59R-5258
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RESOLUTION NO. 5258
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM URGING THE ORANGE COUNTY REPRE-
SENTATIVES IN THE LEGISLATURE TO OPPOSE THE
ENACTMENT OF ASSEMBLY BILL 919.
WHEREAS, the City Council do~s find that there is
pending in the California Legislature Assembly Bill 919 pro-
viding for the creation of Metropolitan Fire Protection Authori-
ties; and
WHEREAS, said Assembly Bill 919 vests unlimited taxing
power in the Board of Supervisors and authorizes the imposition
of higher taxes on property within cities than on property outside
of cities without the right of effective protest on the part of
the cities affected, and authorizes a metropolitan fire protection
authority to impose preperty taxes completely without limitation
as to rate; and that it authorizes a higher tax rate on all
property within incorporated areas than on property outside of
cities, and authorizes a reduction of tax rates within unincorpo-
rated areas where the reduction is limited to .05 per hundred
with no comparable limitation on increased tax rates within in-
corporated areas; and
WHEREAS, said Assembly Bill 919 authorizes the creation
of a multiplicity of tax zones both within and without cities for
the levy of special benefit taxes on property within such zones,
and that no effective method is provided for protesting by vote
or assessed valuation of property in such zone the establishment
thereof; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does find that the enactment
of Assembly Bill 919 should be opposed and that the representatives
from Orange County in the State Legislature should be urged to
oppose the enactment of said Assembly Bill;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Anaheim that the representatives from Orange County
in the State Legislature, be, and they are hereby, urged to
oppose the enactment of Assembly Bill 919, authorizing the creation
of Metropolitan Fire Protection Authorities.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and she
is hereby, authorized and directed to prepare certified copies of
this Resolution and forward them to the Honorable John A. Murdy,
Jr., State Senator, and to the Honorables Richard T. Hanna and
Bruce Sumner, State Assemblymen from Orange County.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me
this 26th day of May, 1959.
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MAYOR OF HE CI . M
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) s s .
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 5258 was in-
troduced and adopted at a regular meeting, provided by law; of the
City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 26th day of "May,
1959, by thefollowiog vote of the members thereof:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT :
COUtCILMEN:
" COU~ILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
Borden, Coons, Fry, Pear~on and Schutte.
None.
None.
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of" Anaheim
approved and signed said Resolution NO. 5258 on the 26th day of May,
1959.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 26th day of
May, 1959.
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