Resolution - 2020-65RESOLUTION NO.2020-65
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING AND
ADOPTING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XIII B of the California Constitution and California
Government Code section 7910, the City Council must, by resolution, establish its appropriations
limit and make other necessary determinations for the upcoming fiscal year, which commences
July 1, 2020 and ends June 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XIII B, as amended, and California Government Code
provisions implementing Article XIII B, the total annual appropriations limit must be calculated
by adjusting the prior year's appropriations limit for changes in the cost of living and population
growth; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8(e) of Article XIII B, to determine the change in the
cost of living, the City may select, by a recorded vote of the City Council, either (a) the percentage
change in California per capita personal income from the preceding year, or (b) the percentage
change in the local assessment roll from the preceding year due to the addition of non-residential
new construction in the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8(f) of Article XIII B and Section 7901(b) of the
California Government Code, the City may, by a recorded vote of the City Council, choose to use
the percentage change in population within the City or within the County of Los Angeles to
determine the change in population; and
WHEREAS, Section 7910 of the California Government Code requires that the City make
the documentation used in the determination of the appropriations limit publicly available at least
fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has elected to utilize the percentage change in California
per capita income from the preceding year of 3.73% to calculate the change in cost of living, and
the population percentage increase for the County of Los Angeles of -0.11% to calculate the
change in population; and
WHEREAS, such documentation was made available for public inspection at least fifteen
(15) days prior to June 23, 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The appropriations limit for the City of West Covina for Fiscal Year 2020-
2021 is established in the amount of $210,460,447.
SECTION 2. The City Council, by recorded vote of the City Council in adopting this
Resolution, selects and determines that, for purposes of establishing the appropriations limit for
Fiscal Year 2020-2021, "change in the cost of living" shall be the percentage change in California
per capita income from the preceding year in accordance with Article XIII B, Section 8(e)(1)(A)
of the California Constitution.
SECTION 3. The City Council, by recorded vote of the City Council in adopting this
Resolution, selects and determines that, for purposes of establishing the appropriations limit for
Fiscal Year 2020-2021, "change in population" shall be the population increase for the County of
Los Angeles in accordance with Section 8(f) of Article XIII B of the California Constitution and
Section 7901(b) of the California Government Code.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall enter
the same in the book of original resolutions and it shall b,
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Tho—mA P. Duage
City Attorney
ATTEST 11
Lis herrick
stant City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-65 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of West Covina, California, at a special meeting thereof held on the 23rd day of June,
2020, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES: Castellanos, Johnson, Shewmaker, Lopez-Viado, Wu
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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LiXj S errick
sistant City Cleric