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ORDINANCE SECOND READ AND RESOLUTION - BALLOT MEASURE SEEKING VOTER APPROVAL TO AMEND CHAPTER 3-26 OF THE SANTA ROSA CITY CODE TO EXTEND EXISTING ¼ CENT SALES TAX (ADOPTED BY CITY VOTERS AS MEASURE O AT THE NOVEMBER 2004 ELECTION) FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY YEARS AND EXPANDING ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDING
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the City Manager’s Office, Finance Department and Communications & Intergovernmental Relations Office that the Council: (1) approve the second read of an ordinance, introduced at the July 12, 2022 Regular Meeting by unanimous vote, to amend Chapter 3-26 of the Santa Rosa City Code to extend a quarter-cent Transaction and Use Tax to fund public safety and violence prevention programs and to expand permissible uses of the tax revenues; and (2) adopt a resolution directing the submission of a ballot measure to seek voter approval of that ordinance at the November 8, 2022, General Municipal Election and approving related actions.
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Code sections:
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15061(b)(3) - General Rule Exemption, 15378 - Not a Project
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