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RESOLUTION NO. 78-122
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING
ORANGE COUNTY DIVISION OF LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA
CITIES SUPPORT OF SUGGESTED COUNTY REVENUE
POLICY RELATING TO UNINCORPORATED AREA SERVICES
~'~'II}iI~[!AS tl~e concept of paying for benefits received is one of the
basic pri. nciples of equity in governmental taxation, and
!;'ItI~RI~AS tl~is concept has become especially important due to the
passage of Proposition 13 in ,June of 1978, and
IVIIERI~AS an inequity l~as developed in the funding of municipal or
local gover~mental services provided by the Count}- in unincorporated areas
of the County b?., comparison ~ith tl~e funding of similar services by Cities
~'ithin their political boundaries, and
I~:t. II.:,I{EAS the County of Orange is presently in the process of
reviexv/.ng revenue alternatives to note equitably support the cost of govern-
mental services provided and to replace the lo. ss of revenue caused by
implementation of Proposition 13, and
I~'ttiiP,[iAS the County of Orange is a leader State-~'ide in exploring many
ne~ concepts in achieving greater efficiency, effectiveness a~d equity
througl~ cool}eration and shared revenue programs, and
%¥['ER[.:AS the County of Orange serves i.n the dual role as provider of
certain loc?.l governmental services to unincorporated areas as t,'ell as
provider of man7 County.-~,~ide services to incorporated and unincorporated
areas alike,
NO!'i, TIlEREFORE Bi! IT RESOI,VED BY TII[! CITY OF TUSTIN that the Orange
County Division of the l.eague of California Cities and its member cities are
urged to support the follo~,'ing recommendat'io~ to the Orange Count>' Board o£
Supervi sots'
1. 2hat tile County adopt the concept of segregating a!;propr[ate
revenues and costs for serving unincorporated areas and establish
an accounting and budgeting system to implement the concepts.
]he suggested implementing steps are as follo~,s:
a. Identify services provided unincorporated areas ~,'hich are
provided by cities in incorporated areas.
b. Identify the cost of such services.
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c. Identify and place into a local Governmental Services Fund,
the revenues ~l~ich are equivalent to City revenues (Sales
taxes, Franchise fees, Traffic fines, permit fees, the
equivalent gasoline tax revenues and motor vehicle license
fees, etc.) to defray tile cost of such local services.
d. Identify tile net deficit and create fees and other charges to
fully fund those local governmental Services.
e. Establish such changes as are necessary to reflect such a
cost al location ~¢ithin the County's accounting and budgeting
struc t ti're.
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Resolution No. 78-122
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November 20, 19 78
2. That the County consider tlle establishment of fees, charges or .......
taxes for thc following local governmental services, in'so 'far a
the revenues placed in the Local Governmental Services Fund do
not fully cover the costs. Excluded should be the costs for
County-wide aspects of the particular service. Certain of tile
following services have been fully funded in recent )'ears such as
Fire Protection, Library Services and Street Lighting.
a. Animal Control
b. Building Regulation
c. Planning and Zoning Administration
d. Law Enforcement
e. Fire Protection
f. l, ibrary Services
g. Parks and Recreation Services
h. Road Construction and Maintenance
i. Street Lig}~t ing
j. Traffic Control
k. County overhead costs supporting the above local governmental
servi ecs.
3 qq~at the Cities of the County support tl~e County in securino
adequate State funding of Cotmty-wide functions such as courts,
and health and welfare costs so as to insure adequate resources
to perform all of tl~e important County-wi. de functions.
AND BE IT FURT}tER RESOL\.'E[) by the City of 'rustin th'at the Orange
Cotmty Division of the l,eague of California Cities and its members cities
commend the Orange County Board of Supervisors for' tl~eir creative develop-
ment .of cooperative efforts and shared ftmding programs that have made
Orange County an innovative leader in governmental service.
PASSED ga.'ND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of tile City Council of the
City of Tustin, California held on the 20th day of November, 1978.
ATTEST'
N,..C I TY CLERK
DB' dpj; 11/14/78
STATE OF CALIFOPd'~IA)
COUNTY OF OILRNGE )SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
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RUTII C. POE, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of t]~¢: 'City
Council of tl~e City of Tustin, California, does hereby
certify that the whole numJ~er of the me:nbers of the City
Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and
foregoing Resolution No. 78-122 was duly and regularly
introduced, read, passed and adopted at a regular meeting
of tl~e City Council l~eld on the__.20th~- ........ _day of' November .......
1978, by tl~e following vote'
AYES- COUNCILMEN' WELSH, SCHUSTER, SALTARELLI,_. _ ~.-~KENNEDY--- _ .~_
NOES' COUNCILMEN' NONE ...........
ABSENT -
COUNCILMEN '
SHARP
~-i-ty Clerk, city~' Tustin, California