HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1985 (Paramedic Tax Rate for FY2020-21)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. 1985
AN 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 2020-2021, FOR IMPROVED
RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF SAN
RAFAEL, COUNTY SERVICE AREA NO. 13, COUNTY SERVICE AREA NO. 19, AND
THE MARINWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT
is a true 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 1st day of June 2020; a
SUMMARY of Ordinance No. 1985 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 15th day of June 2020, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Colin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Gamblin
WITNESS my hand and the official
Seal of the City of San Rafael this
6th day of May 2020
_______________
LINDSAY LARA
City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. 1985
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 2020-2021, FOR IMPROVED RESIDENTIAL AND NON-
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL, COUNTY
SERVICE AREA NO. 13, COUNTY SERVICE AREA NO. 19, AND THE
MARINWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT
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 residential 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 $95.00 per residential unit for residential properties and $0.132 per square foot of
buildings on non-residential properties, which rates are the maximum rates approved by
voters in those County Service Areas; and
WHEREAS, the current annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rate in the
Marinwood Community Services District is $85.00 per residential unit for residential
properties and $0.11 per square foot of structures on non-residential properties, which rates
are the maximum rates approved by voters in that Community Services District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after reviewing the proposed budget recommendation
of the City Manager, finds that for the City of San Rafael, the annual Paramedic Service
Special Tax rate for residential properties should be adjusted to $99.00 per residential unit,
and the non-residential properties tax rate should be adjusted to $0.140 per square foot of
buildings; for the County Service Area No. 13 and County Service Area No. 19, the annual
Paramedic Service Special Tax rate for residential properties should remain at $95.00 per
residential unit, and the non-residential properties tax rate should remain at $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 residential 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
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year 2020-2021; 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 annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rate within their respective
jurisdictions, at $95.00 per residential 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 residential
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 2020-2021, at $99.00 per year for each residential unit, and $0.140 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 2020-
2021, at $95.00 per year for each residential 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 2020-2021, at
$85.00 per year for each residential 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 any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid.
Division 5. This Ordinance shall be published once, in full or in summary
form, 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 (30) days
after its final passage. If published in summary form, the summary shall also be
published within fifteen (15) days after the adoption, together with the names of those
Councilmembers voting for or against same, in a newspaper of general circulation
published and circulated in the City of San Rafael, County of Marin, State of California.
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GARY O. PHILLIPS, Mayor
Attest:
Lindsay Lara, City Clerk
The foregoing Ordinance No. was introduced at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of
the City of San Rafael, held on the 1st day of June 2020, and ordered passed to print by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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 15th day of June 2020.
LINDSAY LARA, CITY CLERK
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