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<br />88 <br />Page 13 <br /> <br />signed this proposed Charter Amendment request that the City Council submit it either at <br />the November 4,2008, election if the proposed charter amendment qualifies in time, or at <br />a special election held on the earliest possible date thereafter, or at the very next <br />established election date, whichever occurs first. <br /> <br />Section 4: Interpretation and Severability <br /> <br />This Charter Amendment shall be interpreted so as to be consistent with all federal <br />and state laws, rules, and regulations. If any section, subsection, paragraph, <br />subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, part, or portion of this Charter Amendment is <br />held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a final judgment of a court of competent <br />jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this <br />Charter Amendment. The voters hereby declare that this Charter Amendment, and each <br />section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, part, or portion <br />thereof would have been adopted or passed even if one or more sections, subsections, <br />paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts, or portions are declared <br />invalid or unconstitutional. If any provision of this Charter Amendment is held invalid as <br />applied to any person or circumstance, such invalidity shall not affect any application of <br />this Charter Amendment that can be given effect without the invalid application. This <br />Charter Amendment shall be broadly construed in order to achieve the purposes stated in <br />this Charter Amendment. It is the intent of the voters that the provisions of this Charter <br />Amendment shall be interpreted by the City in a manner that facilitates the purposes set <br />forth in Section 1 of this Charter Amendment. <br /> <br />Section 5: Effect of Alternative Measure on the Same Ballot <br /> <br />This Charter Amendment adopts a comprehensive set of policies for protecting the <br />City of Redwood City's Open Space Lands from being prematurely or unnecessarily <br />developed without prior approval by City voters. By voting for this Charter Amendment, <br />the voters expressly declare that any other measure that appears on the same ballot as this <br />Charter Amendment and conflicts with, or purports to amend, any provision of this <br />Charter Amendment, shall be deemed to conflict with the entire set of policies adopted by <br />this Charter Amendment. Because of this conflict, if this Charter Amendment and any <br />such other measure receive a majority of votes by the voters voting thereon at the same <br />election, then the measure receiving the most votes in favor shall prevail in its entirety <br />and no provision of the other measure shall take effect. <br /> <br />Page 7 <br />