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Orem City Council Agenda - Special Meeting

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Taxation

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Event Start Date & Time

August 20, 2013 05:00 PM

Event End Date & Time

August 16, 2013 03:49 PM

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CITY OF OREM SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING 56 North State Street, Orem, Utah August 20, 2013 This meeting may be held electronically to allow a Councilmember to participate. 5:00 P.M. SPECIAL SESSION - COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION/INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT: By Invitation PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: By Invitation SCHEDULED ITEMS 1. RESOLUTION - Placement of the renewal of the Cultural Arts and Recreation Enrichment (CARE) Tax Opinion Question on the November 5, 2013, Municipal General Election Ballot, and Approval of the Language for the Ballot Title and Ballot Proposition RECOMMENDATION: The Community & Neighborhood Services Manager recommends the City Council, by resolution, (1) place an opinion question on the November 5, 2013, Municipal General Election ballot as to whether or not Orem should renew a citywide sales and use tax of 1/10 of 1% to fund City-owned recreational facilities, the ongoing operating expenses of City-owned recreational facilities, and the ongoing operating expenses of private non-profit cultural organizations in Orem, and (2) approve the ballot title and proposition. PRESENTER: Charlene Crozier POTENTIALLY AFFECTED AREA: Citywide BACKGROUND: There are many worthwhile local cultural arts organizations that enhance the quality of life of Utah?s citizens and promote the continuing growth of Utah?s tourist, convention, and recreational industries. Many of these organizations have difficulty raising sufficient funds to support their day-to-day operations. There is also a need for more public recreational facilities, which are difficult to fund given the financial limitations of most governmental entities. Recognizing these needs, and acknowledging that the State of Utah is unable to sufficiently fund these organizations and facilities in a manner that will assure their continued existence and growth, the Utah Legislature passed a law that allows a City to help support these organizations and facilities by enacting a 1/10 of 1% sales and use tax (1¢ for every $10 spent in Orem). By law, proceeds from the tax must be used to fund recreational, cultural and zoological facilities and botanical, cultural, and zoological organizations. Other governmental entities in Utah have passed this law, and it is sometimes referred to as a ?ZAP? (zoo, arts and parks) or a ?RAP? (recreation, arts and parks) tax. The City of Orem passed a sales and use tax for the purpose of enhancing recreation and cultural arts in 2005. The Orem program has been known as the Cultural Arts and Recreation Enrichment (CARE) Tax. Orem?s CARE Tax will expire in April of 2014 unless renewed for an additional 10 years. Over the course of the 10-year period, the City of Orem intends to use the CARE Tax to fund city-owned recreational facilities, the ongoing operating expenses of city-owned recreational facilities, and the ongoing operating expenses of private non-profit cultural organizations. The CARE Tax can only be renewed if a majority of Orem voters voting in a regular general election or a municipal general election vote in favor of enacting the tax. The proposed resolution places the CARE Tax opinion question on the November 5, 2013, Municipal General Election ballot and establishes the language to be placed on the ballot related to the CARE Tax. If a majority of people voting in the November 5, 2013 election vote against enacting the CARE Tax, may the City Council still enact the CARE Tax? No. If a majority of people voting in the November 5, 2013 election vote in favor of enacting the CARE Tax, what must the City Council do to enact the CARE Tax? The City Council would have to pass a resolution or ordinance establishing the CARE Tax and then give various notices required by State law. Who decides how the CARE Tax revenues will be used? The Orem City Council. How can the CARE Tax revenues be used? State law allows the Cultural Arts and Recreation Tax revenues to be used to fund (1) publicly-owned recreational, cultural, and zoological facilities in the city, and (2) the ongoing operating expenses of publicly-owned recreational facilities, (3) botanical, cultural, and zoological organizations in the city. Each of these terms is defined by state law, and the state law definitions appear below. However, the proposed resolution limits the use of the tax proceeds in Orem to City-owned recreational facilities, the ongoing operating expenses of City-owned recreational facilities, and the ongoing operating expenses of private non-profit cultural arts organizations. A ?recreational facility? means any publicly owned or operated park, campground, marina, dock, golf course, playground, athletic field, gymnasium, swimming pool, trail system, or other facility used for recreational purposes. A ?cultural organization? means a private non-profit organization or institution having as its primary purpose the advancement and preservation of natural history, art, music, theater, dance, or cultural arts, including literature, a motion picture, or storytelling. If the City of Orem renews the CARE Tax, when can it first be levied? April, 2014. If the City of Orem renews the CARE Tax, how long will it be levied? Ten years. After ten years, the tax will terminate unless the City re-authorizes the tax by going through the same vote/approval process. ADJOURNMENT

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56 North State Street
Orem, 84057
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