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File #: 211565    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 3/24/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/25/2021 Final action: 3/25/2021
Enactment date: 3/25/2021 Enactment #: 211565
Title: Requesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to authorize the City to impose a Real Estate Transfer Fee.
Code sections: Home Rule Petition -
Attachments: 1. Real Estate Transfer Fee HRP Resubmission

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Requesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to authorize the City to impose a Real Estate Transfer Fee.

 

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To the Honorable Council:

 

I hereby request your consideration and approval of the draft home rule petition to authorize the city to impose a real estate transfer fee.  Please note that this is the same home rule petition approved by the City and submitted to the state Legislature in 2018; but because the local approval has expired pursuant to the Legislature's Joint Rules, we are seeking re-approval so that it can be refiled with the Legislature. 

 

My staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully,

 

Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor