Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Warren Slocum, District 4
Supervisor Don Horsley, District 3
Subject: Use of District-Discretionary Measure K Funds - Supervisorial District 3 and Supervisorial District 4
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing a one-time grant of district-discretionary Measure K funds, not to exceed $40,000 to Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. for two Ford Transit Connect vans to be used for Meals on Wheels deliveries, and authorizing the County Manager, or his designee, to execute the grant agreement.
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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 FY2017-19.
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 during FY 2017-19, divided equally among the five supervisorial districts, for district-discretionary needs and projects. District 4 and District 3 have 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
Amount
Even split between District 3 and District 4 (Supervisors Don Horsley and Warren Slocum) - Peninsula Volunteers, Inc.: funding for two Ford Transit Connect vans to be used for Meals on Wheels food deliveries to homebound seniors.
$40,000
This item is consistent with the criteria for district-specific Measure K funds, which were approved by the Board in December 2018, with the following exception: the proposed grant, if approved,...
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