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1 • Fees charged to alcoholic beverage licensees to mitigate the effect of public <br />2 nuisances associated with these businesses; <br />3 • Fees imposed at landfills on waste haulers based upon tonnage to encourage <br />p p g <br />4 <br />recycling; <br />5 <br />• <br />6 Fees on MTBE production to pay for clean-up of polluted groundwater; <br />7 • The state's Oil Spill Prevention Fund (if it had been enacted after July 1, 1999); <br />8 • Fees on substandard housing to pay for the cost of inspecting and mitigating the <br />9 effects of the substandard housing; <br />10 <br />• Downtown Business Improvement District assessments; and <br />11 <br />12 WHEREAS, Proposition 37 will also result in costly litigation to determine its <br />13 ultimate application; and <br />14 WHEREAS, Proposition 37 is supported by the oil, tobacco and alcohol industry and <br />15 other business groups who currently pay fees to mitigate the societal impacts of their products <br />16 <br />and activity; and <br />17 <br />18 WHEREAS, existing law already clearly distinguishes between fees and taxes <br />19 <br />imposed by local governments and requires different procedures to be used for adopting each; <br />20 and <br />21 WHEREAS, Proposition 37 will interfere with the ability of the City of Colton to <br />22 legitimately impose fees to mitigate the specific and particular local impacts of businesses on <br />23 <br />the community and instead, shift the burden to taxpayers. <br />24 <br />25 NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON HEREBY <br />26 RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: <br />27 <br />28 <br />2 <br />