Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: Use of District-Discretionary Measure K Funds - Supervisorial Districts 1 and 3
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) of one-time district-discretionary Measure K funds, not to exceed $250,500, to the Office of Sustainability for the Fire Chiefs Association's Standardized Evacuation Zone Polygons and the San Mateo Resource Conservation District Forest Health/Fire Safe Program.
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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") and County staff have conducted study sessions and community outreach efforts to inform priorities for Measure K spending for FY 2017-19.
On May 16, 2017, the Board approved the FY 2017-19 Measure K allocation plan in which the County anticipates Measure K receipts of approximately $81.6 million annually. The plan included $7 million in one-time loans or grants each year during FY 2017-19, divided equally among the five supervisorial districts, for district-specific needs and projects. Districts 1 and 3 have submitted a request to use its district-discretionary Measure K funds as shown below and described in the Project Summary section of this memorandum:
District/Project
Amount
District 1 (Supervisor Pine) - Office of Sustainability: projects related to wildland fire risk strategy
$140,000
District 3 (Supervisor Horsley) - Office of Sustainability: projects related to wildland fire risk strategy
$110,500
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 an ATR in the amount of $250,500 in Measure K district-discretionary funds to the Office ...
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