECTION 5. With respect to the Two-Thirds Vote Amendment, the City Council shall submit an argument against the measure and either submit or authorize any other person to submit a rebuttal argument to any argument in favor of the measure. (Elec. Code, SS 9282, 9285.). A TTY fRESO/RESO.1830 072408 2