HomeMy Public PortalAbout74-145RESOLUTION NO. 74-145
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARSON PROVIDING REVENUE SHARING CREDIT FOR
COUNTY LIBRARY TAXES PAID BY CITY PROPERTY OWNERS
BY ELIMINATING EXISTING TAX AND ESTABLISHING A TAX
IN PLACE THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . Pursuant to Government Code Section 43073, the City Council
of the City of Carson, a city encompassed entirely within the territory of the hereinafter
specified district, hereby elects to pay to the Los Angeles County Free Library District an
amount of money equal to the amount the Library would derive from the imposition of its
tax on all property within the incorporated limits of the city. Such payment shall be in
lieu of the imposition of said district's tax on property within the boundaries of the city.
Section 2. Pursuant to Government Code Section 43073, the City Council
of the City of Carson, in order to generate the funds necessary to make the payment referred
to in Section I of this Resolution, hereby establishes a city tax rate for fiscal year 1974-75
in an amount equal to the amount of the rate set by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Los Angeles for the Los Angeles County Free Library for the 1974-75 f iscaI year. The revenue
from such tax shall be utilized solely for the payment described in Section 1 hereof.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of Carson hereby requests that the
County Tax Col ectl— or I ist the Los Angeles County Free Library on the property tax bill or on
an accompanying statement, clearly indicating that the city has elected to include the cost
of the special district service in a city tax rate rather than have the Library impose the tax.
This Resolution shall serve as direction and authorization to the Los Angeles County Auditor -
Controller to transfer the monies collected pursuant to Section 2 of this Resolution to the
Library.
Section 4. The adpption of this Resolution in no way imposes or implies
the levy of a city property tax for general municipal purposes, and is in fact a step which
is consistent with long-standing City Council policy of seeking to maximize the services
provided by the city without the imposition of a city property tax as a method of paying for
such services.
Section 5. The City Clerk is directed forthwith to mail a certified copy of
this Resolution by certified mail to the Los Angeles County Auditor -Controller, the County
Assessor and the County Tax Collector.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th day of August, 1974.
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five;
that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 74-145, was duly and regularly adopted
by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly
held on the 5th day of August, 1974, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Bridgers, Calas, Marbut, Yamamoto and Smith
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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