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8E The communication part of our existing UUT needs to be updated. Since the original UUT Page 2 ordinance was written in 1983 there has been significant technological advances and changes in this area. Our present UUT ordinance is out of date with today's technology and needs to be rewritten to make it clearer and more equitable. At the June 25, 2007 city council meeting, staff was directed to present a clearer more technological up to date communication users tax (telephone and video services) ordinance for consideration by the city at the July 9, 2007 city council meeting. At that time, the city council will consider whether to introduce the ordinance and order placement on the November 6,2007 consolidated general municipal election. Attached hereto as Exhibit "A" is a general tax entitled Communication Users Tax, which would among other matters: 1. add Article Viii, Chapter 32 to the Redwood City Municipal Code; 2. provide for a reduction in the rate of the tax from five (5%) percent to four (4%) percent; 3. modernize the language of the telephone and video services utility users tax so as to be applied equitably to all persons regardless of the type of equipment or technologies used to receive such services; 4. would provide for an audit of exemptions revenues, and expenditures; and 5. confirm the past collection of such revenues. Attached hereto as Exhibit "B" is a proposed resolution placing the ordinance before the voters of Redwood City at the consolidated general municipal election of November 6, 2007. If the city council orders this ordinance to be placed on the ballot, the city attorney should be directed to prepare an impartial analysis and council member should be authorized to sign ballot arguments in favor of the ballot measure. Fiscal Impact The Finance Director is working with Muni Services LLC (the City's utility users' tax auditor) to obtain a more accurate estimate of the net impact that this proposed measure may have on the City's utility users' tax revenue. Unfortunately, as of the date the staff report was finalized, this estimate had not yet been provided. Accordingly, the Finance Director will share this estimate as part of the staff presentation on July 9,2007. pilL. .-.--;... ( -4 /. 1. L ,), ~ .~v/L /:9\-/L\~ './ /'-:t ,-,. ~. Stan Yamamoto City Atto~f1ey ......r'.'..'; /'" ~j : I' ( . /I // /1/ \ " I ! /;/i....' /~ "J;:: - /~~ ,.- .../~~,t\ ('1<t~;/""'~ /' .4{ft,C I.t, r {Ec{Everett City Manager Brian Ponty Finance Director , "'-....-. Attachments: Exhibit "A" Exhibit "B" 2