HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 013-1977as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 13- 77
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BURLINGAME OPPOSING THE REDISTRIBUTION OF
SALES TAX REVENUES ON THE BASIS OF POPULATION
RESOLVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame, California,
WHEREAS, statutory authority to levy a sales tax was enacted for
the cities of California in 1948 to provide said cities with new revenues and
to relieve the property owner of greater tax burden; and
WHEREAS, said authority was revised in 1955 under the Bradley -
Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law to provide statewide uniformity in
administration of the tax; and
WHEREAS, the present method of allocating sales tax revenues to
cities is based upon a percentage of the gross receipts of all retail sales
within a City; and
WHEREAS, many cities in California have voluntarily, through
their long-range planning and zoning powers, restricted the development of
sales tax revenue -providing land uses while actively promoting the development
of more aesthetically desirable residential uses; and
WHEREAS, other cities in the State have voluntarily permitted the
development of the commercial and industrial land uses which generate sales
tax revenue, while recognizing the significant additional costs to the City
and the problems associated with such land uses; and
WHEREAS, an effort is now being made to persuade the State
Legislature to institute a reform in the distribution of sales tax revenue
through a per capita formula; and
WHEREAS, such a per capita distribution would be grossly unfair
to cities such as Burlingame which have actively promoted the development of
commercial and industrial land uses;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME does
RESOLVE as follows:
1. That the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME is opposed
to any change in the local Sales and Use Tax Law which would redistribute
sales tax revenues on the basis of population.
2. That a duly certified copy of this resolution will be sent
to the Revenue and Taxation Committee of the State Legislature, to Senator
John F. Foran, to Assemblyman Louis J. Papan, and to the League of California
Cities.
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I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day of February, 1977, and adopted
thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup-Harrison-Mangini-Martin
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Crosby
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RESOLUTION NO. 13- 77
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j A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
I OF BURLINGAME OPPOSING THE REDISTRIBUTION OF
SALES TAX REVENUES ON THE BASIS OF POPULATION
RESOLVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame, California,'
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as follows:
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WHEREAS, statutory authority to levy a sales tax was enacted for
the cities of California in 1948 to provide said cities with new revenues and
to relieve the property owner of greater tax burden; and
WHEREAS, said authority was revised in 1955 under the Bradley -
Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law to provide statewide uniformity in
administration of the tax; and
WHEREAS, the present method of allocating sales tax revenues to
cities is based upon a percentage of the gross receipts of all retail sales
within a City; and
WHEREAS, many cities in California have voluntarily, through
their long-range planning and zoning powers, restricted the development of
sales tax revenue -providing land uses while actively promoting the development
of more aesthetically desirable residential uses; and
WHEREAS, other cities in the State have voluntarily permitted the
development of the commercial and industrial land uses which generate sales
tax revenue, while recognizing the significant additional costs to the City
and the problems associated with such land uses; and
WHEREAS, an effort is now being made to persuade the State
Legislature to institute a reform in .the distribution of sales tax revenue
'!through a per capita formula; and
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!j WHEREAS, such a per capita distribution would be grossly unfair
to cities such as Burlingame which have actively promoted the development of
:commercial and industrial land uses;
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME does
i RESOLVE as follows:
1. That the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME is opposed
to any change in the local Sales and Use Tax Law which would redistribute
sales tax revenues on the basis of population.
2. That a duly certified copy of this resolution will be sent
to the Revenue and Taxation Committee of the State Legislature, to Senator
John F. Foran, to Assemblyman Louis J. Papan, and to the League of California
Cities.
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I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day of February, 1977, and adopted
thereafter by the following vote:
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-; AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup-Harrison-Mangini-Martin
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None '
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: t
Crosby
City Clerk
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