SR 07-23-2019 7A
City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: July 23, 2019
Agenda Item: 7.A
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Gigi Decavalles-Hughes, Director, Finance Department, Revenue
Subject: Ordinance Setting FY2019-20 Tax Rate for 2012 Library General Obligation
Bonds
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance (Attachment A)
setting the FY 2019-20 tax rate for the 2012 Library General Obligation Bonds.
Summary
The City pays debt service on voter-approved general obligation bonds, one of which is
the 2012 Library General Obligation Refunding Bonds. Each year, the City Council sets
a tax rate that is added to property tax rates to generate funds to pay bond debt service.
Tax rates change annually based on the scheduled debt service payment as well as
changes in overall City-wide assessed property values. Staff recommends that Council
adopt the attached ordinance setting the FY 2019-20 rate at $.002743 per $100 of
assessed valuation (Attachment A).
Discussion
In August 2002, the City issued $25 million in voter-approved General Obligation bonds
for construction, improvement, and remodeling of the City’s libraries. In May 2012, all
outstanding 2002 funds were refunded by issuance of 2012 Library General Obligation
Refunding Bonds in order to take advantage of lower interest rates. On an annual basis ,
staff calculates the recommended property tax rates based on changes in City-wide
assessed valuation and the amount of the scheduled debt service payment for the year.
Staff calculated the total FY 2019-20 property tax rates for the 2012 refunding bonds to
be $.002743 per $100 of assessed valuation, a decrease of $.000635 per $100 of
assessed valuation from the prior year. The FY 2019 -20 assessed values used to
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calculate the rates are based on preliminary assessed value information from the Los
Angeles County Assessor. Final assessed values were not available at the time of this
report. Any differences between preliminary and final values should be minor and will be
accounted for in next year’s rate calculations. Attachment B provides further detail on
the calculations.
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
The tax revenue generated from the Library Bonds tax rate should be sufficient to cover
FY 2019-20 debt service payments of $1,213,250. Associated revenues (account
number 01800004.400130) and expenditures (account number 01800004.570080) are
included in the FY 2019-21 Adopted Biennial Budget.
Prepared By: David Carr, Assistant City Treasurer
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. 3684-a
B. Ordinance
ATTACHMENT A
CALCULATION OF TAX RATES
Calculation of the FY 2019/20 property tax rates are as follows:
FY 2012 Bonds
$1,079,250
($44,787)Less
$1,034,463
$1,034,463
$37,712,266,156 **/ $100 =Tax Rate of $.002743
*
**
Unsecured revenues are calculated applying the prior year secured tax rate to estimated current year
assessed valuation of unsecured property.
Per Proposition 87,the assessed value used to calculate the tax rate is different depending on whether the
bonds were approved by voters before or after January 1,1989,so that redevelopment agencies do not
receive revenues resulting from these tax override rates to pay debt service on General Obligation bonds
approved by the voters.
For bonds,such as the 2012 bonds approved by voters after January 1,1989,total assessed value in the
City is used to calculate the tax rate.
Assessed values are based on preliminary information from the Los Angeles County Assessor and have
been adjusted to reflect projected delinquent parcels.
Net Requirements for FY 2019/20
Projected net debt service requirements to be financed by a levy
on secured property for FY 2019-20
Projected Unsecured Property Tax revenues for FY 2018/19*
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City Council Meeting: July 23, 2019 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER ____ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA SETTING THE 2019/20
TAX RATE FOR THE LIBRARY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
WHEREAS, at the November 3, 1998 general election, by a favorable vote of
more than two thirds of all the voters voting on the proposition, the issuance of General
Obligation Bonds (the “2002 Bonds”) in the principal amount of $25 million was authorized
for the purposes of construction, improvement, and remodeling of the Main Library and
branch libraries; and
WHEREAS, on July 23, 2002, the City Council adopted Resolution Number
9785 (CCS) authorizing the issuance of the 2002 Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the issuance and sale of the 2002 Bonds occurred in August 2002;
and
WHEREAS, on May 8, 2012, the City Council adopted Resolution Number
10674 (CCS) (the “2012 Bond Resolution”) authorizing issuance of City of Santa Monica
General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2012 (Library Improvements Project ) (the
“2012 Bonds”) to refund the 2002 Bonds in full; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica is empowered and
obligated to levy ad valorem taxes for the payment of the 2012 Bonds and the interest
thereon, upon all property within the City subject to taxation by the City; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the 2012 Bond Resolution, the City Council is
required to fix, levy and collect annually until all of the 2012 Bonds are paid or until there
is a sum in the City Treasury set apart for that purpose sufficient to meet all sums coming
due for principal and interest on said Bonds, a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on
the 2012 Bonds and such part of principal as the same shall become due; and
WHEREAS, the taxes required to be levied and collected by the 20 12 Bond
Resolution shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for City purposes, shall be collected
at the time and in the manner as o ther City ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be
used for no purpose other than payment of the 2012 Bonds and accrued interest thereon.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby sets the Fiscal Year 2019/20 ad valorem
Tax Rate for the City of Santa Monica General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2012
(Library Improvements Project) at $.002743 per $100.00 of assessed value for property
located within the City of Santa Monica.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such
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inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to
effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the Ordinance
would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage
of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official
newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall take effect upon
adoption pursuant to Santa Monica Charter Section 619(c).
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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LANE DILG
City Attorney
REFERENCE:
Ordinance No. 2612
(CCS)