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RESOLUTION NO. 6760
RESOLOTIOH OP THE COUBCIL OF THE CITY OP PALO ALTO
ADOPTING AMEllDJIEBTS 'l'O THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE PLAN
WHBREAS, the City of Palo Alto (the "City") maintains
the City of Palo Alto Dependent Care Assistance Plan (the "Plan")
which is intended to qualify as a dependent care assistance
program under section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended;
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to adopt certain amendments
to said Plan in order to comply with the Technical and Miscellaneous
Revenue Act of 1988 and the Family Support Act of 1988: and
WHEREAS, the City is permitted to amend the Plan pursuant
to Section 8.1 of the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alt~ does
resol~e as follows:
Section 1. That the Council hereby adopts the following
amendments to the Plan to be effective January 1, 1989:
1. Section 2.S(a) of the Plan shall be deleted in its
entirety and the following inserted in lieu thereof:
"(a) a dependent (as defined in section 152
of the Code) of the Participant who is under the
age of 13 and with respect to whom the Participant
is entitled to an exemption under section 152(c)
of the Code, orn
2. Section 5.3 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety
and the following inserted in lieu thereof:
"Annual Report to Participants. On or before
January 31 of each calendar year, the Administrator
shall furnish on the Form W-2 of each Participant
who has received dependent care assistance during
the prior calendar year the amount of &uch assistance
incurred during such calendar year with respect to
the Participant.ft
3. The first sentence of Section 8.2 of the Plan shall
be amended to read as follows:
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"Although this Plan was established with the
intention of being maintained for an indefinite period
of time, the City will have no obligation whatsoever
to maintain the Plan for any given length of time
and may discontinue or terminate the Plan at any
time without liability."
Section 2. The Council finds that this is not a project
under the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore,
no environmental impact assessment is necessary.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: March 13, 1989
AYES: Cobb, Fletcher, Levy, Patitucci, Renzel, Sutorius, Woolley
NOES: None
ABSENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Bechtel~ Klein