City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 5, 2013
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend and Reordain Section 3-1-5 of the City Code to Remove the Real Estate Tax Dedication To the Affordable Housing Initiatives Account. (Alternatively, Consideration of a Resolution to Reaffirm the Tax Dedication to the Affordable Housing Initiatives Account.)
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ISSUE: To remove the real estate property tax rate dedication of $0.006 cents per $100 of assessed value to the Affordable Housing Initiatives Account, with no change in the amount of funding for the program for Fiscal Year 2014.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council approve, on first reading, the attached ordinance that removes the $0.006 cents of real estate tax rate dedicated to the Affordable Housing Initiatives Account and set it for public hearing and final approval on Saturday, June 15.
If Council wishes to continue the dedication, vote "no" to the attached ordinance. Alternatively, a resolution will then need to be adopted to reaffirm the continuation of the dedicated set-aside for the Affordable Housing Initiatives Account.
DISCUSSION: As part of the adoption of the FY 2014 budget on May 6, Council approved an ordinance to set the City's real estate property tax rate and motion to remove the dedication of $0.006 cents of the real estate tax rate to the Affordable Housing Initiatives Account, with no change in the amount of funding budgeted for the program.
During the FY 2014 budget process, the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee (BFAAC) expressed opposition to the use of revenue set-asides (automatic revenue dedications) that fall outside of the General Fund or Capital Improvement Program (CIP) ...
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