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Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Strategic Consulting and Revenue Measure Feasibility Polling Services in the Amount of $225,000 Using Existing Previously Appropriated Funds
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement for execute strategic consulting and revenue measure feasibility polling services with Clifford Moss.
Background & Analysis
As has been discussed publicly in numerous forums including prior meetings of the City Council, the City Council Finance Committee, as well as the City Council Facilities and Transportation Committee, the City of San Leandro continues to face various long-term financial needs and challenges for which existing revenue streams do not provide sufficient resources to address, including:
* Unfunded deferred maintenance, capital projects, and infrastructure needs, including significant road repair obligations
* Legacy pension obligations
* Lean staffing levels
* Fire station reconstruction & seismic safety
* Fire Dept. vehicles & medical equipment
On July 10, 2023 the City Council directed staff to execute a scientific community survey that was intended to elicit feedback from the community about City service priorities, as well as to gauge the potential viability of a potential revenue measure that could appear on the upcoming November 2024 ballot. The survey work referenced above was conducted in December 2023, and explored three potential measures, all of which would require voter authorization:
* General obligation bond
* Parcel tax
* Increased Utility User Tax (UUT)
Of the above three measures, both the general obligation bond as well as the parcel tax would require two-thirds supermajority support from the electorate, whereas an increase to the UUT would require simple majority support.
Along with the survey work, members of the City Council along with members of the...
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