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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 6637 (Appraisal Review Program)RESOLUTION NO. 6637 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING . THE SIGNING OF A CONTRACT, LEASE OR AGREE1illNT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL RESOLVES as follows: The MAYOR and CITY CLERK are authorized to execute, on behalf of the City of San Rafael, a contract, lease or agreement with the County of Marin to enter into the Assessor's Neighborhood Appraisal Review Program a copy of which is hereby attached and by this reference made a part hereof. I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly intro- duced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on Tuesday the sixth day of September 1983 , by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Breiner, Frugoli, Jensen, Miskimen & Mayor Mulryan NOES: COUNCIL:rvlE~ffiERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILME1ffiERS: None 1.~ ~LEONCINI. City Clerk L JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT FOR ASSESSOR'S NEIGHBORIlOOD APPRAISAL REVIEvl PROGRAM This agreement is dated September 6, 1983 ,and is entered between the County of Marin and those Marin County public agencies authorized to receive ad valorem"property taxes, which choose to participate in the Marin County Assessor's Special Neighborhood Appraisal Program defined herein and so signify by the execution of this agreement. RECll'l\LS This agreement is predicated upon the following facts: 1. The parties are public agencies or entities organized and operating under the laws of the State of California. 2. The parties receive ad valorem property taxes and desire to participate in a Special Neighborhood Appraisal Review Program to ,increase property tax revenues by identification of inaccurately evaluated property for assessment purposes. 3. Sections 6500 through 6515, inclusive, of the Government Code permit tvlO or more public agencies to jointly exercise under an agreement any power 'which is common to each of them. 4. Each of the parties desires to enter into an agreement with each of the other parties for the purposes stated in Paragraph Two of these Recitals. Now, therefore, for and covenents, and agreements follows: in considera tion of mutual benef i ts, set forth herein, the parties agree as 1 Section ~ ~uthority ~ ~~~ ~. This agreement is made under the authority of Sections 6500 through 6515, incl us i ve, of the Government Code amo_ng those public agencies with property tax authority within Marin County which choose to participate in the Harin County Assessor's Special Neighborhood Appraisal Program. B. The purpose of this agreement is to finance a special app- raisal program which would otherwise not be performed, so that the property tax revenues of participating agencies will be increased by identification of properties with increased values. Section ~ Program Definition. The Assessor's Special Neighbor-hood Appraisal Program is def ined as a separate und distinct operation of the Marin County Assessor's Office, devoted to the identification and assessment of real property improvements which would otherwise escape the a _ttention of the Assessor's Office during -regular operations. All work hours, productions records, and resulting changes io assessed value shall be separately accounted for from the regular work performed in the normal course of operations. Section ~ ~ ~ ~greement. This agreement becomes effective upon its execution by the Assessor, the County of Mar in and any addi tional qualified party described in the Recitals. Section ~ Allocation Q1 Expensco. The County of N~rin shall be responsible for all expenses related to the Special Neighborhood Appraisal Program. Section ~ Distribution Qf Reyenue. Except as provided in Section VI below, the iocr-eased revenue derived from the Special Neighborhood Appraisal Program shall be calculated and distributed as follows: On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the Harin County l\ssessor shall deliver to the Mario County Auditor-Controller a list categorized by tax rate area of each Assessor's Parcel which was reviewed in that fiscal year by the Special Neighborhood l\pprJlinal Program. For each Assessor's Parcel so reviewed, the Assessor shall indicate the situs address, the year of valuation or assessment, and the increased assessed value identified by the Special Neighborhood 2 Appraisal Program. The Auditor-Controller shall calculate the appropriate distribution of property tax revenue for each tax rate area, and include such distribution in the property tax revenue accruing to each taxing enti ty wi thin the tax rat~ area. section ~ Initial County Allocation. For the first two fiscal years fol16wing the fiscal year in which the Assessor has identified increased value derived from the Special Neighborhood l\ppraisal Program described above, the Audi tor-Controller shall distr ibute, to the County of Har in general fund, all such increased revenue for all Assessor I s Parcels wi thin the boundar ies of the signa tory parties. The County allocation shall also include revenue der i ved f rom any pr ior year escaped assessments identif ied by the Special Neighborhood Appraisal Program. This allocation shall be conclusively deemed to be a reasonable payment, by the involved taxing agencies, to the County of Marin, to defray the costs it incurred hereunder, and shall be identified as such in their budgets. Section ~ Neighborhoods ~ ~ Reviewed. The Special Neighborhood Appraisal Program will operate only in tax rate areas of the signatory parties. The Assessor shall retain authority to determine which neighborhoods will receive priority among those within the tax rate areas of the signatory parties, but he shall emphasize those neighborhoods in which more of the authorized taxing entities are signatory parties. Nothing contained herein shall detract from periodic county-wide review of property by the Assessor. section VIII. Additional Members. The County shail determine whether additional agencies will be allowed to become signatories. Section.IX.... h'ithdrawal.Q.f Membcrshil2.o.. Any signatory party may withdraw its membership from the agree- ment upon not less than thirty (30) days written notice to the Assessor. Notwithstanding such withdrawal, all allocations of taxes under Paragraph VI shall continue until satisfied. Section L. If this agreement is declared to be illegal by a court of competent jurisdiction, and Marin County is required to repay taxes 3 -. collected and distributed to any signatory agency, said sums shall be deducted from said agencY's"annual allocation of ad valorem property taxese Section ~ Amendment. This agreement may be amended by resolution of the gover- ning board or city council of any of the then parties hereto, with the approval of the County Assessor and Harin County Board of Supervisors. In witness whereof the parties have executed this Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement as of the day any year first above written. Attest: Clerk of the Board CITY OF SAN RAFAEL Agency ~S=_Ud~~~ ltJ"i:yor or Chief presidingOficer Attest:~~.~.c:"'.' C1:-t.y Clerk 4