HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1958 (Paramedic Services Special Tax)CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk of the City of San Rafael, and Ex-Officio Clerk of the
Council of said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing
ORDINANCE NO. 1958
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
AMENDING THE PARAMEDIC SERVICE SPECIAL TAX RATES WITHIN THE
VOTER-APPROVED LIMIT, COMMENCING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019, FOR
RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF SAN
RAFAEL, COUNTY SERVICE AREA NO. 13, AND COUNTY SERVICE AREA NO. 19.
($95.00 FOR RESIDENTIAL AND $0.132 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR NON-
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES), AND FOR RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES IN THE MARINWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT ($85.00
FOR RESIDENTIAL AND $0.11 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES)
is a tme and correct copy of an Ordinance of said City, and was introduced at a REGULAR
meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 7th day of May 2018; was
published as required by City Charter in the MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, a newspaper
published in the City of San Rafael, and passed and adopted as an Ordinance of said City at a
REGULAR meeting of the City Council of said City, held on the 21 5t day of May 2018, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCll...MEMBERS: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: COUNCll...MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCll...MEMBERS: None
WITNESS my hand and the official
Seal of the City of San Rafael this
22 nd day of May 2018
~~~
LINDSA Y LARA
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1958
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
AMENDING THE PARAMEDIC SERVICE SPECIAL TAX RATES WITHIN THE
VOTER-APPROVED LIMIT, COMMENCING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019,
FOR RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY
OF SAN RAFAEL, COUNTY SERVICE AREA NO. 13, AND COUNTY
SERVICE AREA NO. 19. ($95.00 FOR RESIDENTIAL AND $0.132 PER
SQUARE FOOT FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES), AND FOR
RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE
MARINWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT ($85.00 FOR
RESIDENTIAL AND $0.11 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES)
WHEREAS, the electors of the City of San Rafael in 1979 and in 1988, adopted a
Paramedic Service Special Tax (Chapter 3.28 of the San Rafael Municipal Code) to be imposed
annually upon all improved residential and non-residential properties within the City of San
Rafael; and
WHEREAS, the City, pursuant to three separate Joint Powers Agreements, provides
paramedic services to Marinwood Community Services District, County Service Area No. 13,
and County Service Area No. 19; and
WHEREAS, on November 2, 2010, the electors of the City of San Rafael approved
Measure "I", subsequently designated as Ordinance No. 1891, increasing the ceiling on the
Paramedic Service Special Tax rate to $108.00 per living unit for residential properties and to
$0.14 per square foot of buildings on non-residential properties; and providing a corresponding
increase in the appropriations limit; and
WHEREAS, Paramedic Service Special Tax rates were approved by the electors of
County Service Area No. 13 and County Service Area No. 19 by elections held in November
2006 and November 2011, and by the electors of Marinwood Community Services District by an
election held in November 2006; and
WHEREAS, the current annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rate in the city limits of
the City of San Rafael and in County Service Area No. 13, and County Service Area No. 19, is
$92.00 per living unit for residential properties and $0.125 per square foot of buildings on non-
residential properties; and
WHEREAS, the current annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rate in the Marinwood
Community Services District is $85.00 per living unit for residential properties and $0.11 per
square foot of structures on non-residential properties; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after reviewing the proposed budget recommendation of
the City Manager, finds that for the City of San Rafael, County Service Area No. 13 and County
Service Area No. 19, the annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rate for residential properties
should be adjusted to $95.00 per living unit, and the non-residential properties tax rate should
be adjusted to $0.132 per square foot of buildings; and that for Marinwood Community Services
District, the annual Paramedic Tax Rates for residential properties should remain at $85 .00 per
living unit, and the non-residential tax rate should remain at $0.11 per square foot of buildings;
these rates will cover the cost of providing paramedic services within these service areas for
fiscal year 2018-2019; and
WHEREAS, County Service Area No. 13 and County Service Area No. 19, based upon
budgets recommended to them, have advised the City that they approved of the setting of the
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annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rate within their respective jurisdictions, at $95.00 per
living unit for residential properties, and at $0.132 per square foot for buildings on non-
residential properties; and
WHEREAS, Marinwood Community Services District, based upon budgets
recommended to them, have advised the City that they approved of the continuing of the annual
Paramedic Service Special Tax rate within its jurisdiction, at $85.00 per living unit for residential
properties, and at $0.11 per square foot for buildings on non-residential properties;
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Rafael does ordain as follows:
Division 1. Pursuant to San Rafael Municipal Code Section 3.28.060, the City
Council hereby sets the tax rate for paramedic services within City limits commencing in fiscal
year 2018-2019, at $95.00 per year for each living unit, and $0.132 per square foot for non-
residential structures.
Division 2. The City Council hereby sets the Paramedic Tax Rates for County
Service Area No. 13 and County Service Area No. 19, commencing with fiscal year 2018-2019,
at $95.00 per year for each living unit, and $0.132 per square foot for each non-residential
structure.
Division 3. The City Council hereby sets the Paramedic Tax Rates for Marinwood
Community Services District, commencing with fiscal year 2018-2019, at $85.00 per year for
each living unit, and at $0.11 per square foot for each non-residential structure.
Division 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance
is for any reason held to be invalid, such holding or holdings shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase
thereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses,
or phrases be declared invalid.
Division 5. This Ordinance shall be published once in full before its final passage in
a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of San Rafael, and shall
be in full force and effect thirty days after its final passage.
Attest:
Lindsay Lara, City Clerk
The foregoing Ordinance No. 1958 was read and introduced at a Regular Meeting of the City
Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 7th day of May 2018, and ordered passed to print
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
Councilmembers: None
Councilmembers: None
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and will come up for adoption as an Ordinance of the City of San Rafael at a Regular Meeting of
the Council to be held on the 21st day of May 2018 .
LINDSAY LARA, CITY CLERK
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