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REPORT - AMENDMENT TO THE MEASURE O IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
BACKGROUND: Ordinance 3680 added Chapter 3-26 to the Santa Rosa City Code establishing a special transaction and use tax. The special tax measure, known as Measure O, increased sales tax by a quarter percent to fund specific Police, Fire, and Gang Prevention/Intervention programs, as set forth in the Ordinance.
An Implementation Plan was created on September 21, 2004, by Resolution No. 26069, which outlines the uses and purposes for which the special tax revenues may be used over time. The Implementation Plan has been revised several times since the original plan was adopted in 2004. In order to amend the Implementation Plan, the Ordinance requires six affirmative votes of the Council.
On November 10, 2015, the City Council approved a new format for the Implementation Plan, consisting of current and forecast budget amounts for all Measure O programs. This new Implementation Plan forecasts Measure O program budgets through...
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