HomeMy WebLinkAbout8062 - Alleviate Coastal Zone Cities Tax BurdenRESOLUTION NO. 8062
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH URGING THE CALIFORNIA
STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT
• WILL ALLEVIATE THE TAX BURDEN ON COASTAL
ZONE CITIES HAVING REGIONAL PUBLIC BEACH AREAS
WHEREAS, the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act
of 1972 has declared the California coastal zone to be a
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distinct and valuable natural resource belonging to all the
people; and
WHEREAS, the California coastal zone is defined to
include all lands extending seaward to the outer limits of
the State jurisdiction, and extending inland to the highest
elevation of the nearest coastal mountain range, or in certain
areas five miles from the mean high tide line; and
WHEREAS, the properties contained within the coastal
zone have traditionally served as the main tax base to support
the services provided by the numerous local governmental en-
tities having jurisdiction within this zone; and
WHEREAS, the recent passage of the Property Tax
Relief Act of 1972 (S.B. 90) restricts local jurisdictions
from increasing their property tax levels on the property
remaining on the tax rolls, which must continue to support
the required level of services; and
WHEREAS, the extent and nature of many of the local
public services provided within the coastal zone are required
to accommodate the influx of the State's people who visit the
Coast, but who are not presently required to pay taxes to support
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these services, such as road maintenance, police protection,
traffic control, fire protection, rescue operations, ambulance
services, litter control, sanitary facilities, etc.; and
WHEREAS, a recent report prepared for the City of
Newport Beach concludes that of the 9,874,000 persons visiting
• this City's local beaches each year, 85 percent were residents
from areas other than the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, there is a deficit of approximately one
million dollars a year in the revenues attributed to the beach
operations in Newport Beach. Said deficit is being borne solely
by the local taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, the operation, improvement and maintenance
of public recreational beaches and the expenditure of funds
for such purposes is in the interest and for the benefit of
all the people of the State and accordingly constitutes a matter
of State -wide interest; and
WHEREAS, there are other coastal zone cities which,
like the City of Newport Beach, operate public beaches and
other regional recreational areas with maintenance costs being
borne by local taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, it appears that there is a need and ample
justification for the State to assist local communities charged
with the responsibility of operating and maintaining public
beaches and other regional recreational areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach that all the people of the State
of California be afforded the opportunity of sharing in the
cost of coastal preservation and.maintenance for their pleasure,
through a state -wide tax subsidy to the governmental agencies
within the coastal zone.
• BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the
City Council
of the
City of Newport
Beach respectfully urges
the California
State
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Legislature to enact legislation that will alleviate the tax
burden on coastal zone cities having regional public beach
areas, the majority of which tax is now being borne by the local
taxpayers.
• BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the
City Council hereby
requests that
this resolution be
approved
by the Orange County
Division of the League of California Cities in order that it
may be submitted for consideration at the League Annual Con-
ference to be held on October 21 -24, 1973, in San Francisco; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby
request that State Senator Dennis E. Carpenter and Assemblyman
Robert E. Badham introduce appropriate legislation into the
California State Legislature which would alleviate the tax burden
on coastal zone cities having regional public beach areas.
ADOPTED this 30th day of July , 1973.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
J7D AS TH O A:'
CITY CLERIC OF THE CITY OF NE "T
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7/31/73