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03/23/2020 ORDINANCE NO. 2480 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ADDING CHAPTER 32, ARTICLE XIII TO THE REDWOOD CITY MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL TAX FINANCING LAW WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City (the "City") has broad constitutional "home rule" authority as a California charter city, pursuant to State Constitution Article XI, Section 5; and WHEREAS, City Charter Section 3 provides that, except as prohibited by the State Constitution or restricted by the City Charter, the City shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever, and that the enumeration of particular powers by the Charter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, it being intended that the City shall have and may exercise all powers which, under the State Constitution, it would be competent for the City Charter to enumerate; and WHEREAS, City Charter Section 71 provides that general laws of the State applicable to municipal corporations, including those relating to "municipal affairs," and which are not in conflict with the provisions of the City Charter or with ordinances or resolutions hereafter enacted shall be applicable to the City; and WHEREAS, the Mello -Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5, commencing with Section 53311 of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the California Government Code; the "Mello -Roos Act'), provides an alternative method of financing certain public capital facilities and services through the levying of special taxes and the incurrence of bonded indebtedness and other debt within the boundaries of a community facilities district; and WHEREAS, Section 53311.5 of the Mello -Roos Act provides that the Mello -Roos Act shall not affect or limit any other provisions of law authorizing or providing for the furnishing of governmental facilities or services or the raising of revenue for these purposes; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to exercise its power pursuant to State Constitution Article XI, Section 5 and City Charter Section 3 to establish a system by which it may levy special taxes to finance capital facilities and services within the boundaries of the City, and such system is supplemental to, and not in conflict with, alternative taxing systems identified in the City Charter and in the laws of the State of California, including the Mello -Roos Act; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all information related to this matter, as presented at the public meeting of the City Council identified herein, including any supporting reports by City Staff, and any information provided during public meetings. ATTY/ORD.515/CC ORD ADDING CHAPTER 32 ARTICLE XIII TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL TAX FINANCING LAW ORDINANCE NO. 2480 REV: 03-02-2020 PR MUFF N0, 305 Page 1 of 4