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