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06/08/2020 RESOLUTION NO. 15850 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ADOPTING A CANDIDATE STATMENT FEE WHEREAS, on February 20, 2020, the City Council of the City of Redwood City ("City") adopted an ordinance establishing campaign contribution limits and voluntary expenditure limits (the "Ordinance"); and WHEREAS, under the Ordinance, City Council candidates who agree to voluntary expenditure limits may submit a 400 -word written statement for placement on the City's website; and WHEREAS, City Council candidates who do not agree to voluntary expenditure limits may still submit a statement to be placed on the City's website, along with a fee to be established by resolution; and WHEREAS, it is the general policy of the City to charge for the full costs of services provided by City staff when such services benefit individual users rather than members of the community as a whole; and WHEREAS, the City Clerk Department has conducted an analysis of the labor costs associated with the fee, in order to ensure that the fee charged reflects the actual costs to the City and the City's taxpayers in providing those services; and WHEREAS, a duly -noticed public hearing was held by the City Council on June 8, 2020 regarding the adoption of the proposed Candidate Statement Fee; and WHEREAS, at least ten (10) days prior to the public hearing, the City made available to the public data indicating the amount of cost, or estimated cost, required to provide the services for which the proposed Candidate Statement Fee will be charged and the revenue sources anticipated to provide the services, including general fund revenues. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AS FOLLOWS: 1. The above recitals are accurate, constitute findings in this matter, and are incorporated herein by reference. 2. The amount of the proposed Candidate Statement Fee does not exceed the estimated amount or the reasonable costs required to provide the service for which the fee or service charge is levied. ATTY/RESO.0035/CC RESO CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE STATEMENT FEE RESO. NO. 15850 REV: 05-26-2020 PR MUFF NO. 205 Page 1 of 3