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Staff Report for Approval of the 2012 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan and Request for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to Place an Extension and Augmentation Measure of the Existing Transportation Sales Tax on the November 6, 2012 Ballot
Staffreport
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the 2012 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan (TEP) and request that the Board of Supervisors place it on the November 6, 2012 General Election ballot.
The ballot measure prepared for the TEP provides for the augmentation and extension of the existing half-cent sales tax for transportation in Alameda County, authorizing an additional half-cent sales tax through 2022 and extending the full cent in perpetuity to fund the transportation programs and projects described in the 2012 TEP. Approval of the TEP is in the best interest of the City of San Leandro to maintain and improve the roadways that make up the transportation system of San Leandro and the surrounding jurisdictions of Alameda County.
BACKGROUND
In 1986, voters approved Measure B, a 1/2 cent sales tax, to fund transportation improvements and programs throughout Alameda County. In November 2000, Alameda County voters approved an extension of the first sales tax through 2022 to fund a new set of project and program investments throughout the county. All of the major projects promised to and approved by the voters in the 2000 Measure are either underway or complete. Funds that go to cities and transit agencies to maintain and improve local streets, provide critical transit service and services for seniors and persons with disabilities, as well as bicycle and pedestrian safety projects, will continue until the current Measure B expenditure plan ends in 2022.
While the existing measure will remain intact through 2022, the 2012 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan (TEP) was developed for three reasons:
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