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ORDINANCE NO. 2005
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
2022-2023, 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, the current annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rate in the city limits
of the City of San Rafael is $99.00 per residential unit for residential properties and $0.140
per square foot of buildings on non-residential properties; 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 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 $104.00 per residential unit,
and the non-residential properties tax rate should remain at $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
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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
year 2022-2023; 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 2022-2023, at $104.00 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 2022-
2023, 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 2022-2023, 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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KATE COLIN, Mayor
Attest:
LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk
The foregoing Ordinance No. 2005 was introduced at a Regular Meeting of the City Council
of the City of San Rafael, held on the 4th day of April 2022, and ordered passed to print by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
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 18th day of April 2022.
LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 2005
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 2022-2023, 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
This Summary concerns a proposed ordinance of the City Council of the City of San
Rafael, designated as Ordinance No. 2005, which will set the Paramedic Service Special Tax
rates for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 for properties in the City of San Rafael, County Service Area
No. 13 (CSA No. 13), County Service Area No. 19 (CSA No. 19), and the Marinwood
Community Services District (CSD) as detailed in the complete text of Ordinance No. 2005.
Ordinance No. 2005 is scheduled for adoption by the San Rafael City Council at its regular
meeting of April 18, 2022. The City Clerk has been directed to publish this Summary pursuant
to City Charter and California Government Code section 36933(c)(1).
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE
The City of San Rafael has adopted, with required voter approval, San Rafael Municipal
Code (SRMC) Chapter 3.28, the Paramedic Service Special Tax, to be imposed annually upon all
improved residential and non-residential properties within the City of San Rafael. In addition,
pursuant to three separate Joint Powers Agreements, San Rafael provides paramedic services to
CSA No. 13, CSA No. 19, and Marinwood CSD. The City Council sets the annual tax rates within
those jurisdictions by ordinance pursuant to SRMC Chapter 3.28. Ordinance No. 2005 would set the
annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rates for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 as follows:
Jurisdiction Residential Property Rate Nonresidential Property Rate
City of San Rafael: $104.00/residential unit $0.140/square foot of structures
CSA No. 13: $95.00/residential unit $0.132/square foot of structures
CSA No. 19: $95.00/residential unit $0.132/square foot of structures
Marinwood CSD: $85.00/residential unit $0.110/square foot of structures
For a complete copy of the text of the Ordinance amending the Municipal Code, please
contact the San Rafael Fire Department at (415) 485-3304 or by email:
fire.department@cityofsanrafael.org. Copies of the Ordinance containing this Municipal Code
amendment are also available for public review by contacting the City Clerk’s office by email to
Lindsay.lara@cityofsanrafael.org
/s/ Lindsay Lara
LINDSAY LARA
San Rafael City Clerk
Dated: 04/06/2022