Upon filing of the proposed initiative measure, the city clerk shall assign a number to each such initiative petition and forthwith transmit one copy of the measure proposed, bearing such number, to the city council, the city manager and to the city attorney. Within 10 days after the receipt of an initiative measure the city attorney shall formulate therefor and transmit to the city clerk, the city council, the city manager and the individual or committee proposing such measure an initiative statement in the form of a question containing the essential features of the measure. (Ord. 2230 § 6, 1975.)