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July 7, 2006 Page 2 3. If the Council adopts its own resolution of sufficiency, the Council shall proceed to immediately consider the petition by introducing the ordinance proposed by the petition subject to procedures under Section 3-8 and 3-10 of the Charter. a. In other words, the Council may adopt the proposed ordinance by majority vote on first and second reading as if it were adopting its own ordinance, including publication in two daily newspapers of general circulation. b. The Council may amend the proposed ordinance, but if the amendment is unfavorable to a majority of the petitioners' committee, the original proposed initiative ordinance is submitted to the voters. C. The Council may fail to adopt or reject the proposed ordinance, and the ordinance will be submitted to the voters of the County at the next general election on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. No more than 60 days can elapse between the time of first reading of the initiative proposal as a bill and completion of consideration to adopt, amend, or reject the same. The ballot must contain an objective summary of the substance of the measure and shall have below the ballot title designated spaces in which to mark the ballot FOR or AGAINST the measure. The proposed initiative ordinance must receive a majority of the voters voting in its favor to be adopted. Based upon the 2004 general election turnout of 57,994 voters, 28,998 votes to adopt the bill would be needed. Of course, this number will change based on the voter turnout in the 2006 general election. For the Council's consideration under #3, I am submitting a properly formatted bill for an ordinance that contains the same language proposed on the Save Our Land Citizens' Committee petition. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Constance R. Kiriu County Clerk Att.