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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 00-C139RESOLUTION NO. 00-C139 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS REGARDING CITY MEASURES AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS. WHEREAS, a General Municipal election is to be held in the City of Azusa, California, on Tuesday, MARCH 6, 2001, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following measures: Measure A: Shall Ordinance No. 2000-13 be adopted which amends the City's business license tax to 1) repeal the exemption that allows some businesses generating gross receipts of less than $5,000 to pay no tax and 2) require out-of-town businesses to pay business license taxes based on a formula to ensure that all gross receipts are counted during a calendar year? Measure B: Shall Ordinance No. 2000-14 be adopted which amends the City's business license tax on rental properties (of four or more units) to charge a flat tax on each unit, indexed to inflation, instead of the current formula based on gross receipts? NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the City Council authorizes any and all members of the City Council to file written arguments in Favor or Against City measures, accompanied by the printed names and signatures of the persons submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed names and signature of at least one of its principal officers, in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the Elections Code of the State of California and to change the argument until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk after which no arguments for or against the City measures may be submitted may be submitted to the City Clerk. SECTION 2. That the City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the measures to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measures showing the effect of the measures on the existing law and the operation of the measures. The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary arguments. SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 41" day of December, 2000. MAYOR I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 4" day of December, 2000, by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, BEEBE, MADRID NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK -2-