APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $5,260,000 FROM MEASURE Q FUND FISCAL YEAR 2022 -2023 BALANCE AND ALLOCATING $3,366,400 TO PARKS MAINTENANCE, $1,578,000 TO HOMELESS SERVICES, $263,000 TO WATER QUALITY AND LITTER REDUCTION, AND $52,600 TO
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, AS REQUIRED BY THE 2020
OAKLAND PARKS AND RECREATION PRESERVATION, LITTER
REDUCTION, AND HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT ACT (MEASURE Q)
WHEREAS, at the March 3, 2020 election, the City of Oakland voters approved The 2020 Oakland Parks and Recreation Preservation, Litter Reduction, and Homelessness Support Act , identified as Measure Q on the ballot, (hereinafter “Measure Q”); and
WHEREAS, Measure Q was submitted to the voters pursuant to City Council Resolution No. 87919 C.M.S., and
WHEREAS, Measure Q imposes a parcel tax for the purposes of raising revenue necessary to maintain, protect and improve parks and recreation facilities and services, to provide homeless support services, to improve water quality, and to pay for certain administrative expenses related to the tax; and
WHEREAS, Measure Q provides that the proceeds of the special tax shall be appropriated in the budget process or by resolution of the City Council as follows:
• One percent (1%) of the total funds annually appropriated each fiscal year by this special tax, net of any collection and tax levy costs & fees, shall be appropriated for audit and evaluation of the programs, strategies and services funded by this measure, and associated administrative expenses.
• Not less than sixty-four percent (64%) of the total funds annually appropriated each fiscal year by this special tax, net of any collection and tax levy costs & fees, shall be appropriated for parks, landscape maintenance, and recreational services, and associated administrative expenses.
• Thirty percent (30%) of the total funds annually appropriated each fiscal year by this special tax, net of any collection and tax levy costs & fees, shall be appropriated for services to address homelessness such as those noted in Part 1, Section 3(B)(2), and associated administrative expenses.
2 • Five percent (5%) of the total funds annually appropriat ed each fiscal year by this special tax, net of any collection and tax levy costs & fees, shall be appropriated for services and projects to address water quality and litter reduction and associated administrative expenses; and
WHEREAS, the Fourth Quarter Revenue and Expenditure Report heard by the City Council Finance and Management Committee on November 27 , 2023 estimates that year end available fund balance for Measure Q Fund 2244 is $5,260,000; and
WHEREAS, available fund balance must be allocated in proportion to the Measure Q allocation breakdown in order to comply with the allocation breakdown contained in Section 3 (C) of Measure Q; and
WHEREAS, concurrently with this Resolution, City Council will consider separate legislation that would allocate Measure Q fund balance for the purpose of homelessness services; and
WHEREAS, establishing an appropriation compliant with the allocation requirement of Measure Q is a pre-condition for allocation of the Measure’s Fund balance; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby appropriates the estimated Year -End Fund balance in the Measure Q fund (2244) in an amount estimated at $5,260,000 in the following proportion: $3,366,400 To Parks Maintenance services, $1,578,000 To Homeless Services, $263,000 To Water Quality and Litter Reduction, and $52,600 To Administrative Expenses, and audit and evaluation of the programs, strategies and services funded by Measure Q; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to establish these appropriations in the Oracle Financial system and to create such projects and accounts necessary to properly track this allocation.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California