AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 07/15/2020
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Administrative Services Department
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City Council consideration of Resolution No. 2020-100, extending the temporary waiver of all penalties, late fees, and interest imposed upon delinquent payments of business license taxes or transient occupancy taxes and extending the deadline for business license renewals due in June, July, and August 2020.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2020-100, extending the temporary waiver of all penalties, late fees, and interest imposed upon delinquent payments of business license taxes or transient occupancy taxes and extending the deadline for business license renewals due in June, July, and August 2020.
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ANALYSIS:
On March 4, 2020, a State of Emergency was declared in the State of California in response to an outbreak of a novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19. On March 19, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-33-20 ordering all individuals living in the State of California to stay home or at their place of residence, except to obtain essential services. Order N-33-20 has significantly impacted the business community throughout the State, including Corona based businesses. Staff received requests from local businesses to review business license renewal and transient occupancy tax payment deadlines to provide some financial relief to the impacted businesses. The process and payment deadlines are established in the Corona Municipal Code (Business License - Chapter 5.02 and Transient Occupancy Tax - Chapter 3.34).
On April 15, 2020, the City Council approved the following temporary changes for local businesses:
TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAXES
* Waived penalties and interest for delinquent transient occupancy tax payments for a period of 90 days following the adoption of Resolution 2020-019.
BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWA...
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