HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2026 (Paramedic Tax Rates for Fiscal Year 2023-24)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. 2026
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AMENDING
THE PARAMEDIC SERVICE SPECIAL TAX RATES WITHIN THE VOTER-APPROVED
LIMITS, COMMENCING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024, FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS
AND NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES 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 17th day of April 2023;
a SUMMARY of Ordinance No. 2026 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 1st day of May 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Hill, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Kertz
WITNESS my hand and the official
Seal of the City of San Rafael this
2nd day of May 2023
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LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. 2026
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AMENDING
THE PARAMEDIC SERVICE SPECIAL TAX RATES WITHIN THE VOTER-APPROVED
LIMITS, COMMENCING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024, FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS
AND NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES 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 residential units and non-residential structures within the City of
San Rafael; and
WHEREAS, the City, pursuant to three separate 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 and to $0.14 per square
foot of non-residential structures; 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 $104.00 per residential unit and $0.140 per square foot of non-
residential structures; 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 rates in County
Service Area No. 13, and County Service Area No. 19, are $95.00 per residential unit and
$0.132 per square foot of non-residential structures, which rates are the maximum rates
approved by voters in those County Service Areas; and
WHEREAS, the current annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rates in the
Marinwood Community Services District are $85.00 per residential unit and $0.11 per square
foot of non-residential structures, 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 basic rate is insufficient to cover
the cost of providing the paramedic service to San Rafael residents; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rates
should be adjusted to $108.00 per residential unit, and remain at $0.140 per square foot of
non-residential structures; for the County Service Area No. 13 and County Service Area No.
19, the annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rates should remain at $95.00 per residential
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unit, and remain at $0.132 per square foot of non-residential structures; and that for
Marinwood Community Services District, the annual Paramedic Tax rates should remain at
$85.00 per residential unit, and remain at $0.11 per square foot of non-residential structures;
these rates will cover the cost of providing paramedic services within these service areas for
fiscal year 2023-2024; 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
continuing of the annual Paramedic Service Special Tax rates within their respective
jurisdictions, at $95.00 per residential unit, and at $0.132 per square foot of non-residential
structures; 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 rates within its jurisdiction, at $85.00 per residential
unit, and at $0.11 per square foot of non-residential structures.
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 2023-2024, at $108.00 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 2023-
2024, 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 2023-2024, 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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THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was first read and introduced at a Regular Meeting of the
City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 17th day of April 2023, 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 1st day of May 2023.
AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Kertz
KATE COLIN, Mayor
Attest:
LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk