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FAILED TO PASS BY VOTE OF PEOPLE ON NOVEMBER 2, 2010 <br /> ORDINANCE NO 2737 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ADDING CHAPTER 3 18 TO THE <br /> REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE ENACTING A ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT <br /> (0 50%) TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE <br /> STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Redlands (the "City") has been severely impacted by the <br /> decline in national, state and local economies, and significant State takeaways, and <br /> WHEREAS, the City has slashed its budget by cutting service positions, including <br /> cuts to public safety, purchasing essentials with grant funding, conserving energy to keep <br /> costs down, and participating in purchasing pools with other cities to lower expenses, and <br /> WHEREAS, all City employees have made salary and/or benefit concessions, and <br /> WHEREAS, the declining economy and State money grabs have taken a <br /> significant toll on the City's ability to continue providing vital services to City residents <br /> that protect the public peace,health, safety and welfare of the community, and <br /> WHEREAS, the significant cost saving measures the City has employed in recent <br /> years to address the ongoing budget crisis, including the consolidation of job duties, <br /> significant reductions in staffing levels, reallocation of resources for absorption by funds <br /> other than the General Fund, sales of assets and deferment of equipment purchases, <br /> increases in service fees and the creation of assessment districts will not be sufficient to <br /> avoid significant service disruptions, and <br /> WHEREAS, the tax provided for in this ordinance is a general tax, enacted solely <br /> to raise revenue for any and all municipal purposes to be effective for a period of ten(10) <br /> years, and shall be placed into the City's General Fund, and is not enacted for regulation <br /> purposes, <br /> THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS <br /> FOLLOWS <br /> Section 1 The recitals set fortli above are true and correct, and are hereby <br /> incorporated into this Ordinance in their entirety <br /> Section 2. A new Chapter 3 18 relating to the City of Redlands' enactment of a <br /> Transactions and Use Tax is hereby added to Title 3 ("Revenue and Finance") of the <br /> Redlands Municipal Code to read as follows. <br /> 1 <br />