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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 18, 2016 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:16-384 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:RESOLUTION Establishing November 8, 2016 as the Date for a Municipal <br />Election on a Proposed Ballot Measure Seeking Voter Approval to Increase <br />the City’s Existing Transient Occupancy Tax for General Fund Purposes from <br />Ten Percent (10%) to Fourteen Percent (14%), Establishing Policies and <br />Procedures in Connection with Such an Election, and Requesting that the <br />Alameda County Registrar of Voters Conduct Such an Election, and <br />Requesting that the City Attorney Prepare and File an Impartial Analysis of the <br />Proposed Ballot Measure <br />WHEREAS, on November 21, 1983, pursuant to its authority under California Revenue and <br />Taxation Code section 7280 et seq., the City Council of the City of San Leandro (“the City <br />Council”) adopted Ordinance No. 83-033, codified as Title 2, Chapter 2-10 of the Municipal <br />Code, which provides for the imposition and collection of a general excise tax on the privilege <br />of using hotel accommodations in the City (a “transient occupancy tax” or “TOT”) to be paid by <br />hotel users and collected by hotel operators; and <br />WHEREAS, Article XIIIC, section 2(b) of the California Constitution requires that any general <br />tax, such as the TOT, must be approved by a majority vote of the voters voting on the issue of <br />the increase of the tax; and <br />WHEREAS, the City requires additional revenue to fund important City programs; and <br />WHEREAS, Article XIIIC, section 2(b) of the California Constitution requires that an election <br />by the voters to approve a general tax must be consolidated with a statewide general election <br />at which members of the City Council will be elected; and <br />WHEREAS, November 8, 2016 is the date of the statewide general election at which <br />members of the City Council will be elected; and <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/13/2016 <br />579