Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: 4/5ths
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Use of District-Discretionary Measure K Funds - Supervisorial District 2
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) transferring district-discretionary Measure K funds, not to exceed $10,000, from Non-Departmental Services to the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture for public art in District 2.
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BACKGROUND:
Measure K is the half-cent general sales tax initially approved by San Mateo County voters in November 2012 and extended in November 2016 for a total of thirty years.
The Board of Supervisors (Board) held study sessions on Measure K expenditures and approved funds for the fiscal year (FY) 2025-26 budget cycle, divided equally among the five supervisorial districts, for one-time district-discretionary needs and projects. District 2 has submitted a request to use their district-discretionary Measure K funds as shown below and described in the Project Summary section of this memorandum:
District/Project
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District 2 (Supervisor Noelia Corzo) - San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture: Public art in District 2
$10,000
This item is consistent with the criteria for district-discretionary Measure K funds approved by the Board in December 2018.
PROJECT SUMMARY:
This is a request to authorize a transfer of funds from Non-Departmental Services to the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture, in an amount not to exceed $10,000, to provide public art in District 2.
The district-discretionary funds will be used to fund the following projects or services:
The San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture will use these funds to pay stipends to artists to paint three murals in District 2. Two of the murals will be placed in underserved areas of the district with lower access to public art, and one will be placed in Downtown San Mateo. One of the murals w...
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