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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 76-2003 RESOLUTION NO. 76-2003 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA A RESOLUTION APPROVING SAN MATEO COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT ANNEXATION PROPOSAL AND MAKING DETERMINATION OF ZERO PROPERTY TAX EXCHANGE PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 282, SECTION 59, PART .05, IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE XIIIA OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION COMMENCING WITH SECTION 95, DIVISION 1, OF THE REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE WHEREAS, state law requires that affected agencies including the City of South San Francisco ("the City") and the San Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District ("the District") negotiate a property tax exchange relating to any proposed annexation to the District; and WHEREAS, the District and the City agree to zero property tax transfer in the annexation area; and WHEREAS, the subject determination has been made prior to and as a condition precedent to the Executive Officer of the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) issuing the Certificate of Filing on said proposal; and WHEREAS, it has been agreed that zero property tax revenue shall be transferred from the City to the San Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District; and WHEREAS, cities in the proposed annexation area have indicated to LAFCO and to the District that they do .not want citizens in their communities to pay for new taxes or assessments to fund the District's operations unless and until those citizens having an opportunity to vote on those new taxes or assessments; and WHEREAS, cities in the proposed annexation area have also indicated to LAFCO and to the District that this basic right to vote on taxes and assessments should preclude any proposal by the District to extend the $3.74 annual parcel tax from the existing District service area into the annexed areas unless and until that parcel tax is subject to a vote of the citizens in the proposed annexation area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby approves the following: 1. No property tax shall be transferred from the City to the San Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District as part of the annexation process. o The City hereby requests that LAFCO' s approval of the application for annexation by the District be conditioned on the District obtaining voter or property owner approval through a ballot or mail ballot process for any taxes or assessments it seeks to impose in the proposed annexation area. This requested provision for voter approval of any new taxes should also be applied to include any effort by the District to extend the $3.74 per year annual parcel tax the District currently imposes in the existing District service area into the new, proposed annexation area. In accordance with Section 3a of Article XmB of the State Constitution, the appropriation limit of the city shall not change based on this agreement. I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of August 2003 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Joseph A. Fernekes, Richard A. Garbarino, and Raymond L. Green, Mayor Pro Tem Karyl Matsumoto, and Mayor Pedro Gonzalez NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: None. ATTEST: City Clerk