Title:
Title
Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) Measure A Expenditure Plan
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00058
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution approving the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) Measure A Transportation Expenditure Plan for the proposed 2020 Transportation Sales Tax Ballot Measure.
Contact: Lucinda Willcox, Program Manager, (916) 808-5052; Ryan Moore, Public Works Director, (916) 808-6629, Department of Public Works
Body
Presenter: Will Kempton, Executive Director, Sacramento Transportation Authority
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-STA Approved Measure A Transportation Expenditure Plan
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) administers the existing countywide half-cent transportation sale tax approved by voters in 2004. These revenues are allocated for transportation/transit capital improvements and ongoing traffic/transit operational programs.
To address countywide transportation funding needs, the STA has tentatively adopted a Transportation Expenditure Plan (Expenditure Plan) that governs the expenditure of revenues from the proposed sales tax. The Expenditure Plan will be considered by all the member jurisdictions and then an Ordinance and Expenditure Plan will be considered by the STA Board. If approved by the voters, the measure is estimated to bring in $8.4 billion countywide over 40 years.
A summary of the plan is included on the first page of Attachment 3, followed by the full details of the Expenditure Plan.
Policy Considerations: Before the STA Board may adopt the sales tax ordinance, the Expenditure Plan must first be approved by the County Board of Supervisors and the City Councils representing both a majority of the cities in the County and a majority of the population residing in the incorporated areas of the County. (Cal. Public Utilities Code, ? 180206.)
On December 10, 2019, the City Council ...
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