CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
MAY 21, 2024
PRESENTATIONS
Item#15
WS 24-018
Potential Ballot
Measure to Extend
Without Increasing
the City of Hayward
Half-Cent Sales Tax
M E A S U R E C : N E X T S T E P S
City Council Work Session | May 21, 2024
To restore and maintain Hayward city services and facilities, including firefighting/emergency medical services; improving police protection for neighborhoods; replacing the aging library with a 21st century facility including safe space for after-school homework and tutoring; repairing potholes and streets; updating aging neighborhood fire stations; and other city services; shall the City of Hayward increase the sales tax by ½ percent, for twenty years only, providing locally controlled funding that cannot be taken by the State?
Measure C
Delivering on Promises
Photo: Novum Structures
Downtown Library
Revenue & Expense Forecast
$25 mil.
$20 mil.
$15 mil.
$10 mil.
$5 mil.
Fiscal Year
2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
Service & Staffing Enhancements
Weekes Library
Facility & Infrastructure Needs
HEART
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ANNUAL REPORT 2023
#HaywardForward
Public Information & CommunityListening and Engagement
TAKE OUR
SURVEY
We want your input!
Hayward Residents:
City Hall has important decisions to make.
What do you think about
the proposal to extend
(but NOT increase) the
existing city sales tax?
1,963 Responses
I have questionsor concerns
I support it
40%
60%
Public Information & CommunityListening and Engagement
1,963 Responses
60%
1 - highest Priority 2 3 4 5 - lowest priority
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PUBLIC SAFETY/EMERGENCY RESPONSE
MAINTAINING LOCAL STREETS & ROADS
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
SAFETY NET SERVICES FOR THOSE MOST IN NEED
UPGRADE PUBLIC FACILITIES
What do you think about the proposal to extend (but NOT increase) the existing city sales tax? Public Information & CommunityListening and Engagement
If you have apriority notlisted amongthe five optionsprovided, pleasedescribe it.
Priorities by category
Affordable Housing
City Cleanliness/Landscaping
City Planning
Economic Development
Enhanced City Services
Fire/EMT/Mental Health
Homelessness
Infrastructure (Public Buildings/Transit)
Parking Issues
Parks/Recreation/Events
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Police/Crime
Road Conditions
Schools
Traffic
Taxes/Cost of Living
Some comments fell into more than one category
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46 Comments16Comments
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53 Com
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45 Com
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45 Com
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137 Comments
38 Comments
45 Com
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32 Com
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14 Com
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636 Responses
Public Information & CommunityListening and Engagement
Direction Requested
Proceed with November ballot measure?
If yes, 20- or 30-year extension?
If yes, direction on project and service priorities?
Q u e s t i o n s & C o m m e n t s