R-10248EPWM:CP:measurevresolution Santa Monica, California
Council Meeting: September 25, 2007
RESOLUTION NUMBER 10248
(City Council Series)
(CCS)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
SETTING INCOME LIMITS FOR CLEAN BEACHES AND OCEAN PARCEL TAX
EXEMPTION ELIGIBILITY
WHEREAS, the people of the City of Santa Monica adopted a Clean Beaches
and Ocean Parcel Tax in November 2006 by adding to Section 7.64 of the Santa
Monica Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.64.060 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code authorizes
the City Council to establish by resolution special exemption procedures and eligibility
criteria based on income, age or disability for the Clean Beaches and Ocean Parcel
Tax; and
WHEREAS, one of the means to achieve fair and equitable eligibility criteria for
exemption from the Clean Beaches and Ocean Tax is to set a maximum gross
household income limit for exemption eligibility that is a reasonable amount in terms of
the present economy,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The maximum dollar amount of gross household income for single
person households for purposes of Clean Beaches and Ocean Parcel Tax Exemption
eligibility shall be Twenty Five Thousand and Two dollars ($25,002).
SECTION 2. The maximum dollar amount of gross household income for
households of two or more persons for purposes of Clean Beaches and Ocean Parcel
Tax Exemption eligibility shall be Twenty Eight Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars
($28,650).
SECTION 3. On July 1, 2008 and in subsequent years on the same date
thereafter, the maximum dollar amounts of gross household income for single and two
or more person households for purposes of Clean Beaches and Ocean Parcel Tax
Exemption eligibility as set forth in Section I and Section II shall be adjusted by the Los
Angeles -Riverside -Orange County Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the previous calendar year.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
M RSH ONES M UTRIE
City Attor ey
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Adopted and approved this 25th day of September, 2007.
Ric and Bloom, Mayor
I, Maria Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 10248 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 25th day of September, 2007, by the following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Genser, Holbrook, McKeown, O'Connor, Shriver
Mayor Bloom
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: Mayor Pro Tem Katz
ATTEST:
Maria Stewart, City CI