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Adoption of Resolution Calling an Election to be Consolidated with the City's Next General Municipal Election on November 8, 2016, and Submitting to the Voters at That Election a Measure, the Utility Modernization Act, That Proposes to Amend the City Charter by Amending Section 12-6 to Reaffirm Alameda Municipal Power's Annual General Fund Transfer and Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Repealing Chapter 3-59 and Replacing It with a Modernized Utility Users Tax Ordinance; Consider Authoring a Direct and Possible Rebuttal Argument; and Direct the City Attorney to Prepare the Impartial Analysis. (City Manager 2110)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Adoption of Resolution Calling an Election to be Consolidated with the City's Next General Municipal Election on November 8, 2016 and Submitted to the Voters at That Election a Measure, the Utility Modernization Act, That Proposed to Amend the City Charter by Amending Section 12-6 to Reaffirm Alameda Municipal Power's Annual General Fund Transfer and Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Repealing Chapter 3-59 and Replacing It with a Modernized Utility Users Tax Ordinance; Consider Authoring a Direct and Possible Rebuttal Argument; and Direct the City Attorney to Prepare the Impartial Analysis
BACKGROUND
On June 7, 2016, the Council unanimously directed staff to prepare the Utility Modernization Act ballot measure for submission to the voters. This staff report submits the proposed legislative changes to the City's Utility Users Tax Ordinance and the City Charter. It recommends that the City Council adopt a Resolution calling for and giving notice of a General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 and ordering the submission of the Utility Modernization Act to the voters. If the measure is approved by a majority of the voters, it would modernize the City's existing Utility User Tax Ordinance and amend the...
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