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.
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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