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RESOLUTION 2024- ___
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO CONDUCT POLICY EVALUATION, FEASIBILITY,
PRIORITIZATION AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION/OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR FUTURE DESIGNATED CITY- INITIATED FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR THE 2024- 2026 PERIOD
WHEREAS, Annual Year-end City Survey; and under Major Policy Goal: Focus on Economic Development and Fiscal Diversification, Policy No. #414 – New Strategic Budget Initiatives to Address new Structural Deficits forecasted for FY 2025-2027 Period are current adopted policy items in the FY 2023- 25 Council Priority Workplan, Effective May 1, 2023;
WHEREAS, the City Council authorizes an annual year-end community survey to be conducted each year by the City’s community outreach consultant, Strategy Research Institute, Inc. (SRI), for purposes of civic engagement and community outreach to the community at-large to solicit feedback on a number of core values, needs , and priorities being undertaken by the City for future policy decision-making by the City Council;
WHEREAS, on December 1, 2023, through January 4, 2024, SRI conducted the 2023 Annual Year-end City Survey, and c ollected, evaluated and interpreted all survey data into summary findings for formal presentation to the City Council on February 5, 2024;
WHEREAS, previously noted on Dece mber 13, 2023, following formal presentation of the City’s new Long Range Financial Forecast Plan, a new City financial condition was established (i.e. - $8.7M cumulative deficit for FY 2025- 2027 period forecasted); and
WHEREAS, future funding mechanisms must be explored to meet Strategic Budget Initiatives/Measures adopted by the City Council via Resolution #2023- 167 on December 13, 2023 to determine their feasibility in eliminating said forecasted deficits in addition to other cost measures under consideration.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Pablo hereby authorizes the City Manager to conduct policy evaluation, feasibility, prioritization and community education/outreach efforts for all potential future funding mechanisms (in sequential order) to coincide with future upcoming election cycles or timeframes during the 2024-2026 period (See Table B below), as follows:
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TABLE B:
NEW FUTURE FUNDING MECHANISMS UNDER POLICY CONSIDERATION (IN SEQUENTIAL RANK-ORDER FOR 2024 – 2026)
Future Funding
Mechanism
(Rank-Order)
City Council
Workplan/Strategic Budget
Initiative Goal
Target Election Cycle or
Timeframe
1. Commercial Cannabis
Retail Business
License Tax
New GF revenue on Special
Business Tax Uses (i.e. Max:
3 Commercial Retail Cannabis
Retailers); Amount: $2.0 -
$2.4M Annually
November 2024 Ballot
Measure (Add 5% City
Business Tax to City
Business License Tax
Ordinance)
2. City-wide Landscape
and Lighting District
Property Assessment
Increase (TBD – parcel
tax assessment)
Eliminate or Reduce Annual
GF Subsidy to LLAD;
Eliminates or Reduces (-
$1.5M annual GF Subsidy)
Spring 2025 Property
Protest Ballot Measure
to consider increase in
Annual Property
Assessment (TBD)
3. College & Trade Youth
Scholarship Funding
Mechanism**
Extends existing GF-funded
program beyond 06/30/26 for
a period of 10 years until
September 2036; Amount:
$1M annually
March or November
2026 Ballot Measure (i.e.
1/4 cent sales tax
measure; sunsets in 10
years)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the foregoing recitations are true and correct, and are included herein by reference as findings.
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ADOPTED this 5th of February, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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Dorothy Gantt, City Clerk Patricia Ponce, Mayor