DATE: June 18, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Interim City Manager
SUBJECT
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Adoption of a Resolution Establishing November 5, 2024, as the Date for an Election on a Proposed Ballot Measure Asking Hayward Voters to Extend Without Increasing the City of Hayward Half-Cent Sales Tax for an Additional Twenty Years
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council takes the following actions to place a ballot measure to extend without increasing the City of Hayward half-cent sales tax for an additional twenty years at the November 5, 2024, election: 1. Adopts the attached Resolution (Attachment II) approving the proposed ballot question as it will appear on the ballot, and the underlying ordinance to be enacted, and requesting the Alameda County Board of Supervisors authorize the Registrar of Voters to provide election services and canvass the returns; and 2. Directs the City Attorney to develop an impartial analysis of the proposed measure.
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SUMMARY
The Hayward half-cent sales tax was enacted on June 3, 2014, by passage of Measure C. Having reached the halfway point in the 20-year authorization of the sales tax, Council directed staff to consider how to use the sales tax dollars for the remaining 10 years as well as the potential for addressing emerging needs through an extension of the tax beyond 2034. At the May 21 Council meeting, Staff presented the results of community listening and polling which showed that 66% of sampled voters reported support for a 30-year extension and 72% for a 20-year extension. At that meeting, Council directed staff to return with a resolution to add a ballot measure to the November ballot extending the half-cent sales tax by an additional 20 years to 2054. The attached resolution (Attachment II) is the mechanism by which Council would place this measure on the November 5, 2024, ballot for voter consideration.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Reso...
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