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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution for Approval of the 2014 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan and Request for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to Place a 30-Year Extension and Augmentation Measure for the Existing Transportation Sales Tax on the November 4, 2014 General Election Ballot
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the 2014 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan (Plan) and request that the Board of Supervisors place it on the November 4, 2014 ballot. The ballot measure supported by this Plan will extend and augment the existing half-cent sales tax for transportation in Alameda County for a 30-year term and add an additional half-cent sales tax for the transportation programs and projects described in the 2014 Plan.
BACKGROUND
In 1986, voters approved Measure B, a half-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 approved by the voters in the 2000 Measure are either underway or complete. Funds that go to Alameda County cities and other jurisdictions to maintain and improve local streets, provide critical transit service, provide transportation services for seniors and persons with disabilities, as well as implement bicycle and pedestrian safety projects will continue until the current Measure B expenditure plan ends in 2022.
In 2012, 66.53 percent of Alameda County voters supported a 2012 Transportation Expenditure Plan; it was just 721 votes shy of achieving the two-thirds majority necessary to pass. Because of the strong voter support and the ongoing and growing need for transportation investments in Alameda County, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) unanimously appro...
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