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6.5.A. - Page 1 <br /> RE PO RT <br /> To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From the City Manager <br /> August 22, 2011 <br /> SUBJECT <br /> Amend Redwood City Municipal Code Regarding Business License Tax <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> Waive second reading and adopt an Ordinance Amending Sections 32.152, 32.153, and <br /> 32.155 of the Redwood City Municipal Code Regarding the Business License Tax <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The current Business License Tax ordinance needs to be modified to bring it current. In <br /> 1990, the City Council adopted the business license tax rates and provided for annual <br /> inflation adjustment rates through Fiscal Year 1994-1995. In 1995, the City Council <br /> amended the rates to provide for ongoing annual inflation adjustments but these were <br /> invalidated by Proposition 218. The rate adjustments made through Fiscal Year 1994- <br /> 1995 remained in effect by authority of the 1990 ordinance. While the City has been <br /> correctly charging the 1990 rates as modified by inflation through Fiscal Year 1994- <br /> 1995, the Municipal Code does not correctly reflect those rates. Therefore, the current <br /> amendment is proposed to bring the Code into compliance with law and with practice. <br /> This ordinance does not go to the voters and is merely a technical correction for <br /> historical purposes. (See Exhibit 1, ordinance Amending Sections 32.152, 32.153 and <br /> 32.155) <br /> ALTERNATIVES <br /> 1. Do not adopt ordinance with proposed amendments, which would result in potential <br /> confusion in the Municipal Code. <br /> FISCAL IMPACT <br /> None. <br /> fj � <br /> PAMELA THOMPSON <br /> CITY ATTORNEY <br /> �� <br /> ROBERT B. BELL <br /> CITY MANAGER <br />